Underwater pile-dwelling adventure
Lake Attersee offers a unique diving attraction in Austria. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of prehistoric pile dwellings under water can be seen and experienced.
Diving fans know about the uniqueness of the underwater world of Lake Attersee. 150,000 dives per year and around 30,000 overnight stays speak for themselves.
Pile-dwelling forest in Nußdorf am Attersee
At the Nußdorf Hausboot diving access point, a pile-dwelling forest attracts visitors with 111 piles marking the 111 UNESCO World Heritage sites.
The piles are arranged in the form of a footbridge and an enclosure and thus take up architectural elements of the prehistoric settlements.
Numerous 3D prints on the poles show artefacts from the countries covered by this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Dive site "Hinkelsteine" in Steinbach am Attersee
A group of life-size wooden statues depicting people from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age were sunk and anchored at the " Hinkelsteine" diving site in Steinbach am Attersee.
Bruno Hemetsberger, a wood artist from Weyregg am Attersee, created these sculptures.
Dive site "Dixi" in Weyregg am Attersee
The "Dixi" diving site in Weyregg am Attersee is an abstract model of a pile-dwelling house with several information boards that can be explored at your leisure.
At the beginning of July 2018, this house was sunk into Lake Attersee in a spectacular operation and has been a favourite playground for divers and fish ever since!
The underwater pile dwelling adventure in Lake Attersee is a unique opportunity in Austria to combine exciting dives with a unique experience of underwater archaeology up close.
The project was realised thanks to funding from the Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism and the state of Upper Austria in view of the 2027 state exhibition.
The new diving attraction was designed in cooperation with the Kuratorium Pfahlbauten, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps in Austria, and the Attersee Diving Competence Centre.
