Austria · Western Europe
Almauen
Lake
Almauen is a riparian forest reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Nearby weekend places
Nearby Weekend Places from Wels, Austria
Research source-backed public places within weekend reach of Wels. The records on this page are planning candidates — not a route planner, not a tourism ranking, not a live schedule, and not a price guide. Verify access, transport, weather, opening status, and seasonal conditions with the official source linked on each record before departure.
- Nearby places
- 16
- City
- Wels
- Last updated
- 2026-05-16
- Data year
- 2025
What you can reach from Wels
Cities and natural destinations already indexed on this site, grouped by measured straight-line distance from the city centre. Distances are geographic, not travel times — check routes and schedules with a transport operator before travelling.
Close to the city
Within 60 km of the city centre, measured in a straight line.
- Kuhschellenrasen Wirt am BergProtected area4 km
- FischlhamerauProtected area6 km
- AlmauenForest13 km
- SchlüßlbergForest14 km
- LinzCity26 km
Day-trip distance
Between 60 km and 120 km from the city centre, measured in a straight line.
- PassauCity63 kmAcross the border · Germany
- SalzburgCity82 km
- České BudějoviceCity98 kmAcross the border · Czechia
- Sankt PöltenCity119 km
Weekend distance
More than 120 km from the city centre, measured in a straight line.
- GrazCity160 km
- Wiener NeustadtCity170 km
- VillachCity171 km
- Klagenfurt am WörtherseeCity172 km
Looking for a specific kind of place?
The nature layer groups these same records by what kind of outdoor place each one is — lakes, mountains, forests, beaches, protected areas — and orders them by measured straight-line distance from Wels.
Start from your own city
This page helps users research nearby weekend places connected to Wels, Austria, as a starting point for local-first weekend rest. It is not a route planner, ticket guide, events page, tourism ranking, or live availability source. Records are planning candidates only.
Records do not publish exact distances, travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, restaurant or hotel recommendations, attraction rankings, or live access status. Confirm time-sensitive details with the official park, museum, transport authority, or municipal source linked on each record.
Nearby weekend places from Wels
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Nearby weekend places from Wels
Image: Tigerente / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only. 
Image: Gerhard Anzinger, Wels / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5. Visual context only. Austria · Western Europe
Fischlhamerau
Nature area
Fischlhamerau is a protected area reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Typ46 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Austria · Western Europe
Kuhschellenrasen Wirt am Berg
Nature area
Kuhschellenrasen Wirt am Berg is a protected area reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Christian Wirth, Wirthi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Austria · Central Europe
Kürnberger Wald
Nature area
Kürnberger Wald is a forest reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Isiwal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Austria · Western Europe
Neydhartinger Moor
Nature area
Neydhartinger Moor is a protected area reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Thomas Ledl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only. Austria · Central Europe
Nixenfall
Nature area
Nixenfall is a waterfall reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: The original uploader was Dergreg at German Wikipedia. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Austria · Western Europe
Oedter See
Lake
Oedter See is a lake reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: The original uploader was Dergreg at German Wikipedia. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0. Visual context only. Austria · Western Europe
Puckinger See
Lake
Puckinger See is a lake reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Tigerente / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only. Austria · Central Europe
Rindbachfälle
Nature area
Rindbachfälle is a waterfall reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Tigerente / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0. Visual context only. Austria · Central Europe
Schleierfall
Nature area
Schleierfall is a waterfall reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Hübsche Blattlaus / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Austria · Western Europe
Schlüßlberg
Nature area
Schlüßlberg is a protected landscape section reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Isiwal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Austria · Central Europe
Strombodingwasserfall
Nature area
Strombodingwasserfall is a waterfall reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Tigerente / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Visual context only. Austria · Western Europe
Teufelshöhle
Nature area
Teufelshöhle is a cave reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Grammer Siegfried J.K. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Austria · Central Europe
Traun-Donau-Auen
Nature area
Traun-Donau-Auen is a forest reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Albert de Marées / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain. Visual context only. Austria · Central Europe
Traunfall
Nature area
Traunfall is a waterfall reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
Image: Isiwal / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Visual context only. Austria · Central Europe
Unterhimmler Au
Nature area
Unterhimmler Au is a forest reachable from Wels as a nearby nature destination. Research access, facilities, and seasonal conditions with official sources before visiting.
Partially verified source record.
How to use this page
This page is a planning surface. Records do not publish exact distances, travel times, transport schedules, opening hours, ticket prices, restaurant or hotel recommendations, attraction rankings, or live access status.
- Start with the Wels city profile to anchor the location and country context.
- Compare the nearby place records above against your origin city’s transport and access patterns.
- Open the detail page for any record marked “Verified source record” to see the official source, Wikidata identity, and visual context.
- Check the official source linked on each record for current opening, access, seasonal status, and conditions before departure.
- Use the travel budget calculator for user-entered estimates — the platform does not publish ticket prices, transport schedules, or hotel/flight prices.
- Confirm route, weather, opening/access status, and costs from official or trusted current sources before departure.
Verification status legend
The status shown on each card reflects the level of source verification: a matched Wikidata identity together with an official URL is shown as verified, an identity match without a confirmed official URL is shown as partially verified, and records not yet matched to a stable identifier are shown as pending review.
- Partially verified source record
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Sources and methodology
Nearby weekend places are sourced exclusively from Wikidata — primary identifier (QID), coordinates (P625), and official website (P856) — together with the linked operator (park authority, municipality, heritage body, or UNESCO official page) where Wikidata’s P856 points at it. Records do not publish fixed itineraries, attraction rankings, restaurant or hotel recommendations, event or festival dates, ticket prices, hotel or flight prices, opening hours, transport schedules, exact travel times, exact distances, weather forecasts, crime rates, or any “best” / “must-see” / “safest” / “cheapest” claims. Verify access, opening times, weather, health, and safety details with the official source linked on each record before departure. Read the scoring methodology for how structured indicators are constructed, and the data sources registry for the official publishers cited across the platform.
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