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The Salzburger Freilichtsmuseum , the Salzburger Land's Open-Air Museum (Easter-Oct & Dec 25 to Jan 5 Tues-Sun 9am-6pm; oS70/?5.08), assembles over fifty historic farm buildings from all over the region in a large, partially wooded park. Buildings are grouped by area of origin within the Salzburger Land. The most visible distinction lies between the single-building farmsteads typical of the Flachgau and the Tennengau in the north and east, and the twin-building farmsteads (where animals and hay were kept in a separate building lying parallel to the farmer's house) that once predominated in the Pongau to the southwest. Pongau and Pinzgau farmhouses also tend to have a bell on the roof (with which wives called in their husbands from far-flung fields), usually mounted in a small, intricately carved belfry, and sometimes crowned by a cast-iron weathercock. Demonstrations of rural crafts such as embroidery, smithing and carpentry take place on summer Sundays. The Open-Air Museum is 5km short of the village of Grossgmain , which stands on the Austrian-German border. Hourly buses on the Salzburg-Grossgmain-Bad Reichenhall route drop off at the museum. It's also just about practical to cycle the 12km to the museum from Salzburg (head out towards the airport on the Innsbrucker Bundesstrasse and keep going until you see signs for Grossgmain and Bad Reichenhall). There's little to see in Grossgmain itself, so it's best to avail yourself of the food-and-drink facilities inside the museum (a couple of cafe-restaurants are housed in some of the traditional wooden buildings) before heading back to the city.
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