Neusiedler See-Seewinkel National Park
Steppe lake, salt pans and reedy wetlands on Austria's eastern border
Neusiedler See-Seewinkel protects the westernmost lake of the Eurasian Steppe, an endorheic lake at the meeting point of alpine, pannonian, asian, mediterranean and northern European species. Wetlands, sand steppes and salt areas form a mosaic across 97 square kilometres of Burgenland.
Things to do
- HeritageVisit the national park information centre in Illmitz
- WildlifeWatch birds for great bustard, pygmy cormorant and ferruginous duck
- Try thisLook for blue iris and Siberian iris in the meadows
- Try thisExplore the sand steppes and salt areas of the Seewinkel