Attraction · Melk · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Melk Abbey is an attraction in Melk, Lower Austria. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. 4 of the 45 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km. Within 70 m you'll find a bench, a public toilet and a water point.
Audio tour · Melk Abbey
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You're standing at Melk Abbey, high on a rock above the Danube in Austria. Look at that huge yellow façade, the twin towers and the great dome of the church behind them. This is Baroque at its most exuberant. But the abbey is much older than what you see today.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
Source: OpenStreetMap and Wikidata.
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies.
45 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first. 4 of the 45 well-known points of interest nearby are within 1 km.
Partly: according to OpenStreetMap it is only partly wheelchair accessible.
Yes: a public toilet at 70 m and a water point at 70 m.
When you stand at Melk Abbey, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.
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