Salzburg - Old Town District (near the river)

From Universitätsplatz in Salzburg a number of passages (known as "Durchhäuser" or "running between the houses") weave their way northward to the old world Getreidegasse (pedestrian precinct), a busy shopping street lined with burghers' houses dating from the 15th-18th C. There are many wrought iron shop and inn signs to be seen, as well as beautiful courtyards; on No. 3 is a tablet commemorating the 19th C. politician August Bebel, who worked here as an apprentice turner in 1859-60.