Since Europe's time is 6 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time (and 9 hours ahead of Pacific), remember that many live webcams will appear dark unless you view them during day-time local hours in Europe.
The best times to view live cams is between 6 AM - 7 PM European time, (12 midnight - 1 PM Eastern time and 9 PM - 10 AM Pacific time). You can view them later in the day in summer since Europe's daylight hours extend until 10 PM their time.
Note that we are not necessarily visiting all these places this summer, but these locations have been included in our itineraries in the past.
GERMANY
This is the marktplatz area where the SOA typically
performs its first concert. Click the button. There are now two
webcams facing the square from opposite sides. See the same two
webcams at the Night Watchman's
site. Click on "webcam".
This year's tour doesn't go to Munich, but several of our past tours did. View Munich's Marienplatz
Cologne was one of our first stops in some of our past itineraries. See this live cam of it's famous cathedral, the only large building not toppled by air raids during WWII.
See Oberammergau's live cam of an overview of the town.
Here is a live cam of Chiemsee, Germany.
Neuschwanstein Castle More Neuschwanstein
Hohenschwangau, near Neuschwanstein
Inzell webcams or the main page for Inzell See the links on this page.
AUSTRIA
Alpine slide and another view. The area of the alpine slide. Seefeld area and more - some of these are down at the moment
See the cam of Salzburg , and other Salzburg views: Mozart's birthplace, Residentzplatz, Mozartplatz
Here is a live cam of the Golden Roof in Innsbruck .
One of our favorite mountain passes is the Grossglockner - click on the photos at the top of it's page to view other recent photos. Here's another view: Grossglockner. Also see this and click on "live cams". Click Here too.
Innsbruck's mountains at Axamer Lizum, where we used to stay in the late 70's & early 80's.
ITALY
NEW! Finally a nice page of various cams around Venice! The St Mark's Square, Rialto bridge, another Rialto picture, Grand Canal.
See beautiful shots of the Dolomites from several beautiful live cams around Cortina. Another Cortina page
Here's a page from Cortina featuring SOA! This is the main page for events in Cortina.
SWITZERLAND
View scenery and weather on top of First, (Grindelwald, Switzerland), which most SOA participants visit by taking the cable car ride up the mountain. We're wondering if this is current - as the view hasn't changed recently. View of the Wetterhorn.
Here's another view of the Berner Alps from a Grindelwald hotel's live cam.
This site gives you the choice of several mountain top live cams in Berner Oberland. See the Jungfraujoch and others.
Here's a page with several live cams: Grindelwald and Interlaken
Luzern by the Kapellbrucke. Luzern scroll to find photo. Luzern and another of Luzern - the Jesuit church we sang in in 2007 with Mt Pilatus behind.
Lugano - Click on "golfo". You can click on different webcams here. .
FRANCE
A very nice live cam of the Eiffel Tower as well as several other live cams of around PARIS.
Take a virtual tour of the works of art at the Louvre museum . . . in 360 degrees! You will need Quicktime 4, to see the Louvre and it's . This is really a great site!
You will need to wait a few moments for the photo to come onto your screen. When the page has completely loaded on your screen, place your cursor on the picture and slowly drag it a direction to see more of the individual statue or gallery. (These documents take up memory and occasionally, you may experience some problems, but keep trying!)
We haven't been to Nice, France since the late 70's - but here it is anyway! Click on the photo for a current picture.
LUXEMBOURG: The only cam we could find.
ODDS & ENDS:
Looking for a very cool screen saver? Try this - 360 degree views of beautiful European cities that alternate on your screen.
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