Market town and municipality in Tyrol, Austria
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St. Johann in Tirol is a small market town in the Kitzbuhler Alps in the Northeast Tyrol region of Austria. The town has become popular with tourists as a well-developed ski centre in the winter season and also as a summer tourist resort.
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The town is on the main Vienna to Innsbruck railway line and is quite close to the Bavarian capital of Munich in Germany.
Read in the guideDespite being 660 metres (2,160 feet) above sea level, the town of St. Johann is almost completely flat. The town centre is pedestrianized from 10:00 to 18:00 and all services are within a few minutes walk.
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