Pink Lake Festival returns to Lake Woerthersee, Austria Aug. 25-28

The spectacular Pink Lake Festival returns to beautiful Lake Woerthersee, Austria Aug. 25-28. Pink Lake guests can look forward to new events and locations, alongside the much loved and traditional event classics. The Pink Lake Beach Club will again be held in the beautiful Sol Beach Club at Park’s Hotel in Velden. With its (almost)…

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Pink Lake International LGBT Festival 2014: ‘A great success’ (VIDEO)

With more than 4,500 hotel nights booked and with over 1,000 visitors from over 20 countries,  ​​the seventh Pink Lake International LGBT Festival (Aug. 28-31) on Lake Woerthersee in Velden, Southern Austria was a great success for the LGBT community . “The most important thing for us is that the festival guests are happy, have…

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Dutch couple sues for recognition of their same-sex marriage in Austria

TYROL, Austria – Chretien van der Leest and Edwin Veldt are Dutch citizens living in Tyrol, Austria where they run holiday homes. When the Netherlands legalized marriage for same-sex couples in 2001, the couple married. However in Austria, based on a decree by the Austrian minister of the interior van der Leest and Veldt’s marriage…

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