In Shopping Bliss

Where to go if you are looking for typical products from Vorarlberg or high-quality products that are handmade in this country? Up and down the country there are a number of stores, cheese houses, museum stores and farm-gate stores that offer something special and a pleasant shopping atmosphere. Many of these stores present themselves in the style of contemporary Vorarlberg (wooden) architecture. The owners and staff are happy to tell you about their products and how they are made. Here are some tips!

Throughout Vorarlberg
Fresh from farmers – farm stores in Vorarlberg
Vegetables, fruit, meat, dairy products and much more are offered by farmers in their farm stores.
Colorful weekly markets
Look, taste, buy: A diverse assortment can be found at the weekly markets. From food to flowers.

Great Walser Valley Biosphere Park
Monastery store Propstei St. Gerold
A place of strength and peace. In recent years, part of the complex has been carefully modernized in the style of contemporary Vorarlberg (wooden) architecture. Also the monastery store, which offers wine, culinary, books and CDs.
biosphärenpark.haus, Sunday
The offer in the store in the modern wooden building varies according to the season. Available are mountain cheeses of various stages of ripeness, alpine cheese, goat cheese. Also regional herbal products and handicrafts.
Lake Constance Vorarlberg
Prinz Fine Distillery, Hörbranz
Discover, taste, browse and enjoy: The modern store offers fine schnapps, liqueurs, creams made with hay milk and hay-milk cream, as well as gift packages for pleasure-seekers.
Oil mill Sailer – store & mill café, Lochau
In the former inn, the Sailers offer oils, muse, flours – including rarities like apricot and pistachio kernel flour, nuts, vegan pasta and more. All certified organic, of course.
Schobel Höchstgenuss, Höchst
Floor-to-ceiling windows, wooden shingles on the wall, a view of fermenting kettles: The Schobel family offers fine brandies, carefully dried fruit without any preservatives, and pickled black nuts.
Museum store vorarlberg museum, Bregenz
The small store in the foyer of the museum offers books about Vorarlberg, its history and personalities. There are also exhibition catalogs, postcards, games, CDs and original accessories.
Wolford Boutique & Outlet, Bregenz
Beautiful stockings, chic bodywear, swimwear, much of it at a discount: lovers of Wolford products will find what they are looking for in the Wolford Factory Outlet and in the elegant boutique.
David Fussenegger Shop in the Warehouse, Dornbirn
Quality from Austria. Here you can find fine bed linen, table linen, home textiles and men’s shirts. Also a large selection of fabrics, textile accessories and many other beautiful things.
s’Lädele / Mohren Beer Experience, Dornbirn
The proven assortment and seasonal beer specialties are available at the “Lädele” in the Mohren brewery’s world of experience. Those interested can learn more about the production of beer at tastings and events.
Cheese Moosbrugger, Mäder
In the Rhine Valley, Käse Moosbrugger is an institution and known for its innovations. In addition to cheeses from Vorarlberg and all over the world, there is, for example, Kellerbier cheese, a cheese affinated with wild flowers, and also unusual items such as cheese schnapps.
gnuss store, Frastanz
Bright, modern, versatile: The “Gnuss” assortment includes specialties from the region. Spices, pasta, fine spirits, care products and much more. Gift packages can also be put together.
Brandnertal & Bludenz
The Spezerei, Brand
“Goods of all kinds” from the Walser valleys, mainly culinary, are offered by Mr. Durnwalder. On request, he also spoils his visitors with a glass of wine or a well-tapped beer.
Fohrenburg “Lada”, Bludenz
The “Lada” (store) is located in the oldest building of the Fohrenburg brewery. Here you can buy Fohrenburg specialties, lemonades, exclusive spirits, wines and merchandising articles.
Bludenz Tourist Office
In the middle of the town, there is not only expert advice and information. Also available are regional delicacies and handmade items such as herbal teas, honey, vinegar, liqueur, chocolate, soaps, cutting boards, seat cushions and even deck chairs.

Bregenzerwald
Bentele Shop, Alberschwende
Shopping experience in a modern wooden building with floor-to-ceiling windows. In addition to honeys, noble spirits and the honey-pastry line from their own production, the Benteles offer exquisite culinary delicacies.
La Wurscht, Egg
In the beginning, organic farmers Peter and Sonja Gmeiner sold meat from their own farm as well as sausage and ham specialties. The success was and is great. Today, in the bright modern store, they also offer cheese, spices, jams, juices, etc.
Metzler Cheese Whey, Egg
In the modern wooden building with a steeply pitched roof, the innovative Metzler family sells care products made from whey, goat’s and cow’s milk cheese from their own production. There are also teas, spices and spirits.
Bregenzerwälder Käsehaus Andelsbuch, Feldkirch, Sulzberg
The cheese house offers around 60 types of cheese, from hard cheese to soft cheese and fresh cheese. The assortment includes other culinary delicacies and home accessories. There is also a show dairy in Andelsbuch.
Werkraum Shop, Andelsbuch
Innovative pieces, made by Bregenzerwald craftsmen, are offered by the store in the modern Werkraumhaus. Available are ingenious bottle openers, shapely pepper mills, practical felt coasters, stylish wooden boards and much more.
Cheese store Vögel, Schwarzenberg
In the traditional Bregenzerwald house, Hedi Berchtold, the successor to founder Maria Vögel, sells carefully aged cheese made from cow’s, goat’s and sheep’s milk. The cheese matures in their own “Käs-Kär” (cheese cellar).
Alpine cheese Bregenzerwald
In Bezau and some other places in Vorarlberg “Alpenkäse Bregenzerwald” sells mountain cheese, semi-hard cheese, alpine dairy butter, cheese mixtures for Kässpätzle and some other specialties.
Badhus – Cafe & unpacked store, Lingenau
In the “Badhus”, furnished by Bregenzerwald craftsmen, Manuela, Martina, Sarah and Paula offer cakes and ice cream. Vegetables and berries are available unpackaged, as well as cosmetics and care products free of animal testing.
Ernele – Restaurant & Shop, Hittisau
The modern wooden cube near Hotel Das Schiff houses the “Ernele”, restaurant and store at the same time. On towering shelves you will find precious items from the region, from cheese to cookbooks.
Cheese cellar, Lingenau
Around 30,000 cheese wheels are stored in the modern concrete building. Cheeses of various stages of maturity are available in the store. Also sausages, whey care products and gift items.
Kleinwalsertal
s’hirscheck – store purchasing cafe, Hirschegg
A store and a café are combined in s’hirscheck. You can buy selected products from the Kleinwalsertal, from Vorarlberg and from the Allgäu. There is also one or the other from well-known Austrian manufactories.
iKuh store – Beautiful ideas, Hirschegg
In the 400-year-old barn in Hirschegg in Kleinwalsertal, Daniela and Michael Neumann offer fine food and drink. In addition, there are beautiful things for the home, of course everything from regional production.
Gerd am Herd – Home delicatessen manufactory, Riezlern
In the delicatessen manufactory, Gerd actually stands at the stove and cooks daily changing dishes to take away and dishes in a jar. The offer also includes vegan delicacies, plus selected wines, organic products, delicacies such as homemade bread and selected products from Vorarlberg.
Lech Zürs am Arlberg
Das Allerlei – Gift Shop & Grocery, Zug
Shop and spend some time out with coffee, cake and snacks: This is made possible by the Krämerei with pleasure room in the Hotel Staefeli. Primarily culinary products from Vorarlberg are available.
Rote Wand Hotelshop, Zug
Home-made products, from beef goulash to jams to granola, are available in the chic store. In addition, selected care products, clay-fired bowls and fashion for women and men from the Lecher label “Lenai & Linai”.
Montafon
Käsehaus Montafon, Schruns
The store offers everything from cheese to herbal teas and honey to cosmetics. The assortment changes constantly. All products come from Montafon or the nearby surroundings.
Genussboutique Montafon, Schruns
The boutique in the center of Schruns offers hand-picked products from the Montafon, from Austria and also from other countries. From the Montafon come the “Sura Kees”, meat, sausages, honey, jams, teas and also decorative items.