December 2025 – With a cascade

Rapid in Rettenbach.
Rapid in Rettenbach. Bad Ischl, Austria. Photo: Lasse Johansson

With a cascade of white foam, water plunges down the fall, into the greenish pond below. Large hollow pots of stone flank the little river. Over the years, water has slowly dissolved the soft limestone rock, carving out the deep ravine. Viscous and cold, the Alp water’s secrets await to be explored.