Image credits

This page lists the photographs, illustrations and map data used across the site. Every image is either our own photograph or illustration, an illustration supplied by us and labelled as such, or an openly licensed image used under its licence.

Licences we use

For openly licensed images we show the author and the licence below and beside the image. We only use images under public domain or CC0, CC BY, or CC BY-SA licences.

Illustrations credited "Illustration: Trail & Ride" are our own original drawings. Map outlines use data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, licensed under the ODbL.

If you believe a licence or credit shown here is wrong, write to us at connection@trailandride.com and we will remove or correct the image quickly.

Home page images

  • A mountain biker on a dirt trail above forested slopes, with mountains in the distance Owner-supplied image, AI-generated illustration
  • A mountain biker on a stony trail above a blue lake, with pine forest and rocky peaks around Owner-supplied image, AI-generated illustration

A Spring Walk from Vienna into the Vienna Woods

  • Deep blue cloudless sky above a distant low ridge, with a hillside settlement below it and bare brown shrubs in the foreground. Photo: Trail & Ride, owner-supplied · Owner-supplied photograph ·
  • Tall leafless beech trunks in the foreground frame a hazy view of distant hills and a town through a gap of blue sky, with dry leaves on the ground. Photo: Trail & Ride, owner-supplied · Owner-supplied photograph ·
  • Bare, dark treetops in the foreground below a hazy blue sky with thin clouds, with layered wooded ridges fading into the distance. Photo: Trail & Ride, owner-supplied · Owner-supplied photograph ·

Bleistätter Moor to Feldkirchen: A Spring Walk by the Tiebel

Climbing Teide in 2026: Permits, Fees and the Two Ways Up

Falkertsee to Sankt Oswald: A Nockberge Ridge Day

Grüß Gott on the Trail: Hiking Etiquette in the Vienna Woods

  • View straight down on a leaf-covered forest clearing where a small group of walkers and what looks like a dog stand near two wooden picnic tables, with long tree shadows on the ground and bare trees on the right. Photo: Trail & Ride, owner-supplied · Owner-supplied photograph ·

Heiligenblut to Großkirchheim: Mills, Waterfall and Gold

Hiking Shoes or Boots: How to Choose

  • Stylised high hiking boot and low trail shoe, both with lugged soles, standing on a dirt path in front of green hills. Illustration: Trail & Ride, own work · Original illustration created for Trail & Ride ·

Hiking T-Shirts: Synthetic, Cotton or Merino?

  • Stylised green sports T-shirt in front of layered green hills and a pale sun, with arrows showing moisture moving away from the body. Illustration: Trail & Ride, own work · Original illustration created for Trail & Ride ·

Kampalpe from Spital am Semmering: A Loop by Train

Kirchberg an der Pielach: A Walk Through the Dirndl Valley

Lake Hikes Around Nassfeld: Zollnersee, Wolayersee and Lago di Pramollo

Ossiach Ravine Trail and Tauernsee: A Walk Above the Lake

Pasterze Glacier Walk: The Ice, the Dams and the Tunnels

Sleeping Pads for Trekking: R-Value, Types and Trade-offs

  • Diagram with three panels showing simplified cross sections of an air pad with baffles, a self-inflating pad with an open-cell foam core and valve, and a closed-cell foam pad, each above cold ground with an arrow for body heat. Illustration: Trail & Ride, Original work, all rights reserved by Trail & Ride · Original artwork by Trail & Ride ·
  • Diagram with three stacks: a foam pad of R 2, an air pad of R 4, and both stacked for R 6, to show that R-values add up. Illustration: Trail & Ride, Original work, all rights reserved by Trail & Ride · Original artwork by Trail & Ride ·

Spitz to Mühldorf: A Hot Day Above the Wachau Terraces

Spring in the Vienna Woods: Primroses, Blossom, Fresh Green

  • Clumps of pale yellow primroses growing through dry brown leaf litter, with a few bare shrub stems at the top left. Photo: Trail & Ride, owner-supplied · Owner-supplied photograph ·
  • A wooded hill of bare and early green trees rises in the foreground, with a village in the valley at left, a wide ridgeline behind it and dark clouds along the top edge. Photo: Trail & Ride, owner-supplied · Owner-supplied photograph ·
  • A village in a wooded valley under large white and grey clouds, with bare treetops, pale green young foliage and dots of white blossom on the nearby slopes. Photo: Trail & Ride, owner-supplied · Owner-supplied photograph ·

Thayatal National Park: Austria's Smallest Wild Valley

The Ötschergräben: Austria's Grand Canyon in Lower Austria

Top Hikes in Germany: Gorges, Lakes and Castle Views

Turkey's Aegean Coast: 14 Stops Beyond Cappadocia

Viewpoints and Wildlife in the Vienna Woods

  • Dark grey clouds over a reddish-brown hillside of bare trees dotted with white blossom and a few green conifers, with a town in the valley at left and a distant city skyline on the horizon. Photo: Trail & Ride, owner-supplied · Owner-supplied photograph ·
  • Dark wild boar, a larger one with a smaller one beside it and a third further right, graze on a green meadow in front of dense woodland, under a leafy tree branch. Photo: Trail & Ride, owner-supplied · Owner-supplied photograph ·

Wachau Valley Guide: Seasons, Trains, Ferries and Walks

Walking Madeira's Levadas in 2026: Booking, Fees and Routes

Weißmain-Ochsenkopf-Steig: A Loop Over the Ochsenkopf

  • Flat illustration of a stony forest path winding between tall grey beech trunks, with layers of spruce forest in morning mist behind Illustration: Trail & Ride, Original work, all rights reserved by Trail & Ride · Original artwork by Trail & Ride ·
  • Stylised drone view of the start and finish area in Bischofsgrün with the cable car valley station, car park, ski jumps and the first stretch of the loop marked in orange Illustration: Trail & Ride, Artwork by Trail & Ride; underlying map data under ODbL 1.0 · OpenStreetMap contributors (building, road and route geometry, extracted via Overpass API) ·

Which Garmin Watch for Hiking, Mountains and Long Trips?

  • Illustration of layered green mountain ridges at sunrise with a dotted trail and a rugged round outdoor watch in the foreground showing contour lines and an orange route. Illustration: Trail & Ride, Original work by Trail & Ride, all rights reserved · Original illustration created for Trail & Ride (no third-party material) ·
  • A sun sends rays to a round watch whose bezel carries a ring of solar cells and whose face shows a battery symbol and a nearly full charge ring. Illustration: Trail & Ride, Original work by Trail & Ride, all rights reserved · Original illustration created for Trail & Ride (no third-party material) ·
  • Two outdoor watch faces: the left shows only a dotted breadcrumb trail on a dark screen, the right shows a map with contour lines, a river, roads and an orange route. Illustration: Trail & Ride, Original work by Trail & Ride, all rights reserved · Original illustration created for Trail & Ride (no third-party material) ·
  • Close-up of a dark grey Garmin Instinct 2 Solar with a digital watch face, the word Solar below the display and a thick rugged bezel. Photo: Mantelmoewe / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garmin_Instinct_2_Solar_Smartwatch_Fitness_tracker_activity.png ·
  • A wrist wearing a Garmin fēnix 6X Pro Solar showing an elevation profile, held out over a gravel track on a dry hillside at dusk. Photo: Crishazzard / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garmin_Fenix_6x_Pro_Solar.jpg ·

Which Garmin Watch for Running and Everyday Sport?

  • Illustration of three round sports watches without logos: a slim running watch with a track, a large-display watch with a heart-rate line and a rugged watch with mountains. Illustration: Trail & Ride, Original work by Trail & Ride, all rights reserved · Original illustration created for Trail & Ride (no third-party material) ·
  • Two street scenes with satellites above: on the left a dashed track drifts away from the true route between tall buildings, on the right it stays close to the route. Illustration: Trail & Ride, Original work by Trail & Ride, all rights reserved · Original illustration created for Trail & Ride (no third-party material) ·
  • Three round watches in small, medium and large case sizes above a ruler. Illustration: Trail & Ride, Original work by Trail & Ride, all rights reserved · Original illustration created for Trail & Ride (no third-party material) ·
  • A black Garmin Forerunner 165 on a wrist, with a Marathon Series watch face of blue, red and yellow diagonal stripes. Photo: Ed Crystal / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garmin_Forerunner_165.jpg ·
  • A black Garmin Forerunner 265 with a blue textured band, lying flat and showing steps, heart rate and calories on the watch face. Photo: 3r1ccc / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forerunner_265.jpg ·
  • A Garmin Forerunner 970 with a white band and silver bezel on a wrist, with a green and blue digital watch face and the Start-Stop and Back-Lap button labels. Photo: BlakkPrissm / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garmin_Forerunner_970.jpg ·
  • A Garmin Venu 3 with a black case, a ridged bezel and a black strap with red accents, showing a red ring watch face. Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 · https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Garmin_Venu_3_(a).JPG ·

Wienerbruck to Mitterbach: A Gorge Walk Past the Lassingfall

Your First EuroVelo Tour: How to Pick a Route and Read the Map