The Franze family

Enjoying the fresh air outside without following certain rules. Going shopping in comfort. Sending the children out to play without a care in the world. Building a tree house for hours. All this is hardly possible in a big city. With their move from Berlin to the Kitzbüheler Alpen, Andreas and Nadja Franze have created the desired freedom for themselves and their children.

Life in the countryside is less complicated, everyday life much more relaxed without permanent stress and noise. For the Franze family, nature is the most adventurous playground and the best teacher. The best feeling ever: that the children can grow up at their own pace.

Simply going outside without a care. Experiencing the natural course of the seasons: the scent of the Alpine meadows in Summer, the smell of damp leaves in Autumn. Skiing, cross-country skiing and tobogganing in Winter. In Summer, hiking, cycling excursions or simply enjoying carefree hours on the banks of the river in St. Johann. Such simple, natural things bring happiness to the Franze family.

Andreas is a project manager and lecturer, his wife a youth worker. He himself was never a mountain enthusiast, she was happy in the city. But that their children could grow up in a nature's paradise like the Kitzbüheler Alpen was equally important for both of them.

The Franze family's car is hardly used. They prefer to remain in and around the area of St. Johann. Andreas and Nadja are keen to live close to their immediate surroundings and the environment on a daily basis. Deceleration - that's the simple recipe for happiness for the nature-loving family.