A BEAUTIFUL WORKPLACE IN WATTENS

I stood there for a while and looked all around... the tiny town of Wattens in the Tyrol region of Austria....located at about thirty minutes drive from Innsbruck.

Nature at its breathtaking best... and in the midst of the mountains and clouds I saw this lovely office. No wonder, Daniel Swarovski chose this place to host the headquarters of Swarovski. I wonder who wouldn't love to come to work every morning if the office is such.

This post is for alphabet ‘W' of the #BlogchatterA2Z 2020 challenge:

W for Wattens

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