Editing Innsbruck (section)

=== Cultural events ===
[[File:Towelday-Innsbruck.jpg|thumb|left|[[Towel Day]] Innsbruck − Towels with a silkscreen print as homage to Douglas Adams. Next to the words 'DON'T PANIC' there are the [[Global Positioning System|GPS]] data from the city Innsbruck where Adams had the idea for the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''.<ref>Erik van Rheenen (2017). [https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63473/16-fun-facts-about-hitchhikers-guide-galaxy ''16 Fun Facts About The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy''].</ref>]]
Innsbruck is a very popular [[tourist destination]], organizing the following events every year:
* Innsbrucker Tanzsommer
* Bergsilvester (New Year's Eve)
* Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik (Innsbruck Festival of Early Music)
* [[Los Gurkos Short Film Festival]]<ref>slashcam.de http://www.slashcam.de/kalender/A-Los-Gurkos-Short-Film-Festival-2012-760.html "Festival"</ref>
* Christkindlmarkt (Christmas fair)

In 1971, author [[Douglas Adams]] was inspired to write the internationally successful ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' series while lying intoxicated in a field in Innsbruck.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gary |first1=Dexter |title=Title Deed: How the Book got its Name |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/6250272/Title-Deed-How-the-Book-got-its-Name.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/6250272/Title-Deed-How-the-Book-got-its-Name.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |agency=The Telegraph |date=4 October 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> From 2003 onwards each year [[Towel Day]] is celebrated worldwide on 25 May.