St. Gilgen · time the lake
St. Gilgen is not a suburb of the first district. The portrait we have is an IB day-and-boarding house on the Wolfgangsee. Day from Grade 4. Boarding from Grade 7. The 2026/27 page prints euros.
St. Gilgen is not “the international school.” It is a Salzkammergut village whose Gymnasium mornings are allowed to be first, plus one official English-facing door posting families name in the first week.
The portrait we have is St. Gilgen International School at Ischlerstrasse 13. Use it for the 2026/27 euros — day from €32,800, boarding from €67,500. This note is the lake around it. The Austria country page is the wider map — Vienna, Salzburg.
StGIS sits on the Wolfgangsee, about 35 minutes from Salzburg airport. Grades 4–12. MYP then IB Diploma. Founded 2008. It is not a Vienna hub card.
Walk it, then a valley courtyard.
If you might stay, an English IB is not automatically the kindest paper. A Gymnasium that already knows the lake — that is an official morning. Vienna is another posting.
The language of the yard is the test.
Ask whether you are buying day from Grade 4 or a bed from Grade 7. Time St. Gilgen on a Sunday evening if you are buying a bed.
The city hub is the short map. The StGIS portrait is the long one.
Friendly orientation, not formal admissions advice. Always confirm dates with the school.
An IB day-and-boarding house on the Wolfgangsee, 35 minutes from Salzburg airport, not a first-district tram. The 2026/27 admissions page prints euros. Sunday evening is the real tour.
ViennaAn IB day-and-boarding house in Währing, not a first-district Gymnasium and not VIS. The 2026/27 fees page prints ranges, including lunch. Sunday evening is the real tour if you are buying a bed.
ViennaThis is the American day school above the city, next to the Vienna Woods. English is the classroom language. German is part of the early years. High School will not teach you English from scratch. The Board prints the 2026/27 bill in euros.
ViennaA central Vienna IB day school, not the UN woods and not the vineyard campus. Priority goes to international-organisation and diplomatic families. The last full fee PDF we could open is 2025/26. Ask for this year’s sheet before you budget.
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