Krems und die Wachau blicken auf eine reiche kulturelle Vergangenheit zurück, gleichzeitig ist der Blick in Richtung Zukunft immer offen. So auch im „Kremser Kulturplan 2030“, in dem mit großer Beteiligung die Meilensteine der Kulturarbeit für die nächsten Jahre festgelegt wurden. Darin nimmt das Themenfeld „Kulturelle Bildung“ einen hohen Stellenwert ein, das primär die kulturelle Teilhabe von Kindern und Jugendlichen und die Partizipation am künstlerisch-kulturellen Geschehen meint.

Krems an der Donau verweist zu Recht auf eine besonders reiche Geschichte. Eine Besiedlung ist bereits 30.000 v. Chr. nachweisbar, eine Vielzahl an Fundstellen, wie zum Beispiel die „Zwillinge vom Kremser Wachtberg“ belegen die Bedeutung der Region in der Altsteinzeit. In diesem LEADER-Projekt soll als Pilotmaßnahme eine Sichtung der Fundstellen und Funde aus dem Paläolithikum bis zur Eisenzeit in der Stadtgemeinde Krems erfolgen und damit eine Neubewertung der vorliegenden Erkenntnisse.

Der Teisenhoferhof ist eines der wichtigsten Gebäude für das kulturelle und gesellschaftliche Zusammenleben in der Marktgemeinde Weißenkirchen und hat einen außergewöhnlich hohen baukulturellen Wert und damit eine ebensolche Bedeutung für das Weltkulturerbe Wachau.

Since 2004, an intensive exchange has been taking place between the two World Heritage cultural landscapes of the Wachau in Austria and the Upper Middle Rhine Valley in Germany. The cooperation should now be further intensified by a joint volunteer camp with a focus on caring for the cultural landscape.

The Seekopf and the Hirschwand belong to the World Heritage Trail and together form a popular excursion destination that is highly rated by hikers. A lookout tower affords a phenomenal 360-degree view. The prior existing tower was already over 25 years old and was showing signs of rotting, so it had to be demolished for safety reasons. The association "Jankerlklub Rossatz" and the market municipality of Rossatz-Arnsdorf worked on the construction of a new tower in order to continue being able to offer the rewarding view of the Wachau.

Unique cultural landscape between Melk and Krems Dry stone walls, terraced vineyards, apricot orchards, dry grasslands, the free-flowing Danube, ...

The Spitzer Graben panoramic hiking trail has a lot to offer. On Sunday, wines, juices and water are served at the Zornberg chalet in the Zornberg vineyard. However, there is no toilet to relieve oneself.

The Nature Park owes its great diversity of plants and animals to its mosaic-like cultural landscape and the extensively used meadows. Global changes are forcing many agricultural businesses to specialise or shut up shop. A consequence of this are meadows that are no longer managed and increasingly turning into woodland. To counteract this trend and preserve diversity in the Jauerling-Wachau Nature Park, a nature park brand is under development. This label stands for management compatible with nature and gives the businesses’ products added ecological value.

In a time when churches are being used less and less as places of worship, adapting them into places of culture and retreat is becoming increasingly important. To mark the 300th anniversary of the painter "Kremser Schmidt", his paintings in Wösendorf parish church were lavishly restored. In order to be able to protect the paintings better for future generations and to make their contents easier to see, a new LED lighting system should be installed.

In recent years, a number of initiatives have established themselves in the region in late autumn and winter which have had a very positive impact on the development of tourism and thus on extending the season. Apart from the long-distance hiking trail “World Heritage Trail Wachau”, which can be easily hiked even in the colder months thanks to the mild climate, numerous cultural initiatives, such as “ELIT” (European literature days), “Wachau in Echtzeit” (Wachau in Real Time - curated by Ursula Strauss) as well as many Advent markets and culinary events have become established. The implementation of the mobility concept (bus connections) means that all municipalities in the region can now also be easily reached without a car.