Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024
Opening Weekend Programme ECoC Family

Friday, 19 January 2024 → Arrivals

From 15:00 Welcome at the train station of Bad Ischl
Bahnhofstraße 8, Bad Ischl

15:30 Visit of the exhibition “sudhaus – art with salt and water
Salinenplatz 1b, Bad Ischl

16:30 Visit of the exhibition/installation “Ballet Mécanique” at Lehar Theater, Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Straße 7, Bad Ischl

17:20 Arrival of Glögglwaggon at the train station of Bad Ischl
Bahnhofstraße 8, Bad Ischl

18:30 Dinner with the Mayors, Restauration Elisabeth
Pfarrgasse 2, Bad Ischl

Saturday, 20 January 2024

09:28 Train Departure to Bad Goisern, please be there on time!
Bahnhofstraße 8, Bad Ischl

10:00 Guided tour through Hand.Werk.Haus and Otelo Goisern
Rudolf-von-Alt-Weg 6, 4822 Bad Goisern

14:30 Lunch Buffet
Trinkhalle, Sparkassenplatz 5, Bad Ischl

From 14:30, you can meet and warm up during the whole of Saturday at Trinkhalle.

15:30 “Kaiserschmarren” for everybody on the invitation of Ines Schiller, Mayor of Bad Ischl (while stocks last)
Sparkassenplatz, Bad Ischl

17:00 Official Opening Ceremony
Kurpark, Wirerstraße, Bad Ischl

Artistic interventions will be happening in Bad Ischl during the whole day (and night) – we invite you to discover the programme during a city walk: Opening Programme

Sunday, 21 January 2024 → Departures

Optional Programme

From 10:00 Hangover Breakfast (“Frühschoppen”)
Parish Hall, Auböckplatz, Bad Ischl

11:00 1st Worldsalon “Europe in Upheaval” (German only)
Stables of the Kaiservilla (Stallungen), Roith 28/Gassnerweg 11, Bad Ischl

13:00 “Concert_Performance” with Fiston Mwanza Mujila, Patrick Dunst, Grilli Pollheimer (German, French and Music)
Stables of the Imperial Villa (Stallungen), Roith 28/Gassnerweg 11, Bad Ischl

14:00 – 17:00 Great Space Walk” (German only) – Introduction to the project + discovery of an immersive audio experience
Start at: Stables of the Imperial Villa (Stallungen), Roith 28/Gassnerweg 11, Bad Ischl

Here you can find relevant locations for this weekend on → Google Maps

→ COMING TO BAD ISCHL

Bad Ischl is located in the heart of the Salzkammergut region. The train station is in walking distance from the city centre. Our aim is to organise our Opening in accordance with the criteria of the Austrian Ecolabel for Green Events. This is why we highly encourage you to use public transport for your transfer from the airport to Bad Ischl.

You can find your connections here:
Austrian Railways: www.oebb.at
SCOTTY route planning: fahrplan.oebb.at or as an APP

Best option from Schwechat Airport (Vienna):
Vienna airport station → Attnang-Puchheim
(RJ – Railjet, direction Salzburg/Linz)
Attnang-Puchheim → Bad Ischl
(REX – Regionalexpress, direction Stainach-Irdning)

Best option from Salzburg Airport:
Salzburg Airport → Salzburg (Bus 181 or O-Bus 10)
Salzburg → Bad Ischl (Bus 150)

Best option from Linz Airport:
Linz Airport → Linz (Bus 601)
Linz → Bad Ischl (REX – Regionalexpress, direction Stainach-Irdning)

A special train and bus schedule (increased frequency and late services until well after midnight) will be offered during the opening weekend. Find more information here: salzkammergut-2024.at/en/arrival

Please always check www.oebb.at and SCOTTY for timetable changes !

→ ACCOMODATION

Official Delegates

We are able to cover your official delegates’ accommodation for two nights (19 – 21 January 2024).
We have reserved rooms for you at

Hotel Royal
EurothermenResort Bad Ischl
Voglhuberstraße 10
4820 Bad Ischl

If you are arriving before 19 January or leaving after 21 January, we kindly ask you to pay the additional nights directly at check-out.

For information on your rooms, please contact:

Brigitte Stumpner: stumpner@salzkammergut.co.at

Additional Delegates
Please contact Brigitte Stumpner from Salzkammergut Touristik who will assist you in booking rooms out of our reserved contingent of rooms and can give you other hotel recommendations in Bad Ischl and the Salzkammergut region.

Brigitte Stumpner: stumpner@salzkammergut.co.at

→ ACCREDITATION

Official Delegates
you will find your accreditation in your hotel room (for delegates accommodated in double rooms: both accreditations will be in your room)

Additional Delegates
accommodated elsewhere: you can pick up your accreditation when arriving at the train station of Bad Ischl

→ Participation Fee for Additional Delegates

If you have registered additional delegates, we kindly ask you to cover a fee of 150€ per person which includes local transport, meals and your participation to the programme which can be paid by invoice.

Please send your invoice address (including VAT if you have one) to

Barbara Eigner: b.eigner@salzkammergut-2024.at

Thank you!