Upper Austria

Worth experiencing.

Upper Austria is like a well-stocked delicatessen, where you can get everything that defines Austria in a compact form on an extremely pretty 11,983 km². Crystal-clear lakes, for example, to head into and feel the tingling life. Mountains and forests that awaken the wild in us. Cities that show us today and tomorrow. Food that deserves this name. Bubbling spas that warm and strengthen us. Paths that are happy to be followed but have not emerged. Upper Austria is characterized by agriculture and economically successful: Skis from the Fischer brand, steel from Voest, BMW engines go out into the world.

Top reasons for meetings in Upper Austria

• Creative, innovative & modern city life with a strong focus on business and industry, which can also be experienced at conferences.

• Upper Austria is rich in mountains, nature parks and forests and offers many opportunities for working with new insights and prospects in nature.

• The many lakes and rivers, such as the Danube, have locations on the water that stimulate the flow of thought and the driving force at congresses and meetings.

What locations are there in Upper Austria? Which supporting or evening program can I experience in a region?
The Convention Bureau Upper Austria provides tailor-made answers.

Meetings in the city:

• Ars Electronica Center - the museum of the future with its unique deep space, which provides ingenious live experiences at medical congresses.
• Voestalpine Stahlwelt - as one of the world's largest steel groups, voestalpine has its headquarters in Linz and the steel adventure world can be linked to special events in the event center.
• Design Center Linz - its unique architecture offers organizers daylight atmosphere in the pillarless event center, which offers a variety of staging options.
• EventQuartier Wels: 21 halls with a total of over 65,000 m² and almost 98,000 m² of outdoor space offer room for every idea.

Meetings in the nature:

Villa Sonnwend National Park Lodge: the Kalkalpen National Park shapes the landscape in the south-western part of Upper Austria. Untouched nature, UNESCO natural heritage beech forests, lynxes in the wild and much more can be experienced with National Park Rangers.
The Villa Sonnwend National Park Lodge is located at the entrance to the national park and nature is a constant companion at seminars and workshops. The large park around Villa Sonnwend, an outdoor seminar room and ranger tours directly from the hotel can all be combined with meetings.

Hotel AVIVA: In addition to modern conference facilities, the Hotel AVIVA focuses on strengthening team cohesion and therefore offers numerous supporting program options in the hotel or in the immediate vicinity: beer tasting or hut fun in the AVIVA Alm, ice stock sport, cross-country skiing or snowshoeing directly from the hotel, at its own pond Build a raft and try it out or go in search of happiness with the Upper Austrian happiness researcher.

Further hotels & locations in the national park region are recommended and can be found here:
Seminars Pyhrn-Priel
Steyr Nationalpark

Waterside meetings

Scalaria: Combination of brilliant event location with special architecture and technical equipment with the impressive landscape all around - location right on the lake, with mountain views.

Wesenufer Hotel und Seminarkultur an der Donau: a unique seminar hotel where social added value is very important. Here, people with mental disabilities and socially disadvantaged people are slowly being reintegrated into working life. This social added value is noticeable in every seminar. In addition to a wonderful location on the Danube, a perfectly equipped seminar environment and outdoor opportunities, the social character of the USP of this conference business.

Schloss Ort: Well-known from the TV series Schlosshotel Orth as a hotel, this wonderful historical castle is rather be used for unique events. Always in view - the lake and the striking Traunstein.

More locations around Lake Traunsee can be found here.