Fixed points in Graz

The Eisperle is the first purely vegan ice cream parlour in Graz. The varieties made from coconut, rice, soya or oat milk are freshly prepared every day; most of the ingredients come from organic production. Tip: the bestseller in 2019 is Prosecco ice cream!

Opera for all! This is what the Graz Opera offers with its Oper Aktiv! programme for kindergartens, school classes, families, young adults and for everyone else as well. Whether opera, operetta, musical or ballet and choral singing, the opera stage in Graz at the Kaiser-Josef-Platz has room for everyone. In addition, it is repeatedly nominated for international opera awards and many Austrian conductors and artists started their careers here in the gold-white-red Baroque-Rococo building.

The people of Graz come for an extensive weekend breakfast or an after-work drink in the evening sun. In terms of culinary delights, Lenz im Lend is a place of sustainability and regionality. Especially fine: the “Krottenbrownie”!

The Graz Marathon is the classic amongst the major running events in Austria in autumn. 10,000 participants join the sporting sightseeing tour through the city. Those who can’t manage the 42 kilometres on their own, can be a part of a relay team. Or register for the half or quarter marathon. 

The Augarten in Graz is home to the architecturally exciting Children's Museum of Graz. Outside wow and inside wow: exciting exhibitions and theatre events in the Knopftheater await children from three years of age and their families inside. And what's always on Saturdays at two? The hands-on workshops for handicrafts and building.