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© Libertalia SaltLab - Edwin Husic / Salzkammergut 2024
Ein Kunstprojekt im Wasser eines Sees. Statisten halten eine große Figur.
Ein Kunstprojekt im Wasser eines Sees. Statisten halten eine große Figur.

European
Capital of Culture
Salzkammergut
2024

Time to open a new chapter in 2024.

 

The Salzkammergut is rich in exciting stories, places and people. A multi-layered region whose impressive history began 7,000 years ago with salt mining in Hallstatt and has made history in many respects ever since. In 2024, the Salzkammergut, with Bad Ischl as its banner city, will hold the title of European Capital of Culture. For the first time in history, it will take place in the inner Alpine region. Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 brings the diversity of historically rooted and contemporary art and culture to the fore in 23 municipalities.

The programme lines

The programme of the European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024 establishes a balance between these areas of tension in 4 focal points and shows the possibilities for actively shaping our future with a variety of projects.

In its 4 programme lines

MACHT UND TRADITION
KULTURIM FLUSS
SHARING SALZKAMMERGUT - The Art of Travelling and
GLOBALOKAL - Building The New
 

the European Capital of Culture addresses important topics of our region, Europe and the world, provides new impetus for the future, brings the diversity of historically rooted and contemporary art and culture to the fore and networks the region internationally.

All projects
© Macht und Tradition - Kulturhauptstadt 2024
Ein künstlerisches Portrait im Hintergrund ein kaum erkennbarer Kaiser und im Vordergrund ein angeschnittenes Portrait einer Frau in einer siebeneckiger Fläche.

Power & Tradition

Power & Tradition

An open and active culture of remembrance without blinkers is a necessity in order to learn lessons from the past for a careful and forward-looking approach to our present and future. The cultivation of tradition is alive and strong in the Salzkammergut. It encompasses a broad spectrum ranging from music, crafts, customs, theatre and literature to pub culture. In order to understand the traditions, however, we also need to take a differentiated look at how this development came about: what power relations have shaped this region and given rise to new and different behaviours and customs?

Programme
© Kultur im Fluss - Kulturhauptstadt 2024
Eine tunnelartige Halle. Darüber eine siebeneckige Fläche, auf der eine Person in einer Bildergalerie zu sehen ist.

Culture in motion

Culture in motion

The need for a clear cultural identity seems to be comprehensible in a world where everything is globally dependent upon each other. But is this so clearly demonstrable? The French philosopher François Jullien states that the nature of culture is change. Customs, traditions or a shared language are seen as resources that are generally available to all and which can be used in a wide variety of ways.

Program
© Sharing Salzkammergut - Die Kunst des Reisens - Salzkammergut 2024
Touristen an einem regnerischen Tag in Hallstatt. Darüber eine siebeneckige Fläche auf der ein Wanderer auf einer Bergwiese steht, umgeben von hohen Bergwänden.

Sharing Salzkammergut

Sharing Salzkammergut

Tourism, grown out of the summer holidaymaking tradition in this extraordinary Alpine region, which began in the 19th century, is one of the most important lifelines in the Salzkammergut region, the place yearned for by many travelers.

Program
© Globalokal - Building the New - Kulturhauptstadt 2024
Ein Bild einer Bushaltestelle aus Beton. Darüber ein Bild, das einen Raum mit Jugendlichen und einem Kickertisch zeigt.

Globalocal

Globalocal

Shaping the rural Alpine region in such a manner that the usual north-south divide is compensated for and supplemented, that the labor market is enriched with creative potential, that works against the emigration of young, well-educated people in order to make a life in the countryside possiblewhile still being networked and able to work globally. This means expanding mobility and digitalization, developing strategies to once again make agriculture possible as a livelihood, combine land use planning and the development of a reasonable construction culture, creating spaces for education and art, striving for sustainability in all areas within the Salzkammergut region as well as beyond. In GLOBALOCAL – BUILDING THE NEW, the focus has been placed on thinking about the world of tomorrow and developing strategies for action as well as dealing with the points of tension between the generations. After all, it is especially the young people who are affected by the careless use of resources; this is why young people are the central group being addressed when it comes to recognizing interim spaces for promoting the cultural and creative diversity in the rural Alpine area of the Salzkammergut region and creating the prospect of a life that is attractive for young and old alike.

Program

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Culture almost a gift!

The KulturCard is available for just € 49 from the Salzkammergut tourist boards and online. The KulturCard entitles you to discounts at museums, concerts and exhibitions in the region as well as the Capital of Culture programme throughout 2024.
The KulturCard also includes the SalzkammergutCard with numerous discounts at popular attractions, sights and leisure activities in the Salzkammergut.

Buy the KulturCard
© Evening glow at Gosausee Photo: RudiKainPhotography
In this picture you can see the Gosausee, the Dachstein and the Gosaukamm in a beautiful sunset.
23 for 24

Locations

23 for 24

Locations

For the first time in the 37-year history of the European Capital of Culture, 23 municipalities in the inner-alpine, rural area are joining forces to form a Capital of Culture.

Participating places