--- title: European Capital of Culture 2024 url: "https://staging.salzkammergut.at/en/european-capital-of-culture-2024.html" description: The European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 brings the diversity of historically rooted and contemporary art and culture before the curtain and raises it to an international level. image: "https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/user_upload/salzkammergut/0_Logos_Grafiken/Destinationslogos-Kleinstversion-WEB-8.png" date: 2023-08-02 modified: 2023-08-02 --- # European Capital of Culture 2024 ![Ein Kunstprojekt im Wasser eines Sees. Statisten halten eine große Figur.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/b/5/csm_107_-_22_07_30_Libertalia_SaltLAb-115__c_Edwin_Husic_Salzkammergut-2024_c897c26e02.jpg "Libertalia SaltLab - Edwin Husic / Salzkammergut 2024") ![Ein Kunstprojekt im Wasser eines Sees. Statisten halten eine große Figur.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/b/5/csm_107_-_22_07_30_Libertalia_SaltLAb-115__c_Edwin_Husic_Salzkammergut-2024_ab4a0d37b1.jpg "Libertalia SaltLab - Edwin Husic / Salzkammergut 2024") European Capital of Culture Salzkammergut 2024 =================================================== © Open copyright © Libertalia SaltLab - Edwin Husic / Salzkammergut 2024 Close copyright ### 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 will bear the title of European Capital of Culture with Bad Ischl as its banner city. For the first time in history, it will take place in the inner-Alpine region. [Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024](https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/ "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") brings the diversity of historically rooted and contemporary art and culture to the fore in 23 municipalities. © Open copyright © Fete-de-la-musique - Pexels-Jack-Carey Close copyright ![Ein Musiker mit Blasinstrument, das Gesicht ist hinter einem Notenblatt verborgen.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/e/9/csm_Fete-de-la-musique_pexels-jack-carey_01d129e88b.jpg "Fete-de-la-musique - Pexels-Jack-Carey") All events All events [ Events ](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/en/european-capital-of-culture-2024/events.html) All events - turn over the card Programme Book -------------- Wondering which current Capital of Culture events are taking place in the region? Take a look at the programme booklet, where you will find all the events taking place throughout the year. [Programme book](https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/en/programme-book/ "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") THE PROGRAMLINES ---------------- The programming for the 2024 European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut uses four points of focus to create a balance between these important areas and uses a multitude of projects to point out possibilities for actively shaping our future. In its four lines of programming **POWER AND TRADITION** **CULTURE IN MOTION** **SHARING SALZKAMMERGUT** - The Art of Traveling and **GLOBALOKAL** - Building The New the European Capital of Culture is dealing with important topics within our region, Europe and the entire world, setting new impulses for the future, putting on display the diversity in historically rooted and contemporary art and culture and networking the region internationally. © Open copyright © Macht und Tradition - Kulturhauptstadt 2024 Close copyright ![Ein künstlerisches Portrait im Hintergrund ein kaum erkennbarer Kaiser und im Vordergrund ein angeschnittenes Portrait einer Frau in einer siebeneckiger Fläche.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/a/8/csm_1_Macht_und_Tradition_7f37118324.jpg "Macht und Tradition - Kulturhauptstadt 2024") Power & Tradition Power & Tradition An open and active memorial culture without blind spots is a necessity for using the past to learn lessons for a careful and proactive approach to our present and future. The maintaining of tradition is a vibrant and strong practice in the Salzkammergut region. It covers a wide range of activities, extending from music, crafts, customs, theater and literature to restaurant culture. In order to understand traditions, however, a differentiated view of how they developed is also necessary. What power relationships have shaped this region and new modes of behavior and new customs? Remembering means shaping the future responsibly. This is exactly what POWER AND TRADITION recognizes and understands that their reciprocal effects are a prerequisite for understanding and respecting local and global identities as they change and evolve. Searching for the origins in our region reveals both the stories of their creation as well as global connections. [ Program ](https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/en/projekt-kategorie/power-and-tradition/ "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") Power & Tradition - turn over the card © Open copyright © Sharing Salzkammergut - Die Kunst des Reisens - Salzkammergut 2024 Close copyright ![Touristen an einem regnerischen Tag in Hallstatt. Darüber eine siebeneckige Fläche auf der ein Wanderer auf einer Bergwiese steht, umgeben von hohen Bergwänden. ](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/5/0/csm_3_Sharing_Salzkammergut-Die_Kunst_des_Reisens_8b6b76728c.jpg "Sharing Salzkammergut - Die Kunst des Reisens - Salzkammergut 2024") 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 ](https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/en/projekt-kategorie/sharing-salzkammergut/ "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") Sharing Salzkammergut - turn over the card © Open copyright © Kultur im Fluss - Kulturhauptstadt 2024 Close copyright ![Eine tunnelartige Halle. Darüber eine siebeneckige Fläche, auf der eine Person in einer Bildergalerie zu sehen ist.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/3/3/csm_2_Kultur_im_Fluss_ea8cdeb17e.jpg "Kultur im Fluss - Kulturhauptstadt 2024") 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 ](https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/en/projekt-kategorie/culture-in-motion/ "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") Culture in motion - turn over the card © Open copyright © Globalokal - Building the New - Kulturhauptstadt 2024 Close copyright ![Ein Bild einer Bushaltestelle aus Beton. Darüber ein Bild, das einen Raum mit Jugendlichen und einem Kickertisch zeigt.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/3/3/csm_4_Globalokal-Building_the_New_47668e2f88.jpg "Globalokal - Building the New - Kulturhauptstadt 2024") 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 ](https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/en/projekt-kategorie/globalocal/ "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") Globalocal - turn over the card 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 ](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/en/tickets.html) [ © Open copyright © KulturCard 2024 Ermäßigungskarte Kulturhauptstadt Close copyright ![Das Motiv der Kultur Card der Kulturhauptstadt. Auf dem Bild, das eine Frau zeigt, die ihren Kopf in einen Brunnen steckt, sind das Logo der Kulturhauptstadt, der Titel und der Preis der Karte zu sehen.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/0/3/csm_KulturCard2024_df35f08754.jpg "KulturCard 2024 Ermäßigungskarte Kulturhauptstadt") ](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/en/tickets.html) Service & Info ------------------ [ ![On the left of the picture, two young women in their 20s can be seen. The woman in the foreground is smiling at the camera. She has shoulder-length blond hair and is wearing a white shirt, a brown leather jacket and a denim skirt as well as a black shoulder bag. Another woman with shoulder-length brown hair can be seen behind her on the right. She is wearing a black knee-length dress with white vertical stripes and a beige shoulder bag. They are currently standing on a railway track in front of a yellow ground marking. Two railway tracks can be seen on the right of the picture. The track and rails run down the middle of the picture into the background. A building can be seen in the right background.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/3/3/csm_frauen-am-bahngleis-4-tourismushausruckwald-thomaskoller_010431546d.jpg "Photo Tourismus Hausruckwald/Thomas Koller: Two young women stand on a platform in Attnang Puchheim waiting for the train.") GETTING THERE ](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/en/visitor-information/arrival.html) © Open copyright © Photo Tourismus Hausruckwald/Thomas Koller: Two young women stand on a platform in Attnang Puchheim waiting for the train. Close copyright [ ![Nahaufnahme eines Teils eines transparenten Regenschirms mit Regentropfen](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/f/d/csm_Wetter_Kulturhauptstadt_cffb268212.jpg "Wetter Kulturhauptstadt") WEATHER ](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/en/visitor-information/weather.html) © Open copyright © Wetter Kulturhauptstadt Close copyright [ ![Eine Frau beim Lesen einer Zeitschrift in einem Hotelzimmer.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/c/9/csm_Post23_Zi402_040_LowRes_sRGB_2572435980.jpg "Zimmer - Hotel Post Traunkirchen") ROOMS ](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/en/where-to-stay/accommodation.html) © Open copyright © Zimmer - Hotel Post Traunkirchen Close copyright [ ![](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/a/a/csm_KulTour-Mockup_Verlauf_EN_f3d0d07160.jpg) Cultural Experience Planner Upper Austria ](https://www.oberoesterreich.at/aktivitaeten/ganzjaehrig/kultur-staedtereise/kultur-erlebnis-planer.html#/ "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") © Open copyright © Evening glow at Gosausee Photo: RudiKainPhotography Close copyright ![In this picture you can see the Gosausee, the Dachstein and the Gosaukamm in a beautiful sunset.](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/4/2/csm_Gosausee_Abendstimmung_Foto_RudiKainPhotografie_dad5522b92.jpg "Evening glow at Gosausee Photo: RudiKainPhotography") 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 ](https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/en/spielstaette/ "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster") Locations, 23 for 24 - turn over the card Capital of Culture packages --------------------------- [ ![](https://staging.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/_processed_/8/8/csm_K24_Logo_Standard_Zusatz_Orange-Schwarz_RGB_RZ_3de1f9d199.jpg) ](https://www.salzkammergut-2024.at/en/home/ "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster")