Sports Facilities

Sports Facilities blending into the beautiful landscape offer the possibility of practicing many forms of sport. Tennis courts and swimming pools are found not only in the larger towns, but also in tourist centers and smaller communities. Golf courses can be found in every province. Modern football stadiums exist in all the provincial capitals and in many other towns also. Austria’s biggest stadium is the Ernst Happel Stadium, located in Vienna’s Prater and offering a capacity of 62,900 seats, while the Vienna Stadthalle can accommodate 16,000 spectators and is one of the best-equipped multi-purpose halls in the world. Vienna’s indoor stadium provides a 240 m wooden track for cycle-racing and a 200 m circular track for athletic events, as well as facilities for other sports, such as indoor football, volleyball and tennis. It seats 5,800 spectators.

The “Austrian Sports Facilities Plan” has ensured that the population is supplied with adequate opportunities for pursuing sports as a source of recreation, pleasure and health in places that are both attractive and well-equipped.