Bergisel Ski Jump

A ski jumping site since 1927, when a wooden jump was erected, the Bergisel was upgraded for both the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games, when it became the first hill in the world to have a take-off table with a changeable slope. The current jump was built in 2001 by celebrated architect the late Zaha Hadid. Its award-winning, steel-lined tower comprises a panoramic café and a viewing platform open to the public every day. A funicular runs to the tower, carrying visitors 250 metres above the city on a two-minute ride. Parts of the Bergisel site are protected by cultural heritage status, while the stadium features 13 information panels that tell the story of the venue and the development of ski jumping over the years.

The location for the Opening Ceremony and the large hill ski jumping competition at the Olympic Winter Games Innsbruck 1976, the Bergisel Ski Jump is the venue for the third round of the world-famous annual Four Hills Tournament. Held in early January, the Innsbruck leg of this prestigious competition is part of the FIS ski jumping calendar and attracts sell-out crowds of 28,000.

Known in German as the Bergiselschanze, the hill hosted the ski jumping events at the 1985 and 2019 Nordic World Ski Championships, the 2005 Winter World University Games and the inaugural Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012, when it also staged the Opening Ceremony. Formerly a regular stop on the summertime FIS Ski Jumping Grand Prix tour, it is also a year-round ski jumping training centre used by national and international teams and three local ski clubs.

The Bergiselschanze plays host to other winter sports such as snowboarding and freestyle. Its spectator area is used as an open-air theatre in the summer and hosted the Innsbruck Fan Zone at UEFA Euro 2008 and a mass given by Pope John Paul II in 1988, an event that attracted 60,000 people.