Alpbach Congress Centre

The European Forum Alpbach gathers here every late summer, bringing together participants from the worlds of science, business, culture and politics. It began in August 1945 as the Internationale Hochschulwochen and has carried its current name since 1949. The congress centre is a modern structure built into the hillside, so it is barely visible from the outside and does not disrupt the village's traditional timber streetscape — making it all the more interesting as an architectural contrast to the historic core.