Around noon we moved to the Bergisel ski jump located just outside the city center and famous as it hosts the third competition of the prestigious Four Hills Tournament in the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup. The venue also hosted the Olympic Winter Games in 1964 and 1976.
Entrance fee is 9.5 euro per person and I’m glad we decided to enter the venue. We started to go up the hill with the mountain train. When you come next to the landing zone, you really see how steep the hill is and how crazy this sport must be. I’m keen to put all kinds of challenging things on my (travel) bucket list, but I’m convinced this will never make it 🙂
When you leave the mountain train, you can take the elevator up to the Sky restaurant. We arrived around 11:45 and lunch only starts at 12:00. The last people that enjoyed the breakfast were about to leave and like this we could get a window seat. The view from there is impressive. The ski jump in front of the city and the hills on the back. Obviously the blue sky made it even more memorable. We started with a glass of cava as aperitief and took a light lunch. The service was friendly, fast and the food affordable and tastefull.
After our lunch we went down from the tower by stairs and that are quite some levels. I think it’s 50 meters. We continued with exploring the landing zone and Olympic Flame area. Including lunch the visit took just below 2 hours and we can really recommend it.