Winter sports strongholds: Ski, Bob and Co. are so popular in Styria!

Winter sports strongholds: Ski, Bob and Co. are so popular in Styria!

The winter sports season 2024/25 is in the starting blocks, and Austria's most popular winter sports are clearly defined! A current survey of the digital marketplace Willbad shows that skiing, ice skating and bobsleigh and sledding are particularly trendy this year. Leoben and Liezen in Styria have positioned themselves as "winter sports strongholds" in this survey. With a survey of around 2,900 users, it was determined that over 80 percent of the respondents would like to exercise in the cold months, which speaks for the enthusiasm and commitment of the Austrians to also do sport in the winter cold, as is on meinzirk.at is reported.

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The ranking of the most popular winter sports resorts leads St. Johann im Pongau, Innsbruck City and Innsbruck-Land, but Austrian cities such as Leoben can also be found in sixth place and liezen in tenth place in the survey on the winter sports ads, which were determined in relation to the population. This data once again show that Styria plays an important role in domestic winter sports.

With the upcoming winter season, many people think about investing in winter sports equipment. However, this can be expensive: complete equipment costs up to a thousand euros. Therefore, 39 percent of those surveyed plan to rent sports equipment, while 35 percent want to use used articles instead of buying new goods. This is also reflected in the preparations for Christmas gifts, such as steiermark.orf reports - 42 percent of people who want to give away winter sports equipment choose used articles. The trend is clearly towards sustainability and cost efficiency, while the anticipation of winter activities increases.