St. Pölten Press Office

Latest press releases

Here you will find an overview of the latest press releases and photographic material from St. Pölten, the capital of Lower Austria. Should you require further information or additional research material, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Your contact for press enquiries:

St. Pölten Tourism
Ms Klara Datzinger, MA
klara.datzinger@st-poelten.gv.at
+43 2742 333 50 04

Sign up to the press mailing list

We would be happy to keep you regularly updated with interesting news from the region. Simply send us a brief email to klara.datzinger@st-poelten.gv.at and you’ll start receiving regular updates from us. Please feel free to let us know which topics interest you most. You can unsubscribe from the mailing list at any time by email.

Luftaufnahme des St. Pöltner Stadtwaldes, auch Kaiserwald genannt.
©Arman Kalteis

Press releases from St. Pölten

Open-air culture

12 August 2026 | Open-air concerts, festivals and cultural delights in the provincial capital

As late summer gets underway, St. Pölten enters one of the most varied periods of the year for events. Major open-air concerts, international festivals and cultural highlights will make the Lower Austrian capital an attractive destination for music and culture lovers in the coming weeks. At the same time, the programme of events forms a special highlight in the anniversary year marking 40 years as the provincial capital of St. Pölten.

  • Festival atmosphere at Frequency | 20–22 August | VAZ site

  • Hollywood Vampires: Rock legends visit St. Pölten | 5 August | VAZ 

  • Domplatz Open-Air: Music against a historic backdrop | 10 & 12 August | Domplatz

  • Höfefest: One day, three festivals – culture and indulgence in the city centre | 19 September | Courtyards in the city centre, Linzer Straße

  • Musica Sacra blends tradition and the present | 13 September–10 October | various venues

The full press release and photos can be found in the download below.

St. Pölten’s accommodation options are expanding

20 August 2026 | New rooms, apartments and offers for visitors to St. Pölten

St. Pölten is consistently expanding its accommodation offering. No fewer than three accommodation providers are investing in new rooms, apartments and contemporary offerings for business, leisure and conference guests. The long-established Hotel Graf is expanding its premises near the main railway station, limehome is introducing a digitally managed apartment concept to the city centre, and the Hotel MUSE is significantly expanding its capacity in the south of the city.

These four projects not only increase the number of beds available in Lower Austria’s capital; they also respond to the growing demand for a variety of accommodation and stay options, creating suitable offerings to meet this need.

  • Hotel Graf | central location near the main railway station
    • 14 additional units comprising hotel rooms and serviced apartments, some with balconies
    • New conference rooms at the Hotel Graf: modern technical facilities
    • Completion of Hotel Graf: scheduled for summer 2027
  • limehome | Brunngasse
    • 30 digitally managed designer apartments in the former building of cascaVolksbank Niederösterreich AG
    • Opening of limehome: completion at the end of the fourth quarter of 2026, first guests expected from January 2027
  • Hotel MUSE | St. Pölten South, Josefstraße
    • 47 additional rooms in an extension that is already at an advanced stage
    • Expanded facilities at Hotel MUSE: new seminar rooms, covered garage parking spaces and modernisation of existing facilities
  • Cityhotel D&C: new, high-quality wooden floors in all rooms for greater cosiness, comfort and hygiene