Graz Reininghaus Graz Reininghaus The grounds of the former Reininghaus brewery, covering 50 hectares, represent the largest undeveloped area near the center of Graz, Austria’s second largest city. They are southwest of the main train station in the district called Eggenberg, 2 kilometers away from Graz’s well-known clocktower. The area includes fields, ponds and in part landmarked industrial architecture from the former brewery. The historically rare basement vaults cover 1.5 hectares and were made to store beer in spaces up to 8 meters high. In 1669, a brewery was built for the first time next to the largest duty building in Graz
Ice nativity scene (Graz) A local politician of the Green Party cynically noted: "Due to global warming, Advent will become ever milder. This raises the question of whether the city of Graz should continue to invest more than 40,000 € in a pool of water." Suggestions to cancel the project have been turned down by the tourist association who argued that the ice nativity scene rendered the economically important Graz Advent an "unmistakable" event. The "Tiroler Tageszeitung" made tongue-in-cheek claims about yearly bets of Graz citizens on the ice nativity scene’s endurance. A planned wood roof to protect the artwork from rain was vetoed