Leoben 40K – AOS WORLDS – ETC
Venue 2025
address
Landesstraße 36, 8712 Proleb, Austria
ARRIVING TO LEOBEN
Leoben 40K and AoS Worlds (April-May 2025) will be hosted in Leoben, Austria. Leoben is located in central Austria. Because of the city’s central location you can come via car, train or plane.
by car
Parking is widely available in city, we recommend arriving to the town with your car to your accomdoation and then taking the shuttle busses we will arrange each morning and evening for the tournament.
BY TRAIN
Austria has a very expansive rail system and the Leoben train station is within walking distance to both to our offered accomodations and the venue of the tournament. Name of the station is “Leoben Hbf”.
by plane
The closest two airports are the Wien-Schwechat (Lower Austria) and Graz-Thalerhof. After the flight you can come to Leoben by Train.
Just search for the connection from “Vienna Airport” to “Leoben Hbf” from the link below from Vienna Airport, the train station is in the arrival terminal itself and it is a very convenient journey even with luggage.
Accomodation
We have arranged special deals for The Alpine Cup attendees where you will be be able to stay in the hotels near the event venue.
GETTING TO VENUE
Shuttle Bus: Complimentary Shuttle busses will be arranged from both the center of Leoben and from accomodations ( SHUTTLE ROUTE 1 – SHUTTLE ROUTE 2) , each morning before games start and each evening after games are over.
Parking: There are over 100+ parking spots available in the venue for teams arriving with their cars for free.
EATING AND GASTRONOMY
Considering its population size, Leoben has a lot of restaurants and bars in its central square.
- San Marco – Italian
- Arkadenhof – Austrian Traditional
- Schwarzer Hund – Austrian Traditional
- Zur Sonne – Chinese
(These are not the only restaurants available, just 4 that we think are the best.)
Along with many other restaurants and eateries. (LINK)
For evenings, there are several cafes and bars within the town center, ranging from rooftop cocktail bars to dance bars.
The above listed are just some of the favourites, there are many other options for entertainment and chilling available. (LINK)
„The bar Segafredo granted us space everyday for both inside and outside for gatherings and specials for us“
SOCIAL GATHERINGS
We will be preparing Social Gatherings and activities for all our attendees, with some of it being official dinners with reservations done for you while other will be get together spots for all the tournament attendees. These Gatherings will be free to attend for everyone.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Q: Is Vienna Airport difficult to get to for non European players?
A: Not at all. There are direct flights from Chicago, Boston, New York, Washington, Montreal and Toronto for players from North America. On top
of that there are direct flights from Shanghai, Shenzen, Bangkok and Taipei as well.
Vienna Airport is also very well connected to several airline hubs, there are several flights from Istanbul and more than 10 flights from Frankfurt everyday. There are also direct flights from Dubai and Doha twice a day each.
(PS: From Frankfurt flying to Graz might be a better option depening on your schedule. Graz to Leoben is a journey that takes less than an hour.)
Q: Does the Leoben venue have enough facilities?
A: Yes, the same venue already hosted a 360 player 40K event this April 2024, and for AoS Worlds 2025 we will be hosting the Lebeon 40K – Alpine Cup tournament with 400 players the week before to polish the event.
Q: Will there be only one bar, will we have to wait the entire break period to get drinks/food?
A: Of course not, there is a permanent bar right in the next room of the playing hall. So there will be at least 2 bars serving drinks at any given time. There is also a bar planned in the frontyard with table service being a thing during
the games.
Q: Are you sure shuttle busses will be enough to get the players to the venue and back? Will there be any shuttles for us, and will we have to wait for all games to be over to be able to get back to hotels?
A: Yes, We will have two shuttle busses doing rings for several hours in the morning to make sure all players arrive in venue on time. And shuttle service from venue back to town will start before all the games are over, so if your games end early you can get back to town without waiting.
Q: I heard that there is nowhere to eat in Leoben but a McDonald’s in the evening, is that true?
A: That is certainly not the case. The kitchens of the restaurants are open until 21:00-21:30 and we will make sure that there is always a place to eat for each gaming day. We can ask the restaurants to stay open for even longer and they
would gladly extend their times by an hour.
In addition venue will also have food available to order in the evenings in the attached restaurant.
Q: Leoben seems difficult and expensive to get to, will Leoben events cost players a lot?
A: No, Leoben is a very affordable and accessible town. From continental Europe it is easy to get to by train and car. For flights there are two airports that you can go which has rail terminals to take trains to Leoben.
And after getting to Leoben you will notice it is very easy to get around, with the town center being less than 20 minute walking from even the farthest accomodations; with food and drink prices being very affordable.
If you come with a car, after your arrival you most likely won’t need it until the event ends thanks to the proximity of everything and the shuttle busses.
Q: What about our companions that are not interested in gaming? Will they have things to do throughout the week?
A: Yes, we actually have this list of “Things to do in Leoben” already done.
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General List of Attractions
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Beer Museum and Brewery Tour
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Asian Spa Leoben
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Hiking Oppurtunities
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Open Pit Mine Tour
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European wonder Green Lake
In addition to these, we can also connect willing players/companions with guided tours that are offered by city management of Leoben. We have done this already in 2024 April.