House of the European Union in Vienna: More than 500,000 Visitors in 10 Years

More+Events ♦ Published: October 16, 2019; 19:55 ♦ (Vindobona)

For exactly 10 years, the House of the European Union in Wipplingerstraße has been a meeting place for all those who wish to exchange views on the EU. The Representation of the European Commission and the Liaison Office of the European Parliament in Austria operate under this same roof. Together with numerous partners, they have organised some 2450 events over the past ten years, welcoming some 530,000 visitors.

The House of the European Union was officially opened in Vienna on 16 October 2009. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Europäisches Parlament [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)]

10 years ago, President Heinz Fischer, President Jerzy Buzek and President José Manuel Barroso jointly opened the new office and event facilities of the European Parliament and the European Commission.

As early as Austria's accession to the EU in 1995, the EU institutions founded the Representation of the European Commission and the Information Office of the European…