Friday For Future Festival

Grassmayr junction closed for hours on Friday

The participants of the street festival gathered at the Grassmayr intersection.(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

Drivers should avoid Innsbruck's Südring and the Grassmayr junction for hours on Friday afternoon if possible. The organization Fridays For Future is holding a street festival there.

From 1.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m., Olympiastrasse between Südbahnstrasse and Leopoldstrasse will be closed to traffic in the westbound direction, according to the police. Only the two eastbound lanes will remain open. Traffic jams formed on the alternative and detour routes heading west. 

The reason for the road closure is a street party organized by Fridays For Future from 2 to 6 pm. According to the police, the gathering had been registered in good time and had not been prohibited. 

The flood disaster has clearly shown how the climate crisis is becoming a threat to the lives of us all - this must be the turning point in climate policy. All parties are called upon to provide answers to the climate crisis.

Salome Lanz, Fridays For Future Innsbruck

Political exchange before the election
The organizers of the meeting explained that they wanted to invite people to a political exchange two days before the National Council elections - with a focus on climate policy. The intersection was chosen deliberately because "different people come together at an intersection".

Traffic jams formed around the meeting.(Bild: Christof Birbaumer)

Information on the election will be provided at the event, and all visitors will also have the opportunity to speak on stage themselves. A children's program and musical contributions are also planned, including the band Bluatschink.