Graz is a bouldering city. Its halls range from BLOC house, in an old animal-feed factory, to Boulderclub's 2,100 m² in Puntigam, and between them they offer Kilter Boards, Moon Boards, spray walls and new problems every week. For climbing on a rope there's the Sportunion's lead hall, and Kletterhalle Graz, which the national climbing federation took over in July 2026 and is rebuilding indoors while its outdoor tower stays open. Club halls in Voitsberg, Leibnitz and Mixnitz are nearby.
Photo: Boulderclub Graz
Newton Graz, a few steps from Griesplatz, has more than 1,400 m² of floor space with problems on two floors, and a training basement with the Nature Board, set with holds shaped like real rock, a Kilter board and a campus board. It opens at 07:00 on weekdays, and its café has a beer garden for summer evenings. Newton's second hall is in Kapfenberg, 40 km to the north, with the same prices.
BLOC house opened in October 2014 in a former animal-feed factory on Puchstraße and was renovated in summer 2026. It has about 1,200 m² of bouldering on walls up to 4.5 metres, a Kilter Board, a spray wall and a training area, and two wall sections are reset every week. In July, August and September it usually closes from 13:00 to 16:00.
Boulderclub Graz, in Puntigam in the south of the city, has 2,100 m² of bouldering with more than 300 problems graded on the Font scale, a Kilter Board that tilts from 20 to 70 degrees, two Moon Boards, a calisthenics park and a big children's and family area. It's air-conditioned, and its Aerial Center runs yoga, aerial silk and pole classes.
Kletterhalle Graz, in the JUFA Hotel Graz City building on Idlhofgasse, opened as the City Adventure Center in 2006. In July 2026 the Austrian climbing federation took it over and began rebuilding the indoor hall, which is to become a national youth training centre for bouldering, lead and speed. Until it reopens, only the outdoor tower is open, for top-rope and lead climbing, with two auto-belays, at reduced prices.
The Sportunion climbing hall, in the Unionhalle sports centre on Gaußgasse, has 320 m² of lead walls and 150 m² of bouldering with a campus board, and opens every day from 08:00. In school terms, children's courses take over part of the hall on weekday afternoons.
Alpenverein sections run smaller halls within half an hour of the city. Voitsberg's 150 m² bouldering hall reopened in September 2026 after a complete rebuild, with a MoonBoard, and Leibnitz has a bouldering hall with a Kilter Board and a spray wall; both are open every day, with entry by chip. In Mixnitz, the Alpenverein hall in the Naturwelten Steiermark building has a 9.5-metre lead wall and a MoonBoard, with an open session on Monday evenings, and Gleisdorf has a small town bouldering room at the Mittelschule, open on school-day evenings.
In October 2026 an adult day ticket cost €13.90 at Newton, €15 at BLOC house and €15.90 at Boulderclub, with cheaper morning or Early Bird prices at all three. The Sportunion charged €9.70 from 15:00 and €7 before, and Kletterhalle Graz's outdoor tower €11 in the afternoon. The club halls nearby charge €3 to €10. For regular climbers, Newton's subscription cost €72 a month on a one-year term and Boulderclub's €89 on a three-month term, and the Sportunion sold one-month cards for €72.80. Students and children pay less everywhere.
You don't need a course or a card to go bouldering, and you register on your first visit. At BLOC house, anyone from 14 can register and come on their own. For roped climbing, no hall in Graz asks for a Kletterschein: at Kletterhalle Graz, staff don't check climbers' skills, so learn on a course or with an experienced partner first, and bring a rope at least 35 metres long. Under-18s must be supervised there unless they're 14 or over and have a parent's written consent. Boulderclub's children's area has tunnels, a slide and a play castle, and BLOC house and Newton both have areas for children. Read what Austrian halls ask of roped climbers before you go.
BLOC house hosted the 2026 Austrian bouldering championships in March, and the Styrian climbing federation, the Kletterverband Steiermark, has its office at the same address. Boulderclub holds the Spiders Cup for young climbers and its Spring Masters, BLOC house its Housemeisterschaft, and the Styrian open bouldering championships are at Newton Kapfenberg on 12 December 2026. Newton's Kapfenberg hall also hosts the final of the Le Mur Cup, a bouldering series shared with BlocSpot in Zeltweg and Fläsh in Wolfsberg.
The city's own crag is Weinzödl, in Andritz on the northern edge of Graz: south-facing walls 10 to 25 metres high, graded from 2 to 10, well bolted and good for families. A rockfall in 2022 closed part of it, so check the latest before you go. For longer routes, the limestone walls of the Grazer Bergland include the Röthelstein above Mixnitz, reached by train and a walk, and the Franz-Scheikl via ferrata (C) climbs the north face of the Hochlantsch. The Röthelstein faces south and gets very hot in summer. For more crags across Austria, see our guide to outdoor climbing in Austria.
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