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==Culture==
During 2003 Graz held the title of "[[European Capital of Culture]]" and was one of the [[UNESCO]] "Cities of Design" in 2011.

===Museums===
[[File:Graz Kunsthaus vom Schlossberg 20061126.jpg|thumb|right|The Graz Museum of Contemporary Art (Kunsthaus)]]
[[File:Tramway graz14.jpg|thumb|right|Tramway Museum]]
[[File:07 Graz, Austria.jpg|thumb|right|View from the Castle Hill (Schlossberg) with the Museum of Contemporary Art (Kunsthaus) in the centre]]

The most important museums in Graz are:
* [[Schloss Eggenberg (Graz)|Eggenberg Palace (Schloss Eggenberg)]] with the Old Gallery (Alte Galerie) (paintings and sculptures from the Romanesque to the end of the Baroque period), Coin Collection, [[Lapidarium]] (Roman stonework collection), Archaeological Museum (featuring the [[Cult Wagon of Strettweg]]) a special exhibitions area and the 90,000 m<sup>2</sup> [[English garden|romantic landscape gardens]].
* Museum in the Palace (Museum im Palais): museum of Styrian cultural history from the Middle Ages to the present.
* New Gallery (Neue Galerie): visual arts from the 19th and 20th centuries.
* Natural History Museum: exhibition of botany, mineralogy and zoology.
* Graz City Museum (Stadtmuseum Graz)
* [[Grazer Kunsthaus|Museum of Contemporary Art (Kunsthaus)]]
* City Park Forum (Forum Stadtpark): museum of contemporary art.
* Camera Austria: museum of contemporary photography.
* [[Styrian Armoury|Armoury (Landeszeughaus)]]: medieval [[Armory (military)|armoury]] comprising 32,000 pieces of armour and weaponry, largest of its kind in the world.
* Folklore Museum (Volkskundemuseum): museum of [[folk culture]] and [[folklore]].
* Diocesan Museum (Diözesanmuseum): museum of the [[Roman Catholic Church]].
* Artists House (Künstlerhaus): exhibition hall of contemporary visual arts.
* Literature House (Literaturhaus): museum of contemporary [[German literature]].
* Museum of Perception (Museum der Wahrnehmung): museum of the senses, [[samadhi]] bath.
* Children's Museum Frida & Fred (Kindermuseum Frida & Fred): museum for children.
* [[Graz Tramway Museum|Tram Museum]]: 40 historic [[tram]]s, the oldest dating from 1873.
* Kriminalmuseum: museum of criminology.
* Aviation Museum (Luftfahrtmuseum): situated at Graz Airport.
* Hanns Schell Collection: [[Key (lock)|key]] and lock museum, largest of its kind in the world.
* Austrian Sculpture Park: seven hectares of contemporary sculpture.
* Botanical Garden of Graz: three architecturally interesting glass houses plus gardens.

===Architecture===
The city centre and the adjacent districts are characterized by the historic residential buildings and churches. In the outer districts buildings are predominantly of the architectural styles from the second half of the 20th century.

In 1965 the Graz School (''Grazer Schule'') was founded. Several buildings around the universities are of this style, e.g. the green houses by Volker Giencke and the ''RESOWI'' Centre by Günther Domenig.

Before Graz became European Capital of Culture in 2003, several new projects were realized, such as the ''Stadthalle'' - a multifunctional space for e.g. conventions and concerts -, the Children's Museum (''Kindermuseum''), the ''Helmut-List-Halle'', the Museum of Contemporary Art (''Kunsthaus'') and the Island in the Mur (''Murinsel'').

* '''Tallest buildings'''
[[File:Graz Herz Jesu 3.jpg|thumb|right|upright|[[Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Graz)|Jeusus's Heart Church (Herz-Jesu-Kirche)]]]]
Buildings in Graz which are at least 50m tall:
{| class="wikitable"
!
! Name or Address
! Completion
! Usage
! Height (m)
! floors
|- align="center"
| 1.
| align="left" | [[Herz-Jesu-Kirche (Graz)|Jesus's Heart Church (Herz-Jesu-Kirche)]]
| 1887
| church
| 109
|
|- align="center"
| 2.
| align="left" | Elisabeth Building (Elisabeth Hochhaus)
| 1964
| residential
| 75
| 25
|- align="center"
| 3. 4.
| align="left" | Kärntner Straße 212, [[Liebenau (Graz)|Liebenauer]] Hauptstraße 309
| 1968 and 1955
| residential
| 69
| 21
|- align="center"
| 5.
| align="left" | Franciscan Church (Franziskanerkirche)
| 1240
| church
| 69
|
|- align="center"
| 6.
| align="left" | Alpha Tower
| 1960/2 floors added in 2015
| residential
| 67
| 21
|- align="center"
| 7.
| align="left" | [[Telekom Austria]] Tower
| 1960s
| office
| 65
| 15
|- align="center"
| 8.
| align="left" | [[Basilica]] Mariatrost
| 1724
| church
| 61
|- align="center"
| 9.
| align="left" | Styria Media Center
| 2014
| office
| 60
| 15
|- align="center"
| 10.
| align="left" | Science Tower
| 2017
| office
| 60
| 12 plus skygarden
|- align="center"
| 11. 12. 13. 14.
| align="left" | St. Peter Pfarrweg, Kindermanngasse, Hanuschgasse, Algersdorferstraße
| 1960/70s
| residential
| 55
| 17
|- align="center"
| 15. 16. 17. 18.
| align="left" |Vinzenz Muchitschstraße, Ungergasse, Kärntner Straße 216, Eggenberger Gürtel
| 1970s
| residential
| 52
| 16
|}

===Sports===
[[File:Merkur arena graz 2023.jpg|thumb|Merkur Arena Graz]]
[[SK Sturm Graz]] is the main football club of the city, with Four Austrian championships, 5 Austrian Cup wins and 4 participations in the Champions League (where they were 1st in the first group stage in 2000/01 and therefore got promoted to the round of 16 as the first Austrian club ever). [[Grazer AK]] also won an Austrian championship, but went into administration in 2007 and was excluded from the professional league system.

In ice hockey, [[ATSE Graz]] was the [[Austrian Hockey League]] champion in 1975 and 1978. [[EC Graz]] was runner-up in 1991–92, 1992–93 and 1993–94. [[Graz 99ers]] has played in the first division since 2000.

[[UBSC Raiffeisen Graz]] plays in the [[Österreichische Basketball Bundesliga|Austrian Basketball League]].

[[Graz Giants]] play in the [[Austrian Football League]] (American Football).

The city bid for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in 1995, but lost the election to [[Salt Lake City]].

=== Styriarte ===
Graz hosts the annual festival of classical music [[Styriarte]], founded in 1985 to tie conductor [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]] closer to his hometown. Events have been held at different venues in Graz and in the surrounding region.

=== Dialect ===
Referred to as ''Steirisch'' by locals, Graz belongs to the [[Austro-Bavarian]] region of dialects, more specifically a mix of [[Central Bavarian]] in the western part of [[Styria]] and [[Southern Bavarian]] in the eastern part.<ref>{{cite web |title=Steirische Sprache |url=https://www.steiermark.com/de/urlaub/kultur-in-stadt-und-land/volkskultur-brauchtum/steirische-sprache |website=Steiermark: Das offizielle Tourismusportal der Steiermark |publisher=Medieninhaber und Herausgeber sowie Dienstanbieter Steirische Tourismus GmbH |access-date=8 July 2020}}</ref> The Grazer [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]], the Graz subsidiary of Austrian Broadcasting Corporation, launched an initiative in 2008 called ''Scho wieda Steirisch g'redt'' to highlight the numerous dialects of Graz and Styria in general and to cultivate the pride many Styrians hold for their local culture. Two reasons for a melding of these dialects with [[Standard German]]: the influence of television and radio bringing Standard German into the home and the industrialization causing the disappearance of the single farmer since the farming communities are seen as the true keepers of dialect speaking.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jontes |first1=Günther |title=Scho wieda Steirisch g'redt |url=http://static2.orf.at/vietnam2/files/stmkmagazin/200831/scho_wieda_steirisch_gredt_16997.pdf |website=ORF St Radio Steiermark |publisher=ORF Steiermark |access-date=8 July 2020 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818103713/http://static2.orf.at/vietnam2/files/stmkmagazin/200831/scho_wieda_steirisch_gredt_16997.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>