"9 Places - 9 Treasures": City Park for Vienna in the Race for Victory 2025

The previous winners of "9 Places - 9 Treasures" include the Green Lake in Tragöß (2014), Formarinsee and Rote Wand in Vorarlberg (2015), the Kaisertal in Tyrol (2016), the Körbersee in Vorarlberg (2017), the Schiederweiher in Upper Austria (2018), the Lünersee in Vorarlberg (2019), the Strutz-Mühle in Styria (2020), the Wiegensee in Vorarlberg (2021), the Friedenskircherl at Stoderzinken in Styria (2022), the Landskron Castle in Carinthia (2023), and the Gadaunerer Gorge in Salzburg (2024).

"9 Places - 9 Treasures": Grand Finale Live on October 25 on ORF

Numerous local treasures are still waiting to be discovered. In the ORF TV show "9 Places - 9 Treasures," these will be presented on October 25, 2025, at 8:15 PM on ORF 2 and ORF ON. Prominent country representatives include Miriam Kutrowatz, RIAN, and Missy May. The band "folkshilfe" provides the musical entertainment for the evening. "It is a great joy every year to see how diverse and beautiful our country is. The fact that we can realize this successful format for the twelfth year shows once again that there are countless treasures yet to be discovered. The nine state winners competing this year for the title of Austria's most beautiful place promise another exciting final round, setting the mood for the National Holiday. I am pleased that ORF, together with all regional studios, makes this unique show a program highlight in October every year, offering the audience an autumn TV tour through all federal states, which has already become a small tradition," says ORF Director General Roland Weißmann.

The Finalists of "9 Places - 9 Treasures" Are Set

After the first selection phase for the show, where each ORF regional studio once again selected three "treasures," the nine winners from the federal states were presented today, on October 6, 2025, at a press conference. They will compete on the evening before the National Holiday for their respective federal state, receiving strong support and promotion from moderators of the ORF regional studios as well as celebrities from the regions.

The 9 Places or Treasures 2025 are:

Further information is available here. On October 6, the book on "9 Places - 9 Treasures" will be published again by Kral-Verlag, this time under the title "Deeply Connected with Austria." The book accompanies the 2025 treasure hunt and the nine state winners of the previous year with informative texts and, above all, impressive images. "ORF nachlese" is giving away ten copies of the current "9 Places - 9 Treasures" book.

"9 Places - 9 Treasures": The Federal State Duos 2025

The pairs from the federal states, consisting of a "Bundesland heute" moderator or moderator and a prominent partner, jointly support their respective candidate from the state. The celebrities then award the points, which contribute to the overall score, consisting of jury decision as well as telephone and SMS voting. Burgenland: Miriam Kutrowatz and Martin Ganster Carinthia: RIAN and Bernd Radler Lower Austria: Missy May and Katharina Sunk Upper Austria: Karl Ploberger and Maria Theiner Salzburg: Elisabeth Fuchs and Viola Wörter Styria: Ferdinand Seebacher and Renate Rosbaud Tyrol: Gregor Bloéb and Daniela Schmiderer Vorarlberg: Marc Girardelli and Christiane Schwald-Pösel Vienna: Angelika Niedetzky and Elisabeth Vogel

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