The #ecprvgc20 goes to #Innsbruck https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇹" title="Flagge von Österreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Österreich"> – well, we wish! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht">

So, let’s do a virtual tour through the city instead! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">Here are some crucial (or random?) facts about the city we would have loved to visit in #2020. The city’s main sight is the Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof)! @ECPR (1/9)

There’s a ski jumping hill in Innsbruck, the #Bergiselschanze, designed by none other than Zaha Hadid. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🗻" title="Fudschijama" aria-label="Emoji: Fudschijama">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🏔️" title="Schneebedeckter Berg" aria-label="Emoji: Schneebedeckter Berg">The record jump went as far as 138m!

Coincidentally, this number corresponds exactly to the length of all ECPR conference papers printed out & put next to each other. (2/9)

Even though the region of Tyrol is quite conservative, Innsbruck is governed by a Green mayor, @DenGeorgWilli. In 2018, he was directly elected, also thanks to a long-term split within Innsbruck’s conservative camp, weakening the local branch of Austria& #39;s center-right ÖVP. (3/9)

Innsbruck #Kranebitten has one of the world’s coolest airports, in a valley next to high mountains (=wind & currents!). Pilots need special training to land there! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="✈️" title="Flugzeug" aria-label="Emoji: Flugzeug">

For nerds: The airport is so unique that it’s modelled in detail in the new Microsoft Flight Simulator. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤓" title="Nerd-Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Nerd-Gesicht"> (4/9)

Still, I hope that many of you will come to Innsbruck in an environmental-friendly way #virtuesignalling https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌱" title="Setzling" aria-label="Emoji: Setzling">

In this case, check out the impressive (and huge!) paintings of Max Weiler at the train station. Weiler was one of the key Austrian painters of the 20th century. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎨" title="Farbpalette" aria-label="Emoji: Farbpalette"> (5/9)

The biggest national minorities in Innsbruck are Germans https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇩🇪" title="Flagge von Deutschland" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Deutschland"> and Italians https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇮🇹" title="Flagge von Italien" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Italien">.

A famous former German inhabitant of the city was World Cup winning manager Joachim Löw, in charge of and champion with FC Tirol in 2001/02! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚽️" title="Fußball" aria-label="Emoji: Fußball"> (6/9)

It seems unnecessary to tell you that the old town of Innsbruck is full of nice #bars, knowing from experience that ECPR conference participants are #not interested in visiting such places as they use all their time to conduct important #research. (7/9)

Importantly, Innsbruck has an excellent political science department. @PolSciUIBK hosts scholars such as @marcelojenny @lorehayek @gerhard_mangott Sarah Dingler ( @electsystblog) @franzeder @SennMartin @juliapermoser @MierloTrix @anatrfernandes @ThomasWalli & Ludger Helms! (8/9)

Overall, Innsbruck is astonishingly beautiful https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz"> I like it so much that I regard it as almost as great as my hometown Vienna https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😉" title="Zwinkerndes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Zwinkerndes Gesicht"> https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😇" title="Lächelndes Gesicht mit Heiligenschein" aria-label="Emoji: Lächelndes Gesicht mit Heiligenschein"> The bottom line: I can’t wait to return to Innsbruck for the #ECPR 2021! https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🇦🇹" title="Flagge von Österreich" aria-label="Emoji: Flagge von Österreich">

Space matters - and not only cyberspace, but also offline space! (9/9)