Zell am See, 25.02.2009
Vespa World Days 2009 in Zell am See!

This years Vespa World Days will take place from Thursday 11th of june until Sunday 14th of june 2009 in Zell am See. Almost 2000 friends of the italian Cult-Scooter will be expected at the worldwide largest and most important meeting. Contents of the program among other things are trips to the Pinzgauer mountain landscape, Events and Celebrations, as well as an impressive Gala-dinner on Saturday evening.

The Vespa World Days 2009 stand completely in the indication of the encounter between the Pinzgauer tradition and the Italian awareness of life. Four days long, two myths, the traditions and the awareness of life, will intermix. The Pinzgau with its breath-taking mountain area, the cultivated tradition and the multicolored folklore meets the Italian attitude towards life of the Cult- Scooter, which moved a whole nation and today is mutated to a symbol, for everything which Italian awareness of life represents.

The start of the Vespa World Days is Thursday the 11th of june 2009 with an unique ride to and on top of the dam wall of the high mountain reservoir in Kaprun. In the evening the „Vespisti“ will enjoy a rich picnic on the lake, with young bands, performing on the lake stage. The day after (Friday 12th of june 2009) the program includes a ride on the Großglockner as well as a Castle Night on the Castle Kaprun, surrounded by a pigling dinner and Top Bands in the castle courtyard. Saturday (13th of june 2009) starts with an impressive corso around the Zeller Lake, which will be accompanied by lots of action and interesting stops.

The Gala Dinner will be featured by a great avant-garde Show as well as performance of Top musicians. On Sunday the 14th of june 2009 it is time so say farewell. In order to keep the „See-You“ and „Ciao“ wrench within bounds, we have organized a big morning get-together with tasty delicacy of the region and local music.

Europe-wide Vespa meetings exist already since the fifties. Almost ten years after the construction of the first Vespa, some drives met in Paris (1959) for a two-day Event. From then on, meetings where organized yearly in different countries under the name of „Eurovespa“. The first Eurovespa Meeting in Austria was organized in Salzburg 1961. Followed by Krems (1987), Vienna (2003) and Krumpendorf/Pörtschach (2005). Because more and more Vespa Drivers from other continents drove to the Events, the Event received new structures and was accomplished in 2007 in San Marino, for the first time under the new label „Vespa World Days“. Zell am See has not only the great task to organize this Event but also has the privilege to organize the first meeting outside of Italy.

The Vespa World Days in Zell am See have also an interesting aspect to the domestic economy, the tourism and not least for the culture. An inquiry at the last year organization place Cefalu (Sicily) resulted, that in the four days of the Events 2008 the hotel trade, the catering trade and the other in the Event involved enterprises, gained a turnover of almost 2.5 million euros.