Linz Tourism - Travel to Linz

Linz is the third largest city in Austria with some 250,000 inhabitants. Linz is on the Danube (Donau) river. Tourist slogan of the city is "In Linz beginnt's" ("It starts in Linz").

Table of contents

1 Understand

2 Get in

2.1 By plane
2.2 By train
2.3 By car
2.4 By boat

3 Get around

4 See

5 Do

5.1 Cinemas
5.2 Modern and young

6 Eat

6.1 Vegetarians

7 Drink

7.1 Irish Pubs

8 Sleep

9 Get out

10 External links

Understand Linz Tourism

Linz was an industrial city (steel, chemical) and therefore heavily bombed during WWII. While industry is still of importance Linz is slowly diversifying to services and tourism.

Get into Linz

Travel to Linz By Plane

There is an international airport in Hoersching, some 20km (13m) west of Linz with a daily Ryanair connection to London. The airport has online departure and arrival schedules.

Linz is also a major train hub. There are excellent train connections to Vienna, Salzburg and Germany. The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) has a timetable with online ticket purchasing (printer needed).

Travel to Linz By car

Also freeways connect Linz well with Vienna, Salzburg, Munich and the Muehlviertel. Pretty soon the connection to the south of Austria (to Graz (Styria), and Klagenfurt (Carinthia)) will be finished as well, currently it is a pain to drive there.

Travel to Linz By Boat

There is regular passenger boat service on the Danube from and to Vienna and Passau, Germany. A list of Austrian passenger services on the Danube can be found at this shipping portal.

Get around in Linz

There is good public transport via buses and tramway. There is a map of the streetcar (red) and bus lines available, as well as an online time table. A one day ticket is € 2,90.

See Linz

Historic center
Ars Electronica Center, Hauptstrasse 2, +43.732.7272.0 (email: center.bs@aec.at). W-Th 9AM-5PM, F 9AM-9PM, Sa-Su 10AM-6PM. The working headquarters is devoted to the juncture of art, technology, and society. It features the Museum of the Future, with art and technology displays year-round, as well as special events. € 6 (€ 3 students, seniors). http://www.aec.at/
Main Square
New Cathedral
Old Cathedral
Castle: easy walking access (less than 5 minutes) from the Main Square
Lentos. Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1 (opposite the AEC on the Linz side of the Danube). Museum of modern art. http://www.lentos.at/

Do Linz

Hike around on Froschberg
Enjoy beer tents and amusement park rides at the Urfahranermarkt (available for a week twice annually in Spring and Autumn)
See an opera at the Bruckner building
Catch a play at the theater
Stroll down the major shopping street Landstrasse
Catch a boat on the Danube down to Vienna or upstream to Bavaria
Visit the beautiful Christmas market in mid December.

Cinemas

Movimento and City cinemas. Show movies away from mainstream. Sometimes much better than mainstream movies and in original language with subtitles. http://www.moviemento.at

Modern and young

The Posthof shows modern music, dance and comedy performances. It's near the port.

Stadtwerkstatt near to the AEC and KAPU are popular meeting points for young people with an alternative lifestyle. There are often gigs of unknown bands.

The Phoenix Theater shows modern plays also suitable for teenagers.

Eat - Travel to Linz

Favorite foods: Linzer Torte (Linz Cake) a sweet and delicious desert

Vegetarians

Mangold: self service, Hauptplatz 3, Mo to Fr from 11am to 20pm. Sa 10am to 4pm. Sunday closed. Cheaper after 6pm. Pay by weight.
P'AA. Nice restaurant and lounge in the Altstadt. Mo to Sa from 11am to 2.30pm and 5.30pm to 12pm. Address: Altstadt 28, Tel. +43(732)77646, http://www.paa.cx/

Drink

Great local beer and warm "Glühwein" (like punch) in the winter.

Irish Pubs

Kiernan's Kitty, Hessenplatz 19, Mo-Th 11am to 2am, Fr 11am to 4am, Sa and Su 2pm to 4am. Great burgers.
The Irish Pub, Hauptplatz 15

http://www.linz.at/ -- the official city portal