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BY THE COLOURFUL DANUBE DIVE INTO A SPARKLING CULTURAL EXPERIENCE BY THE RIVER. www.linz.at/Groups I www.linztourismus.at/EN

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Group experience in 2014 An overview P. 4 – 7

Danube shapes Linz

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Miles of art on the river

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Linz on new wavelengths – boat trips on the Danube

P. 12 – 13

Danube Cycle Path and Donausteig

P. 14 – 19

The diversity of a cultural capital – city walking tours and guided tours

P. 20 – 25

Museums open up new perspectives

P. 26 – 30

Anton Bruckner, organ virtuoso

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Churches and concerts in churches

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Concert halls and theatres

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Events venues and events

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Natural spaces, green oases

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General map of Linz

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Changing technology and architecture

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Contemporary history – a city’s past

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Public transport

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Partners of Linz Tourismus

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Excursions in the surrounding area

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Getting to Linz

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Event highlights in Linz 2014

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Catering for tour groups

Group packages: P. 30

A group experience on the trail of a musical genius

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Linz Advent magic

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Pure Danube pleasure: bike and boat trip Passau–Vienna

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The Blue Danube – colourful diversity in Linz

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Make use of our insider knowledge www.linz.at/groups The staff of the Group Tours Department are professionals. Because they live here, know all our partners, have designed countless one-day or several-day programmes and have taken part in many themselves. They’re insiders and are happy to pass on their knowledge to you! So you can make your group tour, your offer, and your coach trip exciting. With no strings attached – no commission, no costs. Merely as intermediaries between you and the offers in the city.

Subscribe now to receive the latest group news here: www.linz.at/groupsnews Tourismusverband Linz Verkaufsförderung Adalbert-Stifter-Platz 2, 4020 Linz/Austria Tel. +43 732 7070 2926, 2927 or 2929 Fax +43 732 7070 54 2926, 2927 or 2929 sales@linztourismus.at

Tourismusverband Linz functions solely as an intermediary agent.

Any contractual relationship comes into being exclusively between the businesses and the customer.

Your group tour professionals from Tourismusverband Linz, from left to right: Ingrid Walch, Isabell Glossauer, and Elfriede Ortner.

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Danube shapes Linz Do you know the European Capital of Culture, which will tempt you to the banks of the Danube? A city trip to Linz changes your perspective and refreshes your spirit. It invites you to a pleasant stopover by the Danube.

Dive into a varied cultural experience, into stories from the past and the future. In 2014 and 2015, Linz looks onto the second largest river in Europe: the route of emperors and kings, cyclists, and hikers. The creative location for culture and cuisine.

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Danube shapes Linz Have you ever asked what it means for a city to be by the longest river in Europe? How a river like that shapes a city?

In 2014, Linz is looking for answers to that. Exhibitions, installations, and events of all kinds show art, nature, and industry, and make the developments on the banks of the Danube comprehensible. Feel the force of the waves on a

ARCHITECTURE, ART, AND MUSIC BY THE DANUBE The heart of the inspiring and forwardlooking cultural city of Linz was built by the Danube. The Brucknerhaus – Linz’s top location for ambitious music – was its figurehead, and the Ars Electronica Center and the Lentos Kunstmuseum followed. The transformation from a city of steel to one of culture is demonstrated by the large-format metal sculptures of forum metall in the Donaupark, where the whole of Linz crowds to the green spaces and the water in summer.

boat trip, hike or bike along the banks. Strengthened by regional specialities and a slice of Linzer Torte, we dare you to try something new, and to discover the culture of the region.

Because there’s lots to explore and enjoy.

You can come here for all number of reasons: To clear your head, sunbathe, swim, cuddle, run ... and to dive into music, literature, and art at the festivals and celebrations by the Danube.

Many of the cultural events in the Donaupark take place free of charge, under the motto “Culture for all”, and are just waiting to be enjoyed.

INTERACTIVE WAVES

The Ars Electronica Center is not just a homage to the mighty river in an architectural sense: The installation “BLUE” delivers real-time visualisations of the Danube’s flow speed and water level. It also simulates the wave DANUBE AS FESTIVAL VENUE formation of the murmuring river.

For the people of Linz and their guests, A visit to voestalpine Stahlwelt is the river is the city’s main life stage.

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also pretty impressive. Not just steel flows there. Thanks to the brand-new 30-metre-long interactive panorama, you can learn more about the steel plant on the river. It needs water from the Danube to transport raw materials and to produce high-quality car bodies.

THE RIVER OF DEVELOPMENT History lovers are in the best hands in the Schlossmuseum. At the exhibition on the First World War with the title “Life in Wartime”, you begin to comprehend that the War brought drastic changes, even to parts of the country that were far from the action.

Incidentally, it is possible to turn on the wheel of time in the exhibition

“Nature in Upper Austria”. You’ll quickly look a 9-metre primeval shark in the eye, follow the development of the river, or how the foothills of the Alps were formed. And all that while today’s visitors swim against the current in the Danube Aquarium.

WATER: HEARING, SEEING, AND TRADING You seem to hear the flowing of water in the Musiktheater. You definitely hear it at the Klangwolken or on a visit to the Brucknerhaus. The Danube themes certainly become visible in the Lentos Kunstmuseum, flooded with light, or in the Stadtmuseum Nordico. On the one hand, the history of the river in the city is recounted, and on the other,

you trace the most precious resource in the world. Because “Clean Water” is becoming an increasingly precious commodity. It’s true, Linz has plenty of it, but what does the future hold?

Culture, nature, and industry – this triad shapes Linz. Here, all the colours of the world are reflected on the banks of the Danube, stories are told for those of every age, and interrelations become visible. www.linz2014.at

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Miles of art on the river EVENTS 13th Borealis Linz Danube Marathon 06 Apr 2014

Urfahranermarkt 26 Apr–04 May & 27 Sep–05 Oct 2014, Urfahr fairgrounds

LinzFest

16–18 May 2014, Donaupark

Ufern Festival

27–28 June 2014, Alt-Urfahr

Spring Festival

Schlossmuseum

05–18 May 2014

Life in Wartime 23 Jan–16 Nov 2014

THEATRE AND CONCERTS The Danube in Flames 20 June + 15 Aug 2014

CLASSICS AT THE CATHEDRAL

12 July 2014 Erwin Schrott 17 July 2014 Bobby McFerrin, Domplatz

International Pflasterspektakel Klangwolken 17–19 July 2014, city centre

Linzer KroneFest

22 + 23 Aug 2014, city centre

WearFair & more

Oct 2014, Linz Tabakfabrik

Wildstyle & Tattoo fair 01–02 Nov 2014, Linz Tabakfabrik

FESTIVALS Ars Electronica Festival 05–08 Sep 2014

Piano Festival 23–26 Jan 2014

World Music Festival 20–23 Feb 2014

Old Music Festival

Visualisierte 06 Sep 2014 Klassische 14 Sep 2014, Donaupark

The Bruckner Festival 13 Sep–05 Oct 2014, Brucknerhaus

Musiktheater

Der Ring des Nibelungen Opera cycle from 2013–2015

OK in the OÖ Kulturquartier Höhenrausch above the roofs of Linz, May–Oct 2014

DANUBE HIGHLIGHTS 2014 IN UPPER AUSTRIA Rad Total in the Danube valley 04 May 2014, car-free cycling day from Passau to Schlögen

Passau im Feuerzauber 07 Jun 2014

Enns Wine Festival 21 June 2014

Grein Summer Festival 05 July–31 Aug 2014

donauFESTWOCHEN in Strudengau 25 July–15 Aug 2014

EXHIBITIONS

Guided Legend Hike on the Donausteig

LENTOS Kunstmuseum

14 Sep 2014, with storyteller Helmut Wittmann, Neustift

Clean Water 03 Oct 2014–15 Feb 2015

NORDICO Stadtmuseum

06–09 Mar 2014

By the Danube. History of the River in the City, 06 June–26 Oct 2014

14–17 Apr 2014

Linz Tabakfabrik

Flaming Strings Guitar Festival Tutankhamun His Tomb and his Treasures 14–15 Mar 2014 06 Mar–29 June 2014 Passion Festival

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Top EVENTS

Celtic Festival

Sep 2014 in the Mitterkirchen Celtic Village

Grein Handicraft Market 20 and 21 Sep 2014

Linz.verändert on new wavelengths Ideas for group tours Exploring Linz by ship Linz is a little like those deep-hearted people in whom all great emotion is closely linked to water: The European Capital of Culture 2009 lies close to the river – and water that’s

It’s hard to believe how quickly the view of the city changes from a ship’s railing! Anyone who crosses Linz by ship on the big harbour tour will experience the city on the river, together with everything that makes it what it is.

markedly rich in colour and variety, at that. So it’s a real pleasure, and well worth the trip, to experience the cultural city on the Danube with the heartbeat of steel.

Offers and prices 2014 Harbour tour Linz–Passau Passau–Linz Linz–Schlögen Schlögen–Linz Linz–Wachau–Vienna Tulln–Linz

€13.80 €26.00 €26.00 €19.50 €19.50 €58.00 €47.00

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Boat trip season Linz–Passau 7.35 am depart Linz – 1.05 pm arrive Passau, every Thu from 03 July–28 Aug 2014 DANUBE BOAT TRIPS WURM+KÖCK Passau–Linz WWW.DONAUSCHIFFAHRT.DE 1.45 pm depart Passau – 8.45 pm arrive Additional offers Linz, every Thu from 03 July–28 Aug Evening boat cruises with live music, 2014 (Boat trip incl. guided tour of EnNEW: Linz harbour tours gelszell abbey & brass band reception) Discover the “heartbeat of steel” of the The Danube in Flames, New Year’s boat trip, boat charter on request: e.g. Vienna–Linz Upper Austrian capital! gala ship Regina Danubia or Crystal 8.05 am depart Vienna – 1 am arrive Linz, Departure 3 x daily except Monday Ship – exclusively made with Swarovski every Wed from 02 July–27 Aug 2014 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm crystals.

Linz–Vienna Duration: 100 min REST RANTAU8.30 am depart Linz – 10.30 pm arrive Offers and prices: oN Bo ard Vienna, every Fri from 04 July–29 Aug €13.80 p.p., children €6.90 2014 (Boat trip incl. concert in StadtReduction for groups Contact/Information/Bookings: theater Grein, and individual sightseeof 21 adults or more: 7.5% ing in Dürnstein) Danube boat trips Wurm+Köck Boat trip season 2014 In Germany: Offers and prices 2014 Passau–Linz Höllgasse 26, D-94032 Passau Programme A: boat trip without over9 am depart Passau – 2.10 pm arrive night stay (boat trip Passau–Linz–VienLinz, daily except Mon from 25 Apr–05 Tel: +49 851 929292 Fax: +49 851 35518 na, incl. captain’s buffet and programOct 2014 info@donauschiffahrt.de mes on land) €99.00 p.p. and every Sat from 11–25 Oct 2014 In Austria: Programme B: package with overnight Linz–Passau stay (boat trip Passau–Linz–Vienna, 2.20 pm depart Linz – 8.40 pm arrive Untere Donaulände 1, 4020 Linz incl. captain’s buffet and programPassau, daily except Mon and Fri from Tel: +43 732 783607 Fax: +43 732 783607 20 me on land, plus 1 overnight stay 26 Apr–05 Oct 2014 info@donauschiffahrt.at in ****hotel in Linz, incl. breakfast and every Sat from 11–25 Oct 2014 buffet) €199.00 p.p. in double room Linz–Wachau–Vienna

€227.00 in single room 9 am depart Linz – 8.30 pm arrive Vienna, every Sat from 26 Apr–04 Oct 2014 (on 21 June and 30 Aug 2014 Contact/Information/Bookings: only to Krems) Vienna–Wachau–Linz Donau Touristik 9 am depart Tulln – 10.20 pm arrive Lederergasse 4-12, 4010 Linz Linz, every Sun from 27 Apr–05 Oct Tel: +43 732 2080 2014 (on 11 May, 22 June, 31 Aug, Fax: +43 732 2080 8 and 14 Sep 2014 from Krems) kaiserin-elisabeth@donaureisen.at

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By the colourful Danube

Ideas for group tours

Guided tour of Linz on the MS Helene On board the saloon ship MS Helene, you’ll discover curious and fascinating WWW.STRASSEDERKAISERUNDKOENIGE.COM WWW.DONAUSCHIFFFAHRT.AT facts about the Alt-Urfahr district, the Culture Mile, Winterhafen, commercial The themed route leads from RegensA small ship – a personal service burg, through Vienna, to Budapest.

Historical, elegant saloon ship with space port and the people who live there.

(For surcharge for guide see page 16.)

To travel on the road of emperors and for up to 60 people. (The saloon seats kings means experiencing history in 35 and the foredeck seats 25 people.) comfort, discovering European culture, Individually chartered boat trips all year and enjoying wonderful landscapes. round – you can choose the route.

Recommendation: During the harbour This road leads us back to past times, tour on the easily manoeuvrable MS HEwhen emperors and kings processed LENE, you can see the trans-shipment through the land with their stately and storage places of goods in the comretinues. It makes you eager to follow mercial port very close. The captain will their trail, in monasteries and castles, personally give a live explanation of the mediaeval towns, and magnificent royal interesting sights and what is happening residences. by and on the Danube. Austria’s only active shipyard is in the Winterhafen, and in front of the new “Donaupromenade” Contact/Information/Bookings: Contact/Information/Bookings: residential complex, rowing boats and canoes share the moorings with motor ARGE Straße der Kaiser and Könige SchiffART Helene Schaurecker yachts. On-board catering can be ordered Ferihumerstraße 39, 4040 Linz c/o Tourismusverband Linz in advance!

Adalbert-Stifter-Platz 2, 4020 Linz Ship landing place: Tel: +43 732 7070 2937 Urfahr fairgrounds Offers and prices 2014 Fax: +43 732 7070 542937 Tel: +43 680 3336432 info@StrassederKaiserundKoenige.com Chartered boat trip 2 hrs office@donauschifffahrt.at all-inclusive price €350.00 Chartered boat trip 1.5 hrs all-inclusive price €300.00 Chartered boat trip 1 hr all-inclusive price €250.00 Each additional hour €150.00 ROUTE OF EMPERORS AND KINGS

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BOAT TRIPS MS HELENE LINZ BOAT CHARTER FOR GROUPS

Ideas for group tours

Events 2014 01 May Trip from Linz to Passau 02/03 May Trip from Passau to Deggen dorf provincial flower show Bring your group on board the steam04 May Trip from Passau to Linz ship SCHÖNBRUNN, which was built 11 May Mother’s Day cruise in Linz in 1912, and is renovated, operated, LinzFest tour and kept shipshape on a voluntary ba- 07 June LinzFest tour sis, through innumerable hours of work, 08 June Linz Jazz evening cruise by members of the Austrian Society for 13 June 14 June Trip to the Nibelungengau Railway History (ÖGEG).

Trip from Linz to Pöchlarn 21 June Solstice cruise to the Wachau The steamship is yours Music on Board event Arrange gatherings of every kind on the 23 Aug (KroneFest) waves of the Danube! From company 24 Aug Trip to Aschach handicraft parties to weddings, fantastic events for up to 335 guests (below deck) can market Linz–Grein–Linz be held on board. We’re happy to draw 20 Sep

Strudengau ahoy up a tailor-made offer for your group.

27 Sep Evening cruise in Linz You can find events and trips at

October Festival with fireworks www.oegeg.at! ÖGEG – STEAMSHIP SCHÖNBRUNN WWW.OEGEG.AT

Contact/Information/Bookings: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Eisenbahngeschichte GmbH Donau-Schifffahrten Bahnhofstraße 29, 4843 Ampflwang im Hausruckwald Tel: +43 664 501 30 68 or +43 664 508 76 64 schoenbrunn@oegeg.at

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Danube Cycle Path and Donausteig ALONG THE ENDLESS RIVERBANK RUNNING, HIKING, AND CYCLING ALONG THE DANUBE

WALKING THE DONAUSTEIG

On the river, there are no limits to the adventures you can enjoy. The Donausteig is all of 450 kilometres long.

We generally think of Paradise as It begins upriver in Passau, and leads something not of this world. But Linz really is a paradise for touring cyclists right through the middle of Linz into the picturesque Strudengau district, to and nature ramblers, runners, in-line skaters, geocachers, and excursionists. Grein. The richly varied stages of the trail run now along the left, now along Especially on the Danube, where the Donausteig hiking trail and the Danube the right bank of the Danube – reCycle Path offer opportunities for tours vealing ever new, and always different of any length you choose: to Passau or views of the mighty river. even to Vienna.

A GREEN EL DORADO A trip along the Danube by bike or Anyone who feels like it can turn off on foot in the open air in Linz reveals from the main trail into the hinterland, unsuspected scenic diversity. Just as on one of over 40 circular routes. The if Linz were a smaller version of the Donausteig is a real El Dorado, not only entire Danube region, many aspects for hikers, walkers, and trail runners, of the natural scenery which extends along the entire length of the river are but also geocachers: About 400 geocaches are hidden on and around the found here in a condensed and concentrated form: craggy rocks and lofty long-distance hiking trail. A network of 52 Donausteig landlords provides cliffs, gentle hills and green forests, meadows and fields, river deltas and al- food and drink, as well as comfortable luvial landscapes. All these, as well as overnight accommodation. shipyards, harbours, and every variety of industrial romance into the bargain are waiting to be discovered by bike or explored on foot.

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Ideas for group tours

MAGICAL At the spots with the loveliest views, a total of 165 picnic areas beckon you to linger and also to immerse yourself in this or that tale of the Danube. For storyteller Helmut Wittmann has taken 120 old Danube legends and retold them for the presentation boards at the picnic areas on the Donausteig.

THE PRIMA DONNA OF CYCLE PATHS Covering a stretch – of any length you choose – of the Danube Cycle Path in Linz is practically a must for touring cyclists, as well as sporty bikers. The famous long-distance route begins (or ends) in Passau and extends beyond Vienna, and is one of Europe’s most popular cycle paths. And for good reason – as the track, most of which runs far from roads, leads through the richly varied, idyllic landscapes by the great river. The route is lined with numerous cosy garden restaurants, sterling inns, and cyclist-friendly hotels, which provide culinary and other amenities on the journey.

Ideas for group tours

• OÖ Touristik GmbH Freistädter Straße 119, 4041 Linz It’s also only possible to explore the area Tel: +43 732 7277 222 of wetland around Linz harbour, which is Fax: +43 732 7277 220 info@touristik.at unknown territory even to many people www.radurlaub.com in Linz, on foot, or by bike – preferably at the weekend. The expedition is well • Rad & Reisen GmbH worth it every time, as there is much to Schickgasse 9, 1220 Vienna discover here: for example, a tongue of Tel: +43 1 4053873 0 land in the river, settled by a colony of artists, the city’s container terminal, or a Fax: +43 1 4053873 17 office@radreisen.at well-hidden glider airfield. www.radreisen.at DANUBE CYCLE PATH DANUBE-VLTAVA TICKET WWW.DONAURADWEG.AT IN THE SCHWEMMLAND

Cycling packages can be booked at the following cycling tour operators: • Austria Radreisen GmbH Joseph-Haydn-Str. 8 4780 Schärding Tel: +43 7712 5511 0 Fax: +43 7712 4811 office@austria-radreisen.at www.austria-radreisen.at • Donau Touristik Lederergasse 4-12, 4010 Linz Tel: +43 732 2080 Fax: +43 732 2080 8 office@donautouristik.com www.donaureisen.at

Use the railway for your trip to the Danube-Vltava region and the loveliest towns in South Bohemia.

The Danube-Vltava Ticket is of particular interest to cyclists, as the transport of bicycles is included free on all local trains.

More detailed information is available at local telephone rates from the ÖBB Customer Service – tel: +43 5 1717 and at oberoesterreich.oebb.at.

DONAUSTEIG WWW.DONAUSTEIG.COM Hiking packages can be booked at the following tour operators: • Donau Touristik GmbH Lederergasse 4-12, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 2080 10 Fax: +43 732 2080 8 office@donautouristik.com www.donaureisen.at • OÖ Touristik GmbH Freistädter Straße 119, 4041 Linz Tel: +43 732 7277 222 Fax: +43 732 7277 220 wandern@touristik.at www.touristik.at • Salzkammergut Touristik Götzstraße 12, 4820 Bad Ischl Tel: +43 6132 24000 0 Fax: +43 6132 24000 44 wandern@salzkammergut.co.at www.salzkammergut.co.at

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The diversity of a cultural capital The Linz event calendar is diverse and wide-ranging. Here, the focus is on having fun with culture and new paths are being pioneered. The projects – no matter whether exhibition, film, concert, theatre, or installation art – are designed to offer a general overview and to be accessible to everyone. New perspectives are opened up. You can discover culture, architecture, and history not only at the numerous concert and event venues, open-air stages, museums, and galleries, but also through exploring the city on foot, on Segways, the Linz City Express, on the MS Helene, or on a harbour tour with a Wurm+Köck excursion ship.

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City walking tours Discover Linz and Upper Austria with the Austria Guides!

The alleys and squares of the Old Town, Pöstlingberg, the

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Danube, the different districts of Linz – none know them better than the Austria Guides.

Cancellation policy: From 7 days prior to the agreed start of the tour: 50% of the agreed fee is due.

From 3 days prior to the agreed start of €95.00 the tour: €1.50 100% of the agreed fee is due. €25.00

AUSTRIA GUIDES WWW.LINZ-TOURS.AT

an, Czech, Slovakian, Japanese, and Chinese.

On a guided tour of the city (whether by day or, particularly atmospheric, in the evening) with an Austria Guide of your choice, the history of the city comes alive. Immerse yourself in the history of the townhouses and the life of famous historical figures, and discover sights well worth seeing which you’d never have found on your own.

The Austria Guides will lead you to the loveliest places in Upper Austria, introduce you to special cultural features and make you acquainted with old traditions and customs.

German Up to 2 hours up to 40 persons Each additional person Charge per extra hour Other languages Up to 2 hours up to 40 persons Each additional person Charge per extra hour

€110.00 €1.50 €30.00

The prices given exclude 20% VAT and are non-binding: Please arrange the specific price by agreement with the Austria Guide of your choice, to be Our tip: City tours can be undertaken on foot, by ship, with an expert accom- found here: www.linz-tours.at. panying you on the coach, by bicycle, Terms of payment: or on Segways.

At the start of the tour (or, by arrangement, immediately following receipt of Guided tours are offered in the folthe invoice) lowing languages: For bank transfers from non-EU counGerman, English, French, Italian, tries, there is a surcharge of €15.00.

Spanish, Swedish, Russian, Hungari-

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Contact/Information/Bookings: Linz Guide Service Tel: +43 650 2009 009 linz-guide-service@gmx.at

Guided city tours and themed tours Themed tours: • Linz: Yesterday – Today – Tomorrow, the Linz city walking tour • Linz Architecture: modern Linz, Tabakfabrik, industrial Linz, cultural buildings • Famous Historical Figures: Anton Bruckner, Adalbert Stifter, the Habsburgs, Johannes Kepler • History & Contemporary History: Linz under the Nazis, air-raid shelter tours • Cuisine: culture & gourmet walking tours, Linzer Torte, Linz restaurants and markets • Evening tours • City tour on the Danube ship MS Helene • Linz Seen from Above: fantastic On themed guided tours, the Austria Guides highlight various historical figu- views of the city res and epochs with a lasting influence • Advent and tours of Nativity scenes on the city or, on themed walking tours, • Costume tours: Your Austria Guide or the Linz night watchman accompashow you an unusual way of exploring nies the group, dressed in the original Linz. costume.

• Women of the City: The tour follows the lives of the ordinary and famous women of Linz.

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Scientists, literati, and artists, such as Johannes Kepler, Anton Bruckner, Waltraud Mitgutsch, and Adalbert Stifter, have felt inspired by Linz and created impressive works.

Details of the tours on offer are available at www.linz.at/stadtbesichtigung www.linz-tours.at Architecture map 30 architectural sights in the European Capital of Culture 2009.

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City tours on wheels LINZ CITY EXPRESS WWW.GEIGERS.AT See and enjoy the city’s main attractions. Listen to the information on culture and history, accompanied by music. Its glass panoramic roof and heating system make the bright yellow train suitable for all weather. It has also received the Golden Pony Award.

Price list for 2014 (prices include 10% VAT) Linz Classic Tour – Best of Linz (approx. 25 min) Adults / Children aged 3+

€8.00 / €4.00 Group rates for 10–29 persons Adults / Children aged 3+

€7.00 / €3.00 Group rates for 30 persons and over Adults / Children aged 3+

€6.00 / €2.00

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Group rates: Kindergartens €1.50 Schoolchildren under 14 €2.00 Schoolchildren 14+, disabled persons €3.00

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Offered in the following languages: German, English, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Czech, French, and Russian.

Opening hours in 2014 Jan, Feb: daily from 10 am–4 pm Group tours occupying the whole train Mar, Apr: daily from 10 am–5 pm Nov: daily from 9.30 am–5 pm (max. 45 persons) May, Sep, Oct: daily from 9.30 am–6 pm Linz Classic Tour – Best of Linz (approx. 25 min) €180.00 June, July, Aug: daily from 9.30 am–7 pm Linz Grand Classic Tour – Best of Linz Dec: daily from 10 am–6 pm + guided tour of the New Cathedral (approx. 50 min) €250.00 Individual tours may occasionally be Linz Blue Danube Tour – Best of Linz + omitted for technical reasons. However, Alt-Urfahr, Linzer Schloss, Römerberg special tours are possible at any time (approx. 50 min) €250.00 on request!

Linz Panorama Tour – Best of Linz + panoramic view, Botanical Gardens Contact/Information/Bookings: (approx. 50 min) €250.00 New Linz Tour – Best of Linz + new, Linz City Express modern railway district Hauptplatz – Kiosk, 4020 Linz (approx. 50 min) €250.00 Tel/Fax: +43 732 797555 Special Tour – Linz Blue Danube Tour Mobile: +43 664 4238900 + guided tour of the New Cathedral city-express@geigers.at (approx. 1.5 hrs) €350.00

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SEGWAY – GLIDE THROUGH LINZ WWW.LINZERSCHWEBEN.AT

10 persons €300.00, individual passengers €33.00.

Group offers 2014 (Prices include 20% VAT) Standard tours GLIDE effortlessly past the most beautiful sights and views of Linz on 3 routes: LinzTour (Old Town, Linzer Schloss, Musiktheater, city parks) BergTour (Donaupark, Ars Electronica Center, Alt-Urfahr, Pöstlingberg) NaTour (Freinberg, Zaubertal, and defence towers) New in 2014: AbiTour through Urfahr and the Danube river meadows to the Kepler Uni. Duration: 2.5 hrs; price for group of 10 persons €480.00 individual passengers €54.00.

Off-road tours throughout Upper Austria Trekking tours on off-road Segways on the loveliest nature trails in the countryside surrounding Linz and throughout Upper Austria. Duration: up to 4 hrs; price for group of 10 persons from €660.00.

Big groups / Events We organise weather-sure obstacle course events with a professional infrastructure (obstacles, audio technology) for up to 300 participants.

We GLIDE along individual routes with groups of up to 40, hire additional Segways from other operators in Austria, and look after you with up to 10 guides simultaneously. We organise surprise catering on the tour, cosy meals at the end of the day, and are always happy Short tours to meet additional creative challenges.

MiniaTour: introductory tour in the You’ll find all details of the offer and Donaupark, up Schlossberg and through the vibrant evening city centre. B2B prices under the Events section at www.linzerschweben.at.

Duration: 1.25 hrs; price for group of

Contact/Information/Bookings: LINZerSCHWEBEN Hauptplatz 1, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 7070 2009 office@linzerschweben.at

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Museums open up new perspectives ARS ELECTRONICA CENTER WWW.AEC.AT Situated directly on the Danube and in the centre of Linz, this “museum of the future” captivates the imagination with its fascinating architecture and impressive exhibitions.

Visitors can catch a glimpse of the mysteries of the human body, enter into communication with robots, or become designers of the future. Deep Space draws you into absorbing 2D and 3D visual worlds. The Highlight Tour is perfect for a first visit to the Ars Electronica Center, as it offers a unique overview of all the exhibition areas and the Ars Electronica Center in general. Let yourself be led through the building, and learn about fascinating and innovative subjects from the fields of art, technology, and society. A visit to Deep Space is also included.

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restau Cafe.Restaurant.Bar Cubus rant on site www.cubus-aec.at On the 3rd floor of the Ars Electronica Center, you can dine overlooking the Danube.

Offers and admission prices 2014 Adults €8.00 Reduced rate (schoolchildren, trainees, students, senior citizens) €6.00 Groups (12 persons and over) €6.00

Contact/Information/Bookings: Tours (during opening hours) Highlight Tour (1.5 hrs) Ars Electronica Center Full price €3.00 Ars-Electronica-Straße 1, 4040 Linz Groups (up to 15 persons) €45.00 Tel: +43 732 7272 0 Adventure trip (1.5 hrs) Fax: +43 732 7272 2 Children aged 6-10 €3.00 center@aec.at Special rate for school groups Opening hours: Mon closed (except on Admission & tour €4.00 public holidays), Tue, Wed, Fri 9 am–5 pm, Thu 9 am–9 pm Sat, Sun, public holidays 10 am–6 pm

Photo: Engelhardt Sellin

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Offers and admission prices 2014 Adults €8.00 Reduced rates €6.00 / €4.50 Groups of 8 persons and over €6.00 The LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz resFamily ticket €14.50 ponds to every change in the pulsebeat School classes, of art. It is one of the most important children aged up to 7 Free museums of modern and contemporary Audio guide (German/English), art in Austria. It stands out thanks not only to its modern architecture but also, Groups are advised to book €2.00 above all, to its high-quality art collection tours in advance. and wide variety of special exhibitions.

Public tours: Thu 7 pm and Sun 4 pm, Exhibitions in 2014 Duration: 1 hr Slapstick!

Please note the current dates at The Art of Comedy www.lentos.at (28 Feb–25 May 2014) Tour ticket: €3.00 Alois Mosbacher (19 June–7 Sep 2014) Public tours in English and Czech: Clean Water. The Most Precious Resource in the World (03 Oct 2014–15 Every 1st Saturday of the month: 4 pm, Duration: 30 min Feb 2015) Water keeps us alive – exhibition about Tour ticket: €2.00 the economical, social, and emotional aspects of the essential element.

The Collection.

Classics, discoveries, and new movements from 200 years of art.

LENTOS KUNSTMUSEUM LINZ WWW.LENTOS.AT

Group tours: Duration: 1 hr, max. 25 persons (with advance booking) €65.00 per group plus admissions Short tour in German, English or Czech, Duration: 1 hr, max. 25 persons (with advance booking) €45.00 per group plus admissions Lentos Restaurant Cafe Bar With terrace overlooking the Danube www.lentos-gastro.net

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Contact/Information/Bookings: LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz Ernst-Koref-Promenade 1, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 7070 3600 Fax: +43 732 7070 3604 info@lentos.at Bookings: Teleservice Center of the City of Linz +43 732 7070 Opening hours: Tue–Sun 10 am–6 pm, Mon closed, Thu 10 am–9 pm, closed on 24–25 Dec 2014 and 01 Jan 2015

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NORDICO STADTMUSEUM LINZ WWW.NORDICO.AT You can view art of the past and present from Linz and Upper Austria, and also learn about the history of the city, archaeology, and photography at the NORDICO, Linz’s municipal museum.

In the summer months of 2014, the NORDICO is focussing on the year’s theme of the Danube.

Exhibitions in 2014 Fanny Newald (14 Mar–11 May 2014)

BY THE DANUBE. History of the River in the City (06 June–26 Oct 2014) The exhibition sheds light on the history of the Danube in the city of Linz.

Offers and admission prices 2014 Adults €6.50 Reduced rates €4.50 / €2.50 Groups of 8 persons or more €4.50 Family ticket €11.00 School classes, children under 7 Free

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Public tours: Thu 6 pm, Sun 3 pm Changes are possible!

Tour ticket €3.00 Group tours: Duration: 1 hr, max. 25 persons, (with advance booking) €65.00 per group plus admissions Restaurant Orpheus www.orpheus-linz.eu

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Contact/Information/Bookings: NORDICO Stadtmuseum Linz Dametzstraße 23, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 7070 1912 (ticket office) Fax: +43 732 793518 nordico@nordico.at Bookings: Teleservice Center of the City of Linz +43 732 7070 Opening hours: Tue–Sun 10 am–6 pm Mon closed, Thu 10 am–9 pm Closed on 24–25 Dec and 01 Jan

LINZGENESIS WWW.LINZGENESIS.AT LinzGenesis tells the story of the city of Linz, from its roots in prehistory to the municipal projects of the present day. You’ll be given a short yet decisive outline of the essential aspects of the history of Linz.

Offers and admission prices 2014 Free admission Audio guide (German/English) free You can visit the NORDICO as part of a guided tour with the Austria Guides Linz. Please contact the Austria Guides directly.

Keintzel Wirtshaus-Bar im Alten Rathaus www.wirtshaus-bar.at

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OÖ KULTURQUARTIER WWW.OOEKULTURQUARTIER.AT

Kontakt/Information/Buchung: LinzGenesis Altes Rathaus, Hauptplatz 1 and Rathausgasse 8 Tel: +43 732 7070 1912 (ticket office) Fax: +43 732 793518 nordico@nordico.at Groups are advised to book in advance: Teleservice Center of the City of Linz +43 732 7070 Opening hours: Mon to Fri 9 am–1 pm Thu to Fri 2 pm–5 pm

A new cultural district has come into being in the heart of Linz: The Upper Austrian Culture Quarter is the common link connecting the Landeskulturzentrum Ursulinenhof and the OK Offenes Kulturhaus cultural centres, a space for adventurous regional culture, and international art and festival highlights.

The wide variety of restaurants adds gastronomy to the range of opportunities.

Exhibitions 2014 Next Comic 2014 (21–23 Mar 2014) Crossing Europe Film Festival (25–30 Apr 2014) Höhenrausch above the roofs of Linz (May–Oct 2014) OK | CYBERARTS 2014 Prix Ars Electronica exhibition (04 Sep–19 Sep 2014)

The OK cultural centre is producing an essential point on the Ars Electronica Festival programme – the CYBERARTS 2014. The exhibition is a trendsetter for digital art and its development.

Offers and admission prices 2014 Please note the opening hours and prices of the individual partners and cultural institutions on our website: www.ooekulturquartier.at Bar Restaurant Gelbes Krokodil Cafe/bar Solaris, Cafe/bar Stern; www.krokodil.at Additional restaurants on OK-Platz.

U.Hof essen.trinken www.u-hof.at

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Contact/Information/Bookings: OÖ Kulturquartier OK-Platz 1, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 784178 info@ooekulturquartier.at

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Offers and admission prices 2014 LANDESGALERIE LINZ Adults €6.50 WWW.LANDESGALERIE.AT Group of 8 persons + €5.00 Reduced rate €4.50 The Landesgalerie Linz holds changing The addition of the modern south wing Free exhibitions on art of different periods, of the Schlossmuseum Linz has made it Senior citizens aged 60+ Free particularly by young artists of the 20th the biggest universal museum in Austria School classes After-school care clubs €1.00 and 21st centuries. A Kubin room, the in a historical location. As the universal €3.00 Kabinett, has been built to accommomuseum for Upper Austria, it exhibits all Tour tickets: 1 hr the collections from the Upper Austrian Tour tickets for children date the large collection of works by and adults: 1.5 hrs €4.00 Alfred Kubin. The Landesgalerie’s own regional museums, as well as the latest Nature/technology/ special exhibitions and permanent sculpture park also presents contemcultural workshop €6.00 porary art. exhibitions on nature, technology, and cultural history, ranging from the beginrestau nings of life in Upper Austria approx. 45 Schloss Herberstein Brasserie rant Exhibitions 2014 on site million years ago all the way to the 20th www.schlossbrasserie.at From the Collection: The First World century, on an area of over 10,000 m².

War from an artistic perspective (23 Jan–22 June 2014) Contact/Information/Bookings: Exhibitions 2014 Candida Höfer Düsseldorf Life in Wartime (06 Mar–25 May 2014) Schlossmuseum Linz Upper Austria in the First World War Nicole Six/Paul Petritsch Schlossberg 1, 4020 Linz (23 Jan–16 Nov 2014) (12 June–28 Sep 2014) Tel: +43 732 774419 31 Nativity Scenes Klasse Kunst III Fax: +43 732 774419 29 (Mid-Nov 2014–beginning of Feb (18 Sep 2014–Feb 2015) schloss@landesmuseum.at 2015) Stephan Balkenhol Opening hours: Mon closed (23 Oct 2014–Jan 2015) Tue, Wed, Fri 9 am–6 pm Thu 9 am–9 pm, Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10 am–5 pm SCHLOSSMUSEUM LINZ WWW.SCHLOSSMUSEUM.AT

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Offers and admission prices 2014 Adults €6.50 Group of 8 persons and over €5.00 Reduced rate €4.50 Senior citizens aged 60+ Free School classes Free After-school care clubs (per Person) €1.00 Tour ticket: 1 hr €3.00 Tour ticket for children and adults: 1.5 hrs €4.00 Art workshop (for children) €6.00

Contact/Information/Bookings: Landesgalerie Linz Museumstraße 14, 4010 Linz Tel: +43 732 774482 49 Fax: +43 732 774482 66 galerie@landesmuseum.at Opening hours: Mon closed Tue, Wed, Fri 9 am–6 pm, Thu 9 am–9 pm, Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10 am–5 pm

BIOLOGIEZENTRUM LINZ WWW.BIOLOGIEZENTRUM.AT

STIFTERHAUS WWW.STIFTER-HAUS.AT

The Linz Biology Centre collects, preserves, researches, documents, and conveys knowledge about the animal and plant kingdoms, and about rocks and minerals. The centre possesses the largest natural history collection in Upper Austria.

The StifterHaus umbrella brand unites the Adalbert-Stifter-Institut, a research facility for the study of literature and linguistics, and also the OÖ Literaturhaus and its programme of events, in the rooms of the former residence of Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868).

Exhibitions 2014 Octopus & Ammonite (11 Apr–19 Oct 2014) Under.Water.World (21 Nov 2014–04 Oct 2015)

Events 2014 HOMELAND.BODY.ART Richard Billinger and his archive (15 Oct 2013–07 Sep 2014) Micro-exhibitions with a focus on the Danube in the OÖ Literaturmuseum in Offers and admission prices 2014 the StifterHaus (spring 2014) Adults/children Free Exhibition on the library bequeathed by Tour ticket: 1 hr, adults €3.00 Thomas Bernhard (autumn 2014) Tour ticket: 1 hr, children €3.00 Nature workshop (for children) €5.00 Offers and admission prices 2014 Tour ticket: 1.5 hrs €4.00 Free admission to the events Individual and group tours of the OÖ Literaturmuseum and the Adalbert Contact/Information/Bookings: Stifter memorial room (must be booked in advance).

Biologiezentrum Linz Johann-Wilhelm-Klein-Str. 73 4040 Linz Contact/Information/Bookings: Tel: +43 732 759733 Fax: +43 732 759733 99 StifterHaus bio-linz@landesmuseum.at Adalbert-Stifter-Platz 1, 4020 Linz Opening hours: Mon–Fri 9 am–5 pm, Tel: + 43 732 7720 11294 or 11295 Sun & public holidays 10 am–5 pm Fax: +43 732 7720 117 80 Sat closed office@stifter-haus.at Opening hours: Tue–Sun 10 am–3 pm (except 24, 25 Dec, and 01 Jan), Mon closed

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Anton Bruckner organ virtuoso The composer lived in and around Linz and influences the region even today. It‘s a very special experience to walk in the great symphonist‘s footsteps and to hear the works that have left such a deep impression on the world of music. At the organs of Linz and St. Florian, Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) altered the course of music – irrevocably, irresistibly, and in an unprecedentedly modern way.

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Anton Bruckner the great symphonist Musical walk through Linz – on this walk, you can see the only original organ of Bruckner’s to have survived, which is in the Ignatiuskirche – once the composer’s place of work,

BRUCKNER STAIRWAY IN THE ALTER DOM WWW.BRUCKNERSTIEGE.AT The Bruckner Stairway in the Alter Dom or Old Cathedral: a Bruckner memorial. Special tours on the theme of “Anton Bruckner and Linz”, illustrated with samples of music and stories from the life of Anton Bruckner, lead you up to the famous Bruckner Organ in Linz’s Alter Dom.

now the site of his memorial. Here you can hear music as Bruckner himself once heard it.

Tours at: Mon–Fri 11 am–5 pm (last tour 4.30 pm) Sundays and public holidays 12 pm–5 pm (last tour 4.30 pm), No tours possible on Saturdays.

Contact/Information/Bookings:

Names and addresses of all Bruckner Stairway guides at: www.brucknerstiege.at Agents: Linz Guide Service Bruckner tours 2014 linz-guide-service@gmx.at Bruckner Stairway, 45 min €90.00 Tel: +43 650 2009 009 Bruckner walking tour incl. Stairway, up to 2 hrs €100.00 Linz city walking tour incl. Stairway, up to 2 hrs €100.00 Surcharge for use of the Bruckner Stairway: Small groups of up to 5 persons €10.00 6 persons and over €2.00 p.p.

Maximum group size 20 persons, prices exclude VAT.

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LISTENING TO ANTON BRUCKNER IN AND AROUND LINZ International Bruckner Festival www.brucknerfest.at International Bruckner Festival Linz (13 Sep–05 Oct 2014) The annual Bruckner Festival offers fresh, stimulating interpretations of great musical classics – above all, Anton Bruckner – as well as world premieres of completely new sounds.

Linzer Klangwolken www.klangwolke.at voestalpine Klangwolke (06 Sep 2014) voestalpine Kinderklangwolke (13 Sep 2014) voestalpine Klassische Klangwolke (14 Sep 2014) Bruckner Days at St. Florian www.brucknertage.at (17–23 Aug 2014) Founded by enthusiastic fans, every year the Bruckner Days offer direct access to Anton Bruckner’s world and

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his works at the actual site of their creation.

Upper Austrian monastery concerts www.stiftskonzerte.at (05 June–27 July) International artists perform in the stately rooms of the monasteries of St. Florian, Kremsmünster, and Lambach.

Upper Austrian monastery concerts Concert office in the OÖ. Theater und Orchester GmbH Promenade 39, 4010 Linz Tel: +43 732 7611 600 Fax: +43 732 7611 606 kontakt@stiftskonzerte.at www.stiftskonzerte.at Ticket office Domgasse 12, 4010 Linz (Mon–Fri 9 am–12 pm) Tel: +43 732 77 61 27 Fax: +43 732 76 37 333 bestellung@stiftskonzerte.at www.stiftskonzerte.at Additional events 2014 Fiori Musicali at the summer refectory St. Florian’s Priory (end of Apr–beginning June 2014) St. Florian Organ Summer (22 and 29 June, 06 and 13 July 2014) St. Florian Organ Autumn (14, 21, and 28 Sep, 05 and 12 Oct 2014)

Offers and prices 2014 Priory tour (60 min) Basilica, Bruckner sarcophagus, library, marble hall, Altdorfer altarpiece, price The Augustinian Priory of St. Florian is for groups of 20 or more €7.50 p.p. a place of fellowship and devotion, and at the same time a cultural focal point Bruckner Organ Listening Experience for the region. It was in this ecclesiasti- (Duration: approx. 20 min) cal community that Bruckner immersed Live recital on the Bruckner Organ from 14 May–15 Oct 2014, daily (except himself deep in the world of music, Tue and Sat) at 2.30 pm first as a choirboy and later as an €4.00 p.p. organist. It was here that he perfected Combined ticket, tour + Listening his organ playing and created his first Experience concert €10.00 p.p. large-scale compositions. And it was this place, in the vault beneath the Short organ recitals for groups can be organ, which became his final resting arranged all year round with advance place. booking

€175.00 all-inclusive price Bruckner Organ at St. Florian From 1770 onwards, master organ Church tour for groups builder Franz Xaver Krismann began (30 min) building the Anton Bruckner Organ in Basilica, vault, crypt €5.00 p.p. the artist’s honour. Over the course of time it was enlarged, and now comprises 4 manuals, 103 stops, and 7,386 Themed tours with guide for groups (approx. 60 min) €7.50 p.p. organ pipes.

THE AUGUSTINIAN PRIORY OF ST. FLORIAN WWW.STIFT-ST-FLORIAN.AT

The Bruckner Organ Listening Experience Organ concerts (approx. 30 min) on the world-famous Bruckner Organ from mid-May to the end of September, daily (except Tue and Sat) at 2.30 pm.

Contact: Ms. Brigitte Staub Tel: +43 7224 890213 info@stift-st-florian.at Tours of the Priory 01 May–30 Sep 2014, daily at 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm; all year round for groups of 10 or more with advance booking.

Combination of two themes (100-120 min) €10.00 p.p.

Contact/Information/Bookings: Augustiner Chorherrenstift St. Florian Stiftstraße 1, 4490 St. Florian Tel: +43 7224 8902 0 Fax: +43 7224 8902 23 info@stift-st-florian.at

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A group experience on the trail of a musical genius Treat yourself to a short holiday in Linz with Anton Bruckner! This package takes you from Linz, where the composer worked, to the most important places associated with his career.

Day 1: Experiencing Anton Bruckner in Linz Enter the world of Anton Bruckner in a stroll round the town. Listen to his works and visit the Bruckner Stairway, with the only original organ played by the musician that still survives, as well as the biggest church in Austria.

Day 2: Individual experiences of Bruckner Morning • In the late morning, you’ll ride Europe’s steepest mountain railway up Pöstlingberg to enjoy the view of the city. Then it’s on to the baroque Priory of St. Florian, where Anton Bruckner was laid to rest. Next, an opportunity to have lunch.

Afternoon • Bruckner Organ Listening Experience (May–Oct) and visit to St. Florian’s Priory or • Listen to music as heard in Bruckner’s day, at a live recital on the original Bruckner Organ in Linz’s Alter Dom (surcharge €2.00 p.p.)

Price includes: • 2 nights at the Hotel Park Inn by Radisson Linz • 2 evening meals • 1 city walk In Bruckner’s Footsteps • 1 full day accompanied by a state-certified Austria Guide (on day 2) • Entry to the Bruckner Stairway and St. Florian incl. Bruckner Listening Experience.

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ANTON BRUCKNER BIRTHPLACE MUSEUM

ANTON BRUCKNER SYMPHONY TRAIL

The house of Bruckner’s birth in Ansfelden today accommodates the first and only Anton Bruckner museum in the world. Unique relics of the life of the great composer and musician illustrate the stages of his life – from a teacher in Upper Austria to a respected personality in Vienna.

Planned opening date: beginning of April 2014

This 9.2 km walking route leads from Anton Bruckner’s birthplace in Ansfelden through meadows and woodland hills to St. Florian, where the famous composer is buried. With Bruckner’s symphonies in your ears (on MP3), you can turn a walk along the trail into an audiovisual experience. MP3 players can be loaned for a deposit from the Anton Bruckner Centrum (€22.00 deposit incl. €2.00 rental fee).

Contact/Information/Bookings:

Contact/Information/Bookings:

Pfarramt Ansfelden Ansfeldnerstraße 11, 4052 Ansfelden Priest’s office assistant Sonja Höhenberger.

Tel: +43 7229 87128 12 pfarre.ansfelden@dioezese-linz.at or Ms. Erika Forstner Tel: +43 676 777 53 70 Email: forstner.rika@gmx.at

Anton Bruckner Centrum Ansfelden Carlonestraße 2, 4052 Ansfelden Tel: +43 7229 78333 abc@ansfelden.at www.antonbrucknercentrum.at

Price per person per package:

Double room with breakfast p.p. € 199.00 Surcharge for single room: € 63.00 Information/Bookings: Imperial Connection Oberösterreich sales@imperial-connection.at +43 650 2815858 www.imperial-connection.at Basis of calculation: 25 participants; own coach available for booking; all year round, subject to availability. Prices quoted as of June 2013; prices are subject to change.

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Churches and concerts in churches The Passion 2014 Happy Birthday, Bach! L’orfeo Barockorchester; Bach, Minoritenkirche (21 Mar 2014) Vivaldi’s Stabat Mater Ensemble CasA Child of Our Time A Child of Our Time is not just the title tor, Ursulinenkirche (30 Mar 2014) of an oratorio that you will hear in this Passion Music Evangelische Kantorei Linz; Martin-Luther-Kirche (02 Apr 2014) season of musica sacra, but also chaHaydn’s Stabat Mater Linzer Jeunessracterises the programme of concerts echor; Minoritenkirche (06 Apr 2014) in the churches of Linz as a whole.

Yes, it lives in the here and now – with Hymnus Ensemble Col Canto; Couperin, Minoritenkirche (10 Apr 2014) young, enthusiastic artists who think up a truly astonishing programme every Himmelsdinge Prammer, Kral; Haydn: The 7 Last Words, Minoritenkirche year, which pays tribute to not only (11 Apr 2014) the history of church music, but also Silent Night Chorus Sine Nomine, current ideas about music in sacred places. Concerts from October 2013 to Minoritenkirche (18 May 2014) May 2014 Silent–Carol–Passion.

MUSICA SACRA MUSIC IN LINZ’S CHURCHES WWW.MUSICASACRA.AT

Contact/Information/Bookings: Concerts 2014 Minoritenkirche (21 Mar, 06, 10, 11 Apr, 25 May, 30 Nov, 07, 14, and 21 Dec 2014) Friedenskirche (30 Jan 2014) Martin-Luther-Kirche (02 Apr 2014) Ursulinenkirche (31 Mar, 18 Apr 2014)

Musica Sacra – Concert office in the OÖ. Theater und Orchester GmbH Promenade 39, 4010 Linz Tel: +43 732 7611 600 Fax: +43 732 7611 606 office@musicasacra.at

EARLY MUSIC AT THE CASTLE WWW.MUSIKIMSCHLOSS.AT Concerts at the Linz Schlossmuseum.

International artists with a strong commitment to historically authentic performance.

SUNDAY MUSIC IN THE SALON WWW.SONNTAGSMUSIK.AT Chamber music in the function room of the Landesgalerie Linz.

VOCALISEN WWW.VOKALISEN.AT Song evenings in the function room of the Akademisches Gymnasium.

CONCERTS/TICKET BOOKINGS Information on concert programmes, ticket prices, reduced rates, and bookings can be found at: www.musicasacra.at www.musikimschloss.at www.sonntagsmusik.at www.vokalisen.at

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LINZ’S IGNATIUSKIRCHE – ALTER DOM Bruckner Organ Listening Experience in the Alter Dom WWW.IGNATIUSKIRCHE.AT (Groups of about 35 and above) • Short recital (30 min) Administered by the Jesuits, the Ignatiuskirche or Alter Dom is famous • Recital (50 min) for its historic Bruckner Organ. It was here at the Old Cathedral that Bruckner Organ Tours (max. about 35 persons) obtained his second post as full-time • Explanation of the organ and short professional organist.

Modified in Bruckner’s time according demonstration (30 min) • Explanation of the organ and organ to his own wishes, today the instru recital (60 min) ment still sounds as it did in his day – which is what makes it so unique.

Prices: from €180.00 The Bruckner Stairway leading up to (price list on request) the organ is an enchanting memorial to the great musician. Its showcases Cancellation policy offer a well-presented introduction to 7 or more days before the event: 0% Anton Bruckner. Music played on the Up to 6 days before the event: 25% Linz Bruckner Organ can be heard on Up to 24 hours before the event: 50% headphones.

Thereafter cancellation cost of 100% is due.

Organ tours Special organ tours and short concerts are also on offer. For visits to the organ the maximum group size is 35 persons.

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International organ concerts on the Bruckner Organ in the Alter Dom 2014 Concerts begin at 8 pm 10 July, Bernhard Prammer (Freistadt) 24 July, Karl Maureen (Munich) 07 Aug, Jörg Halubek (Stuttgart) 21 Aug, Elke Eckerstorfer (Vienna) Organ meditation in Advent 2014 (30 min) Begins at 6 pm 03, 10, and 17 Dec Bruckner Birthday Concert (04 Sep 2014) Bruckner’s Symphony No. 6 in the version for piano played by four hands Prices: €9.00, reduced rate €4.00 (no advance sales, box office on the night only)

Contact/Information/Bookings: Booking of organ tours Mag. Bernhard Prammer Tel: +43 699 17321809 kirchenmusik.alterdom@jesuiten.org

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€4.00 LINZ’S MARIENDOM – NEW CATHEDRAL Adults: Reduced rate WWW.MARIENDOM.AT (children, schoolchildren): €3.00 €60.00 The Mariendom or New Cathedral can Group rate: 15–25 persons Reduced rate: €45.00 hold up to 20,000 people, making it the biggest church in Austria. Its Themed tours modular, themed tours enable visitors Combinations of several tour modules to explore specific fields of interest in greater depth and give access to places are also possible!

(1 to 3 hrs; max. participants per tour not normally open to the public.

15–25 persons – depending on tour) Prices on application (group and Offers/Prices/Tours 2014 individual rates depend on tour module Standard (1 hr) This compact tour offers you a guided trip chosen and tour duration). through the history of the Mariendom’s architecture and construction. With the aid Stained-Glass Windows Tour, incl. gallery (1 hr) of the accurately detailed images on the many stained-glass windows, connections As well as explanations of the painting technique and the history of the with the history of the diocese, the town, windows’ original creation, you can also and the region are explained. see original sketches of the windows destroyed in the war. The highlight Standard Tour (1 hr) of the tour is the visit to the approx. (max. 25 participants per tour) Adults: €6.00 14-metre-high inner gallery.

Reduced rate: (children, schoolchildren): €4.00 Torchlight Tour (1 hr) Group rate: 15–25 persons €90.00 The mystique of the cathedral can be Reduced rate: €60.00 sensed in a very special way in the evening hours. Exploring it with a torch is as exciting an experience for adults Short Tour (30 min) as it is for children. (max. 25 participants per tour) Adults: €3.50 High Walkway Tour (1 hr) Reduced rate (children, schoolchildren): €2.00 This tour allows you a glimpse into Group rate: 15–25 persons €52.50 otherwise inaccessible parts of the Reduced rate: €30.00 cathedral (inner and outer gallery).

Tower and Bells Tour (45 min) (max. 25 participants per tour) Guided ascent of the tower right up to the 65-metre-high platform with panoramic views over Linz.

Organ incl. short recital (1 hr) An introduction to the Rudigier Organ, one of the biggest and best in the world. Explanations are given by organists, who also play samples of music.

Organ recital on the Rudigier Organ (25 min) Group rates on application.

Tours in sign language and for the visually impaired (up to 1.5 hours; max. 15 participants) Prices on application.

Special educational tours for school students, children, families, the visually impaired.

In German, English, and Polish

Contact/Information/Bookings: DomCenter Linz Herrenstraße 36, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 946100 domcenter@dioezese-linz.at

INFORMATION FOR CHURCH CHOIRS

If you’re travelling as a group, Tourismusverband Linz can help you find suitable performance opportunities or put together a programme of cultural visits.

Further information: Tourismusverband Linz Tel: +43 732 7070 2926, 2927 or 2929 sales@linztourismus.at

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Concert halls and theatres BRUCKNER ORCHESTER LINZ WWW.BRUCKNERORCHESTER.AT The Bruckner Orchester Linz can look back on a history spanning over 200 years. In recent decades it has become one of Central Europe’s leading ensembles, not least thanks to its successful recordings of Philip Glass and Anton Bruckner.

Düsseldorfer Symphoniker (23 Mar 2014) With each season’s programmes, the Brucknerhaus does its best to appeal to Orchestre Philharmonique Royale de Liège (25 May 2014) as many visitors as possible.

The annual highlights are the threeweek Bruckner Festival in September and the Linzer Klangwolken or Clouds of Sound, which have by now become so emblematic of the city. www.brucknerfest.at www.klangwolke.at

BRUCKNERHAUS WWW.BRUCKNERHAUS.AT Long before the Linz concert hall, long desired by so many, had actually been built, it was already clear whom it would be named after – Anton Bruckner, Upper Austria’s most important composer.

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Events 2014 Orchestral concerts Bruckner Orchester Linz (27 Feb, 14 May, 12 June 2014) National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine (24 Jan 2014) The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra (29 Mar 2014) Sunday matinées Bruckner Orchester Linz (26 Jan 2014)

Special concerts Bruckner Orchester Linz (27 Jan, 15 May 2014) Chinese New Year’s concert (07 Feb 2014) Gala concert to celebrate 40 years of the Brucknerhaus with Franz WelserMöst (20 Mar 2014) Special concerts: specials Piano Festival (23–26 Jan 2014) World Music Festival (20–23 Feb 2014) Old Music Festival (06–09 Mar 2014) Flaming Strings Guitar Festival (14–15 Mar 2014) Passion Festival (14–17 Apr 2014) Spring Festival (05–18 May 2014) New Music Festival (12–15 June 2014) Festival for Children (26–29 June 2014)

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Restaurant Anklang Open from 5.30 pm on event days From April and in good weather, terrace open from 5 pm Table reservations: +43 732 78 44 96 or anklang@liva.linz.at.

Folk Music (23 Feb, 07 May 2014) Jazz (20 Feb, 17 Mar 2014) Jazz Brunch (23 Feb, 11 May, 15 June 2014) Brass Festival (21–24 May 2014)

Contact/Information/Bookings:

Serenade Concerts at the Landhaushof (Tuesdays, July–Aug 2014) Summer Theatre in the Rosengarten (July–Aug 2014)

Linzer Klangwolken voestalpine Klangwolke (06 Sep 2014) voestalpine Kinderklangwolke (13 Sep 2014) voestalpine Klassische Klangwolke (14 Sep 2014) Linz International Bruckner Festival (15 Sep–06 Oct 2014)

Linzer Veranstaltungsgesellschaft mbH Untere Donaulände 7, 4010 Linz LIVA Service Center Tel: +43 732 7752 30 Fax: +43 732 7612 2170 kassa@liva.linz.at Telephone lines open at following times: Sep–June: Mon to Fri 10 am–6.30 pm, Sat 10 am–1 pm July–Aug: Mon to Fri 10 am–4 pm, Sat 10 am–1 pm

New Year concerts New Year’s Eve concert (31 Dec) New Year’s concert (01 Jan)

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Landestheater Linz THE MUSIKTHEATER AM VOLKSGARTEN WWW.LANDESTHEATER-LINZ.AT In 2013, the Landestheater opened a new performance venue. With carefully planned concepts and the most sophisticated technical equipment, the new Musiktheater am Volksgarten will sweep aside the barriers of what was formerly possible, raising the curtain on productions which promise to be a fount of inspiration. Commercial Director Uwe Schmitz-Gielsdorf, Artistic Director Rainer Mennicken, and Head of Opera Dennis Russell Davies are committed to offering a broad range of artistic endeavour at affordable prices.

With its latest innovations, the Landestheater fully lives up to Linz’s motto of “Culture for all”. The four departments for opera, drama, ballet, and children’s/ youth theatre are now joined by a fifth – the musical.

At last, it’s possible to perform the entire operatic repertoire, great musicals, and operettas with a really full orchest-

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ra – for example, Richard Wagner’s Der SCHAUSPIELHAUS & KAMMERSPIELE Ring des Nibelungen.

With Kainz Medal winner Gerhard Willert as its director, the playhouse on the Behind-the-scene tours Promenade has been achieving high Take a sneak preview of the new Musiktheater, and enjoy first impressions standards for many years, and in addition to the classics has been particularly right now on one of our tours, which are also offered to groups with advance involved with young – Austrian – playwrights. Moreover, the Landestheater booking.

Linz sees it as its mission to turn stories, Group tours: images, and sounds, both well known by arrangement and with advance and forgotten, startling and never before booking Location: Musiktheater am Volksgarten experienced, into up-to-date, intimate encounters. Success with the public is Duration: Approx. 90 min, just as much a part of its goal as the Price: €85.00 (max. 25 persons) Booking for groups: by telephone: +43 conquering of new artistic dimensions.

732 7611 824 or by email: froeschl@ restau rant Promenadenhof landestheater-linz.at on site At the Landestheater in the restau rant on site Old Town of Linz, www.promenadenhof.at “das Anton” Restaurant Gastronomic professionals Premieres in 2014 Spitz Catering, Donhauser, and Mörwald offer you a premium-class dining Opera/operetta Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Walküre, experience.

Richard Wagner (22 Mar 2014) www.dasanton.at Fadinger, Ernst Ludwig Leitner (08 Feb 2014)

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Carmen, Georges Bizet (24 May 2014) Der Rosenkavalier, Richard Strauss (restaging Jan 2014) Musicals Next to Normal (18 Jan 2014) Show Boat, Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II (12 Apr 2014) Ballet Carmina Burana, Mei Hong Lin, Carl Orff (01 Mar 2014) Blind Date, Mei Hong Lin, Astor Piazolla, James Brown, among others (31 May 2014) Drama Othello, W. Shakespeare (25 Jan 2014) Die Wiedervereinigung der beiden Koreas, Joël Pommerat (31 Jan 2014) Ivanov, Anton Chekhov (15 Feb 2014) Magic Afternoon, W. Bauer (15 Mar 2014) The Lady of the Camellias, Alexandre Dumas (28 Mar 2014) The Wild Duck, Henrik Ibsen (05 Apr 2014) The Goldberg Variations, George Tabori (03 May 2014) Angst essen Seele auf, Rainer Werner Fassbinder (23 May 2014) Alpenvorland, Thomas Arzt (restaging 2014)

Prices 2014 Musiktheater: from €8.00 to €69.00 Schauspielhaus: from €7.00 to €55.00 Kammerspiele: from €7.00 to €35.00 €7.00 For years, the Kinder- und Jugendtheater, u\hof: a children’s and young people’s theatre, has time and again attracted thousands Contact/Information/Bookings: of visitors, both young and old. Here too, the programme offers a mixture of Landestheater Linz ancient, archetypal themes, and contem- Promenade 39, 4020 Linz porary stories. Plays which hit the mark, Tel. +43 732 7611 824 which astound – usually interspersed froeschl@landestheater-linz.at with playful humour and lots of music – Ticket Service opening hours and excite young theatre fans. Invitations Mon–Fri: 9 am–6 pm, Sat: 9 am–12.30 pm, to various theatre festivals, and STELLA closed Sundays and public holidays, Awards have all contributed to the u\hof’s also Christmas Eve and Good Friday excellent reputation, which reaches far Evening box offices – opening hours: beyond the boundaries of Upper Austria. Musiktheater, Schauspielhaus and Kammerspiele: 1.5 hrs before curtain Eyecatcher, Richard Hurford (14 Mar 2014) up, u\hof: 1 hr before curtain up.

Siebzehn, play based on a true story Evening box offices tel: (19 Apr 2014) Musiktheater: +43 800 218 000 1 Heisse Sohlen, Henry Mason Schauspielhaus: +43 800 218 000 2 (restaging Nov 2014) Kammerspiele: +43 800 218 000 3 u\hof: +43 800 218 000 5 restau rant U.Hof essen.trinken International: +43 732 7611 400 on site www.u-hof.at U\HOF: FINE ART FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES WWW.UHOF.AT

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THEATER PHÖNIX WWW.THEATER-PHOENIX.AT Top entertainment in a critical spirit: Its committed range of drama, interesting directors, and outstanding ensemble of actors have given the Theater Phönix an important place in the Austrian theatre landscape. The primary focus is on contemporary drama. In long-term collaboration with dramatists like Thomas Baum or Franzobel, commissioned pieces become world premieres. But world premieres by internationally famous authors can also be seen here. In addition, powerful interpretations of theatre classics are on the programme several times a year.

Premieres in 2014 La Vérité, Florian Zeller (premiere: 23 Jan 2014) The Lyons, Nicky Silver (German world premiere: 20 Feb 2014) Happy Planet (premiere: 08 May 2014)

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Ticket bookings Tickets can be booked at the theatre office (Mon to Fri 9 am–4 pm), by answerphone or email, or at the box office (open from 5 pm onwards on performance evenings). Seat numbers are allocated on booking the ticket. Ticket bookings via email or the website are only valid once confirmation has been sent.

Reduced rates for groups of 10 persons and over.

Contact/Information/Bookings: Theater Phönix Wiener Straße 25 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 662641 or +43 732 6665000 Fax: +43 732 662641 30 office@theater-phoenix.at

TRIBÜNE LINZ – THEATER AM SÜDBAHNHOFMARKT WWW.TRIBUENE-LINZ.AT The TRIBÜNE LINZ – Theater am Südbahnhofmarkt is an insider tip among the Linz theatres, and captivates with a varied, all-year programme for children, young people, and adults.

The TRIBÜNE LINZ stands for contemporary and committed stage art, for a variety of themes and forms, an unconventional aesthetic, sustainable theatre with social and artistic value, as well as proximity to and service for the audience.

The programme consists of the Tribüne’s own productions and guest performances by other independent artists from the performing arts, music, and literature.

Reservations are possible at any time by telephone, email or online. There are seat reservations (except for children’s plays). Admission is 10 minutes before curtain up. The booked

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Children’s plays LINZER KELLERTHEATER Single price for children, young people, WWW.LINZERKELLERTHEATER.AT and adults €7.00 The Linzer Kellertheater has been Other prices and reductions may apply opening its doors on Hauptplatz for Focus in 2014 for guest performances in the Tribüne Year of the Austrian authors over five decades. It has meanwhile Linz. established itself as an enduring Premieres in 2014 theatrical venue for successful popular Der Herr Karl, satire by Carl Merz and comedies. At the same time, it also Contact/Information/Bookings: Helmut Qualtinger offers audiences other productions – (premiere: 14 Jan 2014) such as classic fairy tales for children.

TRIBÜNE LINZ Reigen, play by Arthur Schnitzler With 94 seats, it is possible to book Theater am Südbahnhofmarkt (premiere: 12 Feb 2014) the theatre exclusively for groups, and Eisenhandstraße 43 Frühere Verhältnisse, Posse mit Gesang 4020 Linz also for performances of any kind.

by Johann Nestroy Tel: +43 699 11 399 844 (restaging: 11 Jan 2014) Performances in 2014 Tickets Tom, Dick and Harry – comedy by Ray Tel: +43 699 11 399 844 Admission prices Cooney (Oct 2013–June 2014) karten@tribuene-linz.at for the Tribüne’s own productions www.tribuene-linz.at (with direct online reservation) Contact/Information/Bookings: Adult’s plays standard €18.00 Linzer Kellertheater reduced rate €8.00 Hauptplatz 21, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 784120 Young people’s plays office@linzer-kellertheater.at standard €16.00 reduced rate €8.00 tickets can be collected from one hour until shortly before curtain up at the evening box office in the foyer.

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Special events Abenteuer des Fernsehkasperls, Kasperl & Co A house bursting with culture for child- (Glove-puppet theatre for children aged 4+, 21–23 Feb 2014) ren. Plays, the adventures of Kasperl Puppet theatre performed by Lille and Seppy, musical performances, Kartofler dance displays, and puppet theatre.

(16–18 Mar 2014, children aged 4+) In the workshops, the children are Workshops offers in the holidays actively creative themselves. The Kinderklangwolke, the Old Town fairy- Kinderklangwolke (13 Sep 2014) tale time series, and collaborations are Ticket bookings played to the public.

By telephone, at the Brucknerhaus Service Centre: +43 732 775230, or Performances in 2014 via www.kuddelmuddel.at. Events are At weekends, there are regular performances by the Linzer Puppentheater – described in detail on the website and puppet theatre, the Theater des Kindes can simply be booked online. Tickets – children’s theatre, and other ensem- must be collected half an hour before the performance begins. bles. From October to April, there is a culture brunch for the whole family Prices once a month, on Sunday mornings.

Between €4.00 and €7.90 The programme is designed for children aged 1.5 to 14.

KUDDELMUDDEL WWW.KUDDELMUDDEL.AT

Contact/Information/Bookings: Kinderkulturzentrum Kuddelmuddel Langgasse 13, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 600444 kumu@liva.linz.at

POSTHOF – CONTEMPORARY ART AT THE HARBOUR WWW.POSTHOF.AT Originally built as branch of the city postal service (from 1750), the historical area in Linz’s harbour district was adapted in 1984 and 1990, and today, it’s one of the largest and most active event spaces for contemporary culture in Austria. The programmes offered in the Posthof arts centre cover the entire broad spectrum of today’s contemporary culture, ranging from concerts of the most diverse kinds of music, and cabaret and theatre, to contemporary dance and literature.

Event series 2014 Heimspiel (Feb 2014) TanzTage (Mar and Apr 2014) Last Minute – Festival for contemporary theatre (Oct 2014) Ahoi! Pop Festival – contemporary music at the harbour (Oct/Nov 2014) Linz Cabaret Festival (Nov 2014) Austrian Theatre Sports Championship (Dec 2014) Posthofbeisl Only open on event days! www.posthofbeisl.at

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Contact/Information/Bookings: Posthof – Contemporary Art at the Harbour Posthofstr. 43, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 770548 0 office@posthof.at Advance sales: Tue to Fri, 3 pm–7 pm Tel: +43 732 781800 kassa@posthof.at

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Events venues and events Permanent highlights: Every Wednesday is Ladies’ Day, with free sparkling wine and a lottery.

Welcome to the exciting and glamorous On the 13th of each month, there is a jackpot of €1,300.00 to be won. world of Casino Linz. A wide range of gaming opportunities await you: roulette, Black Jack, different varieties Group offer For only €30.00 you receive welcome of poker, and a wide range of gaming chips worth €30.00, sparkling wine remachines, including the sought-after Mega Million Jackpot, with the chance ception, open sandwiches, and gaming instructions with prizes from our Casino to win 1 million euros.

Collection. For groups of 6 and over; Casino Restaurant book three working days in advance. restau rant Enjoy only the best with all on site your senses!

Contact/Information/Bookings: CASINO LINZ WWW.LINZ.CASINOS.AT

Dinner&Casino Package For only €59.00, a 4-course menu, welcome chips worth €25.00, a glass of Goldeck der Veltliner sparkling wine, and 4 paroli chips. www.austria-trend.at/spl www.casinos.at Our offer For €27.00 you receive welcome chips worth €30.00, and for €23.00 you receive chips worth €25.00.

Casino Linz Rainerstraße 2-4, 4020 Linz, Tel: +43 732 654487 17212 Fax: +43 732 654487 17222 linz@casinos.at Opening hours: Jackpot Casino from 11 am daily and Casino Classic from 3 pm. Closed 24 December.

DESIGN CENTER LINZ WWW.DESIGN-CENTER.AT The Design Center Linz is a timelessly modern, multifunctional venue, whose glass roof creates a natural daylight atmosphere. Its versatility is the significant feature of this event venue.

Events 2014 Linz Holiday Fair (23–25 Jan 2014) Motorbike Fair 2014 (14–16 Feb 2014) Burgenland Wine Presentation (06 Mar 2014) Autofrühling 2014 (14–16 Mar 2014) DAC Wine Region (18 Mar 2014) Photo+Adventure Fair (08–09 Nov 2014) Offers/prices 2014 Guided tour for groups of over 10 with advance booking €1.80 p.p.

Contact/Information/Bookings: Design Center Linz BetriebsgesmbH Europaplatz 1, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 6966 110 anfrage@design-center.at

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PALAIS KAUFMÄNNISCHER VEREIN WWW.PALAISLINZ.AT The Palais Kaufmännischer Verein, or Palace of the Commercial Association, is also called the “little imperial palace” and is situated in the centre of Linz. The congress and event centre is widely known for its neo-baroque atmosphere. Thanks to the construction of the annex, the traditional building can reveal a new side: modern, multifunctional, expressing the spirit of the times in both architecture and décor. A total of ten rooms, the lounge, and the adjoining park make every event held here truly memorable. The building is unusual not only for its décor and atmosphere, but also the infrastructure: Easy to reach by public transport with direct access through its own underground car park, thus guaranteeing that there’s never far to walk.

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Events 2014 Kaufmännischer Verein Ball (25 Jan 2014) Nacht in Tracht – Wilderergschnas (Austrian trad. costume only, 03 Mar 2014) Career Forum (18 Mar 2014) Ukulele Orchestra (28 Mar 2014) Linz Wine Spring (11 Apr 2014) Linz Wine Autumn (21 Nov 2014) Offer/prices 2014 Guided tour of the building for groups of 10 and over Advance booking €2.00 p.p.

“JOSEF” www.josef.eu

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Contact/Information/Bookings: Palais Kaufmännischer Verein Landstraße 49/Bismarckstraße 1-3 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 773159 31 Fax: +43 732 773159 28 office.kv@palaislinz.at

TABAKFABRIK LINZ WWW.TABAKFABRIK-LINZ.AT The Linz Tabakfabrik is the heart of a vibrant, newly designed urban district.

The listed architectural jewel from the 1930s offers 80,000 m2 of space for creativity, education, social initiatives, and work. At the end of 2013, more than 300 pioneers are already working in the area. In addition, there is a varied and high-quality events programme.

Events 2014 Tutankhamun – His Tomb and his Treasures (06 Mar–29 June 2014) WearFair & more (Oct 2014) Wildstyle & Tattoo Fair (01–02 Nov 2014) Art and design market (26–27 Apr 2014 and 15–16 Nov 2014) On a tour, learn more about the history and the future of the Linz Tabakfabrik.

Tours are also available in English, French, Italian, and Russian, on request.

Photo: Thomas Diesenreiter

Photo: Jürgen Haller

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Max. participants: 30 persons Costs: €8.00 p.p. from 15 persons.

For a group of fewer than 15 persons, there is a flat rate of €120.00. €15.00 surcharge for a foreign language. All prices include VAT. Please make a reservation in advance by email or telephone.

You can find up-to-date information at www.tabakfakbrik-linz.at and www.facebook.com/tabakfabriklinz.

Contact/Information/Bookings: Tabakfabrik Linz Entwicklungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft mbH Peter-Behrens-Platz 15, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 77 22 72 fuehrungen@tfl.linz.at

TIPSARENA AND STADIUM WWW.LIVASPORT.AT

Paul Panzer (15 Mar 2014) Riverdance (18 Mar 2014) Cindy aus Marzahn (20 Mar 2014) The best features of the TipsArena are, Howard Carpendale (08 Apr 2014) Kaya Yanar (10 Apr 2014) in particular, its central location, outstanding technology, and flexible stage. Thriller (24 Apr 2014) Mario Barth (16 and 17 May 2014) Practically any kind of sport can take European Junior Handball Championplace in the attractive indoor sports ship (24 July–03 Aug 2014) hall. The arena also frequently hosts extravagant company events, impressive musicals, spectacular shows, and rock or pop concerts with audiences of Contact/Information/Bookings: up to 9,000.

The Linz Stadium is likewise used for LIVA Linzer sporting events (football and athletics) Veranstaltungsgesellschaft mbH and for large-scale cultural events LIVA Sport & Event (open-air concerts). Open-air concerts (Linzer Stadion/TipsArena Linz) with international stars from the music Ziegeleistraße 76-78, 4020 Linz scene are also held here.

Tel: +43 732 657311 0 Fax: +43 732 657311 4005 Events 2014 stadion@liva.linz.at or Night of the Jumps (17 and 18 Jan tipsarenalinz@liva.linz.at 2014) Gugl Indoor Meeting (30 Jan 2014) One Republic (14 Feb 2014) Andrea Berg (16 Feb 2014) Semino Rossi (09 Mar 2014)

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Natural spaces, green oases The city on the Danube shows that industry and quality of life are not contradictory elements. Almost half of the municipal area of Linz is green space. Three impressive nature reserves are not only refuges for endangered species, but also recreation areas. Here, you’ll find long walks into the countryside, bathing pleasure, and rare plants and animals. In the Traun-Donau-Auen nature reserve alone, a European Natura 2000 area, there are more than 100 species of birds. It seems as though Linz, the former Cultural Capital of Europe, is a small Garden of Eden.

Come to Linz and take a deep, relaxing breath – in the midst of green nature, at the Botanical Gardens, on Linz’s Pöstlingberg, or in other oases in the heart of the city!

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Experience nature in Linz EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE OF NATURE EXPERIENCING NATURE FROM PÖSTLINGBERG TO THE CITY CENTRE WITH NATURSCHAUSPIEL.AT WWW.NATURSCHAUSPIEL.AT On Europe’s steepest mountain railway, you can ride directly from Linz’s Haupt- NATURSCHAUSPIEL.AT, the awardplatz to the zoo and on to the sparkling winning educational project on nature, Zwergenreich, or realm of dwarves, hid- offers exclusive experiences of nature in the most beautiful and interesting den away in the grotto railway. At the highest point of the city, the pilgrimage nature reserves of Upper Austria. With basilica and the lookout platform invite an expert team, you can discover unknown worlds, rare animals, and you to pause a while. From up there, you can enjoy a fantastic view of Linz! impressive plants. You can walk, research, collect, taste, and be astounded at Linz’s natural treasures.

Some natural treasures of the city that often go unmentioned are the In addition: NATURSCHAUSPIEL.AT Traun-Danube river meadows and the offers a multifaceted and diverse Botanical Gardens. Both are best explored with guides, who can often open choice of themed tours, specially for one’s eyes to hidden natural treasures. groups: Tours of the Traun-Donau-Auen nature • Naturally Linz • Linz and beyond reserve and the Botanical Gardens • In the Linz jungle are offered by nature and landscape • Tracks in the wilderness guides, and by biologists within the • Harry and the primordial Tethys Ocean framework of Naturschauspiel.

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Contact/Information/Bookings: IFAU – Institut für Angewandte Umweltbildung Mag. Marlis Hilber Wieserfeldplatz 22, 4400 Steyr Tel: +43 725 281 199 12 or +43 699 113 282 12 gruppen@naturschauspiel.at

NATURE AT THE SCHLOSSMUSEUM WWW.SCHLOSSMUSEUM.AT Nature comes alive at the 1,450 m2 permanent exhibition “Nature in Upper Austria” at the Schlossmuseum Linz, Austria’s largest universal museum.

EXPERIENCING URBAN NATURE CLOSE TO WWW.LINZ.AT/UMWELT/4339.ASP Explore the diversity of urban biotopes, river meadows, and forests on professional tours run by the Naturkundliche Station, a nature observatory.

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For all events see: LINZ BOTANICAL GARDENS WWW.LINZ.AT/BOTANISCHERGARTEN www.linz.at/botanischergarten www.linztermine.at www.facebook.com/BotanischerGartenLinz Linz Botanical Gardens, with about 10,000 different species of plants Offers and admission prices 2014 growing on 4.2 hectares, are among €3.00 the most beautiful gardens in Europe. Adults: Five greenhouses cultivate magnificent Reduced rates for: children/teens aged over 6 and under 18, schoolchildren and exotic plants all year round. Here, the students, senior citizens, persons doing focus is on orchids and on one of the largest cactus collections in Europe. In national military/civilian service, disabled persons (identification required): summer, weekly concerts are held on

€2.00 the open-air stage in the midst of this Group rate for 15 persons and over: blossoming atmosphere.

p.p. €2.00 Guided tours for max. 30 persons Events 2014 (advance booking only, and depending Spring awakening in the Botanical on the existing possibilities).

Gardens (22 Mar–18 May 2014) Garden tours at weekends for tour Extreme living on the roof of South groups as well as tours for schools are America – cacti from Chile offered by the Botanical Gardens – (10 May–14 Sep 2014) these must be booked in advance: History and everyday life of cotton €52.00 (28 May–14 Sep 2014) Word & Sound concert series on the Gar- Lectures and practical guidance on gardening (incl. entry): €5.00 tenbühne (between June & end of Aug) €9.00 Flighty creatures – exotic butterflies in the Word & Sound concerts Tropical House (01 Nov 2014–01 Feb 2015) or special rates

Contact/Information/Bookings: Botanischer Garten Roseggerstraße 20, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 7070 0 Fax: +43 732 7070 1874 botanischergarten@mag.linz.at Opening hours: Nov to Feb: 8 am–5 pm, Mar and Oct: 8 am–6 pm, Apr and Sep: 8 am–7 pm, May to Aug: 7.30 am–7.30 pm Greenhouses: 8 am–5 pm daily The gardens will be closed on 24, 25, and 31 Dec and also on 01 Jan.

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Pöstlingberg Adventure World PÖSTLINGBERGBAHN WWW.LINZAG.AT For over a century, the Pöstlingbergbahn, the steepest adhesion railway in Europe, has been making an unforgettable impression on guests from all over the world, thanks to its extraordinary and idyllic route. The start-up of the new Pöstlingbergbahn created a direct connection between Linz Hauptplatz and Pöstlingberg. On a stretch of track of 4.14 km, the Pöstlingbergbahn surmounts a difference in altitude of 255 metres in 20 minutes.

Rides in the renovated original carriages are (depending on availability) offered for nostalgic railway enthusiasts.

pm or *10 pm, Sun and public holidays 7.30 am–9 pm or *10 pm.

From Pöstlingberg: Mon to Sat 5.30 am–9.30 pm *10.30 pm, Sun and public holidays 7 am–9.30 pm or *10.30 pm. * Summer timetable 01 Apr–31 Oct 2014 Special trips Depending on the availability of the vehicles, special trips up to Pöstlingberg are also offered. Prices for a special trip are available on request, tel: +43 732 3400 7000 (Mon to Thu 8 am–4 pm, Fri 8 am–12 pm) or by email to: sonderfahrten@linzag.at

Rates and prices 2014 One way ticket Full price/Adults €3.50 Timetable Reduced rate/Children €1.80 Starting point: Linz Hauptplatz Return ticket Duration of journey: approx. 20 min.

Full price/Adults €5.80 Hours of operation: Normally on the €3.00 hour and on the half hour, every 15 mi- Reduced rate/Children On request, voucher payment for groups! nutes during the busiest times of day, and as displayed on the timetable.

From Hauptplatz: Mon to Sat 6 am–9

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Contact/Information/Bookings: LINZ AG LINIEN Wiener Straße 151, 4021 Linz Tel: +43 732 3400 7000 Fax: +43 732 3400 7521 sonderfahrten@linzag.at

PÖSTLINGBERGBAHN MUSEUM WWW.LINZAG.AT The lovingly designed information centre at the valley station of the Pöstlingbergbahn is a must for lovers of historical railways. It offers an interactive overview of the past and present of this historical railway.

Opening hours: 01 Mar to 01 Nov, Sat, Sun, and public holidays 10 am to 4 pm, weekdays must be booked in advance. (for groups of 10 persons and over).

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GROTTENBAHN www.grottenbahn.at The Grottenbahn on Linz’s Pöstlingberg is a must for young and old alike. Here, you can give your imagination free rein!

The realm of dwarves and fairy tales is a place that casts a spell over visitors.

Duration of the visit to the grotto railway: approx. 45 min.

Tickets and prices 2014 Adults Children Reduced rates on request!

Tickets and prices 2014 Adult €4.90 Child (aged 6–13) €2.00 Child (aged up to 5) Free Open 365 days a year!

Halfway up the Pöstlingberg, bordering Group rate for 15 persons and over: €4.00 the Urfahrwänd nature protection area, Adult Child (aged 6–13) €1.50 and with a fabulous view of the city, Tour: p.p. €2.00 Zoo Linz invites you to an unforgettable experience of animals and nature.

Around 600 exotic and native animals Contact/Information/Bookings: from approx. 110 different species fascinate and enchant the visitor. MeerZoo Linz kats, zebras, antelopes, caimans, boa Windflachweg 1 – Pöstlingberg constrictors, parrots, and many other 4040 Linz animals are at home in the zoo. You’ll Tel: +43 732 737180 find the programme for 2014 and all Fax: +43 732 737180 4 the current events at www.zoo-linz.at. office@zoo-linz.at Opening hours: open 365 days a year!

Our tip: On an exciting guided tour of Summer: admission from 9 am–6 pm the new zoo school, it’s also often pos- (closing time 7 pm), sible to experience some of the animals winter: admission from 9 am–4 pm at close quarters. (closing time 5 pm) Tours with advance booking only – tel: +43 732 737180.

ZOO LINZ www.zoo-linz.at

€5.00 €3.00

Contact/Information/Bookings: LINZ AG LINIEN Wiener Straße 151, 4021 Linz Tel: +43 732 3400 7506 grottenbahn@linzag.at Opening hours: 01 Mar–31 May, 01 Sep–01 Nov: daily, Advent Sundays and 08 Dec: 10 am–5 pm daily 01 June–31 Aug: 10 am–6 pm daily 24 Dec: 10 am–3 pm

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Markets in Linz Rummaging, sampling, and shopping on the Linz markets to one’s heart’s content. Linz currently has eleven food and fruit & vegetable markets, a weekly flea market, the Urfahranermarkt (currently held in spring and autumn every year), as well as several Christmas markets. In addition, there are numerous All Souls markets and Christmas tree markets, as well as New Year’s Eve stands.

LINZ MARKETS • Curio flea market The flea market is always held on Hauptplatz on Saturdays from 7 am–2 pm.

• Südbahnhofmarkt Mon to Fri 6 am–6 pm Sat 6 am–1 pm Market days: Tue, Fri, and Sat This traditional Linz market is particularly popular. Thanks to the ORF programme Arcimboldo – Live vom Markt, which is broadcast every Saturday, the market has also become a popular meeting place. The broadcasting pavi-

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lion designed in the shape of an apple represents an original emblem of the market. Chefs and top restaurateurs are regularly invited to the new cooking studio.

• Markthalle Altstadt Mon to Fri 6 am–6 pm Sat 6 am–1 pm • Urfahr fruit & vegetable market Mon to Fri 6 am–6 pm Sat 6 am–1 pm

• Linz City Market on Hauptplatz Tue and Fri 9 am–2 pm

• Urfahranermarkt The Urfahranermarkt, which takes place twice a year – in spring, from 26 Apr–04 May 2014, and in autumn, from 27 Sep–05 Oct 2014 – boasts a tradition that dates back more than 180 years.

Over a million visitors enjoy themselves each year at Austria’s largest folk festival on the left bank of the Danube.

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Linz Advent magic Arrival: Daily, 23 Nov to 22 Dec 2014 Minimum participants: 20 persons, free place for 21st person Visit Linz at Christmastime and combine a shopping trip down Linz’s Landstraße with a multimedia tour of voestalpine Stahlwelt. To finish up, the Christmas market beckons you to sample a warming mulled wine.

PROGRAMME: Day 1: Kripperlroas – a visit to the Nativity scenes displayed throughout the regional capital. After viewing the Ars Electronica Center, an Austria Guide will take you to the loveliest Nativity scenes in Linz. Afterwards, you can enjoy the peaceful Yuletide atmosphere of the Linz Christmas market, with a glass of mulled cider.

Day 2: The voestalpine Stahlwelt adventure Find out how steel is made at the biggest industrial site in Austria.

Interactive voestalpine Stahlwelt invites you to actively participate in the experience.

OUR TIP: Let yourself be enchanted by the glitter of crystals on the Advent boat trip on the Danube.

2-DAY PROGRAMME PRICE INCLUDES: • 1 x night and breakfast buffet in a good middle-class hotel in Linz • Admission to and guided tour of Ars Electronica Center • Themed city tour Loveliest Nativity Scenes in Linz • Mulled cider at the Christmas market on Linz’s Hauptplatz • voestalpine Stahlwelt: tour of the steel plant and a visit to the exhibition.

€ 69.90 in DR with breakfast € 94.90 in SR with breakfast € 16.00 half-board surcharge Price per person and night

Information/Bookings: OÖ Touristik GmbH Freistädter Straße 119 4041 Linz Tel: +43 732 7277 270 Fax: +43 732 7277 210 gruppen@touristik.at www.gruppentouren.at

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Old City Hall Trinity Column Franz-Josef-Warte Jesuitenkirche (Old Cathedral) Karmeliterkirche Kremsmünsterer Haus OÖ Kulturquartier Landhaus Linzer Schloss Mariendom (New Cathedral) Martin-Luther-Kirche Martinskirche Minoritenkirche Mozarthaus Pöstlingberg Adventure World (Pöstlingbergbahn & Grottenbahn, pilgrimage basilica, zoo) Stadtpfarrkirche Ursulinenkirche Tabakfabrik Linz

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Ars Electronica Center (AEC) Atelierhaus Salzamt LENTOS Kunstmuseum Linz Linz Genesis – City History Linz Museum of the History of Dentistry Linz World of Dolls NORDICO Stadtmuseum Linz OK I Offenes Kulturhaus Oberösterreich Landesgalerie Linz Pöstlingbergbahn Museum Schloss Ebelsberg Schlossmuseum Linz StifterHaus, OÖ Literaturmuseum voestalpine Stahlwelt

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Casino Linz Design Center Linz Linz Central Station – Tourist Information office Kepler Salon New City Hall Regional Library of Upper Austria Stadium and TipsArena Linz Südbahnhofmarkt / Historical horse-drawn railway station Tourist Information Linz & Oberösterreich Urfahr fairgrounds Linz Tower of Knowledge / Volkshochschule / City library Donaustation No. 1 (Brandner) Donaustation No. 32 (Brandner) Jahrmarktgelände (Donau Touristik) Jahrmarktgelände (Schifffahrt Schaurecker) Kaimauer (Wurm+Köck) Linz 11 Schloss (WGD Tourismus GmbH) Linz 12 Nibelungenbrücke (WGD Tourismus GmbH) Linz 13 Lentos (WGD Tourismus GmbH) Linz 14 Brucknerhaus (WGD Tourismus GmbH) Linz Ars Electronica Center (DFS Schönbrunn) Linz Steinmetzplatzl (Schifffahrt Schaurecker)

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Changing technology and architecture Linz is an economically successful city and, due to its geographical position and infrastructure, an attractive location for companies. Linz is home to over 6,400 business enterprises and there are more jobs than inhabitants here. Banks, steel and industrial plants, and mechanical engineering companies have settled in the city on the Danube. The universities and the Fachhochschule stimulate development through powerful innovative ideas.

Lovers of architecture appreciate the way in which the past, present, and future combine to create something new in Linz. The sense of ongoing change is palpable here.

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Experience technology processing, and experience the furnace you can take part in them. You can VOESTALPINE STAHLWELT obtain further information at the recepWWW.VOESTALPINE.COM/STAHLWELT live. tion desk.

From cutlery to cars, from razor blades Offers and admission prices 2014 Admission for adults €8.00 Saturday: Tours incl. plant tour for to skyscrapers, from railway tracks to individual visitors and small groups are rocket ships: Steel shapes our everyday Reduced rate (schoolchildren, stuoffered at 11.30 am. dents, persons doing national military life, makes our life easier, and contriYou can book places online at or civilian service, senior citizens) butes to progress.

€4.00 www.voestalpine.com/stahlwelt.

Groups of 15 persons and over (p.p.) voestalpine produces, processes, and €4.00 develops steel worldwide for high-qua- lity products and innovative solutions. School classes (p.p. incl. plant tour)

€2.00 Visit voestalpine Stahlwelt and learn Admission to plant tour (p.p.) €8.00 more about the voestalpine company, the 47,000 employees worldwide and For safety reasons, children under 6 the countless possibilities for steel, are not permitted to take part in a tour without which our world would look of the plant. completely different and would function in a completely different way.

Tours Groups of 15 persons and over Experience the world of voestalpine: Steel products to touch, interactive sta- Register online for tours of voestalpine tions where you can participate, steel’s Stahlwelt and plant tour, available worldwide success and the production days: Mon–Sat. Small groups and individual visitors facilities in Linz. On a tour of the plant, with a modern multimedia bus, Monday to Friday: Provided there are you can get close to the production and places available free on booked tours,

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Experience technology

Audio guide for individual visitors and small groups An informative audio guide accompanies you on your journey of discovery through voestalpine Stahlwelt – it is available for you at the reception desk free of charge.

At the confluence of the Danube and the Traun, at the southern end of the voestalpine site, rare species of animals have made their home, and sometimes explore the site as a habitat – the Danube is the connecting element for voestalpine as well.

Please allow 1.5 hours for your visit to voestalpine Stahlwelt and a further 1.5 hours for the subsequent tour of the steel plant.

The 30-metre interactive panorama gives insights into the plant on the river and its surrounding environment, as do exhibitions focussing on the Danube Contact/Information/Bookings: and the plant on the river in voestalpine Stahlwelt as a whole. voestalpine Stahlwelt voestalpine-Straße 4, 4020 Linz restau Panorama-Café on Tel: +43 50304 15 8900 rant on site the sixth floor Opening hours: The café is open during the Mon–Sat 9 am–5 pm, exhibition opening hours – even closed on Sundays and public holidays without admission to the exhibition. (except during the annual company Registered groups can also order lunch holidays from Sun 10–17 Aug 2014) in advance! Information on this is available from the Visitors’ Service – tel: +43 50304 15 8900. www.voestalpine.com/stahlwelt

“The steel plant on the river” voestalpine and the Danube are closely connected – water is not just one of the most important manufacturing and auxiliary resources in the whole production process, but also a valuable transport route. Approx. 40% of the transport of raw materials is by ship on the Danube. The sustainable use of the river is an important goal for voestalpine – in this way, necessary water for production is recycled and directed back into the outlet channel for the Danube.

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BLUE DANUBE AIRPORT LINZ WWW.LINZ-AIRPORT.COM Welcome to the magic world of flying.

A guided tour of the airport gives you a chance to have a look behind the scenes of international travel and to learn fascinating facts about the technology.

Tours Book by telephone Tour days: Mon, Tue, and Wed (except on public holidays) Meeting point: information desk Time period: May to Sep Time: 10 am or 2 pm Duration: approx. 1.5 hrs Number of persons: 20 to 60 Tours are offered for groups only, not for individuals.

Prices: €30.00 for groups of up to 40 persons €60.00 for groups of 41 to 60 persons Round walk: Visit to the lookout terrace, general and historical overview,

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check-in zone and security control, explanation of the transit hall, visit to the apron and hangar.

Book by phone at the Marketing Department (Ms. Kräutl or Ms. Springer) Tel: +43 7221 600 1504 or 1503

LINZ HAUPTBAHNHOF OEBB.AT

Sky Gourmet linz.office@sky-gourmet

Contact/Information/Bookings:

Linz Central Station was built in the most architecturally modern district of Linz and has already been awarded the title “Austria’s most attractive railway Roof terrace station” for the 7th time. The newly You can enjoy the best view from the conceived building has a perfect deroof terrace, which is accessible free of sign, both architecturally and also with charge during the summer months from regard to travel service, thus offering a 6 am to 11 pm daily. model for other European destinations. restau rant on site

Contact/Information/Bookings: Flughafen Linz GesmbH Flughafenstraße 1, 4063 Hörsching Tel: +43 7221 600 0 Fax: +43 7221 600 100 info@linz-airport.com

Linz Hauptbahnhof Bahnhofplatz 3-6, 4020 Linz

Experience technology

THE RAILWAY EXPERIENCE WWW.TS.OEBB.AT

SOLARCITY LINZ-PICHLING WWW.SOLARCITY.LINZ.AT

Tour of the station on the trail of the Taurus locomotive The Taurus model constitutes the ÖBB’s most important fleet of locomotives. The locomotive can manage up to 9,500 horsepower and is one of the most powerful locomotives in the world.

500 pieces came off the assembly line in Linz and are still being serviced in the Linz ÖBB workshops today.

A district with energy In solarCity, funded by the EU and the province of Upper Austria and planned by internationally recognised architects, the Upper Austrian capital Linz has realised a widely admired urban development project. The three key supports of sustainability – here, economy, ecology, and social stability, have been accorded equal consideration.

Times: Tue 9.30 am–11.30 am and Thu 12.30 pm–2.30 pm Tours any time with advance booking Available for groups of 10 persons and over.

Expert guided tours (on request) Duration: 1.5 hrs Maximum group size: 50 persons Language: German, or for other languages price on request

Expert tours: Tours of the building are available for groups: Please book in advance. Duration: 1.5 hrs Prices: Adults €3.00 p.p., children free

Contact/Information/Bookings:

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Direktion Stadtentwicklung Tel: +43 732 7070 3000 Fax: + 43 732 7070 54 3000 ste@mag.linz.at

Wissensturm Kärntnerstraße 26, 4020 Linz Contact: Monika Maier-Neffe Tel: +43 732 7070 54 4333 monika.maier-neffe@mag.linz.at

Contact/Information/Bookings: ÖBB-Technische Services GmbH Herta Steinbruckner Unionstraße 24, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 93000 4374 Fax: +43 1 93000 8387 4374 herta.steinbruckner@oebb.at

WISSENSTURM / VOLKSHOCHSCHULE / CITY LIBRARY WWW.WISSENSTURM.AT With the opening of its Tower of Knowledge in the district around Linz Central Station, the city of Linz is opening up new dimensions and opportunities in the area of education. A contemporary home for three educational institutions – adult education centre Volkshochschule Linz, the city library, and media centre Medienwerkstatt – has been found in this 63-metre-high elliptical tower structure.

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Contemporary history A city’s past Linz presents itself as a city that is consciously getting to grips with its history. Two turning points of contemporary Austrian history are inextricably bound up with the city: In 1934, the civil war between the conservative government and portions of the Social-Democrat party began here. In March 1938, the Anschluss, the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, was put into effect in Linz by Adolf Hitler, who went to school here.

MAUTHAUSEN MEMORIAL WWW.MAUTHAUSEN-MEMORIAL.AT Between 1938 and 1945, more than 200,000 people from all over Europe were imprisoned at the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen and its over 40 satellite camps; about half of those people were murdered there. A few years after the end of the War, a memorial was erected on the site of the former concentration camp. You can visit the preserved historical buildings and constructions, the Steinbruch Wiener Graben with the “Todesstiege” – stairs of death, more than 20 national monuments and, since 6 May, two new permanent exhibitions and a new memorial room, the “Room of Names”.

Through the confrontation with the historical site, the tours of the memorial open up the question of how it was possible to deport hundreds of thousands of people, and to torture and murder them in the middle of society.

The exhibitions “The concentration camp Mauthausen 1938–1945” and “The crime scene of Mauthausen – a search for traces” show more than

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There are places of remembrance and experience in and around Linz. Various institutions, such as Linz City Archive and Volkshochschule Linz, are intensively concerned with researching and reappraising the history of Linz. They offer numerous publications, events, and exhibitions for everyone who is interested.

100 original objects, collected from all over the world. Using the histories of concrete objects, the development of the concentration camp Mauthausen and the history of the inmates are told.

In the new “Room of Names”, the names of almost 81,000 dead are listed, which were traced within the framework of a six-year research project.

Offers and admission prices 2014 Admission €2.00 Reduced rate €1.00 (Children, students under 27, persons doing civilian service, pensioners over 65) Family ticket €4.80 (2 adults and children) Groups of students, persons doing military or civilian service, relatives of former prisoners and participants in events or church services have free admission. Please note it is not advisable to visit Mauthausen Memorial with children under 14.

Contact/Information/Bookings: KZ Gedenkstätte Mauthausen / Mauthausen Memorial Erinnerungsstraße 1 4310 Mauthausen Information: Mon to Fri, 8 am–4 pm Tel: +43 7238 2269 Fax: +43 7238 2269 40 bmi-iv-7@bmi.gv.at Opening hours: 9 am–5.30 pm daily (admission until 4.45 pm only), Closed: from 24 to 26 and 31 Dec, 01 Jan. Booking: any time at www.mauthausen-memorial.at Mon–Fri, 9 am–12 pm Tel: +43 7238 2269 35 teres.stockinger@bmi.gv.at

AUDIO WALK & GUSEN MEMORIAL WWW.AUDIOWEG.GUSEN.ORG

SCHLOSS HARTHEIM MEMORIAL WWW.SCHLOSS-HARTHEIM.AT

On 5 May 1945, soldiers of the US Army liberated over 20,000 concentration camp prisoners in Gusen. At that time, there were more people in this concentration camp than in the main camp at Mauthausen. Sounds, and the voices of contemporary witnesses accompany the visitors on their way through the grounds, whose traces have now vanished beneath a residential and recreational landscape.

Schloss Hartheim is the location of the Specially trained Austria Guides offer memorial for the victims of the Nazi contemporary historical guided tours of euthanasia programme and the exhibi- part of Linz’s air-raid shelters. tion Value of Life.

Expert guided tours Duration of audio walk: 90 min; allow approx. 25 min for the way back. Languages: German, English, and Italian

Contact/Information/Bookings: Besucherzentrum Memorial Gusen (Starting point and issue of the audio players) Georgestraße 6, 4222 Langenstein Tel: +43 7237 6318 6 www.gusen-memorial.at Additional issuing offices (even outside opening times): Gasthaus Pree, opposite Gusen Memorial, tel: +43 7237 3606 Gasthaus Böhm, Linzer Straße 2, 4222 St. Georgen an der Gusen, tel: +43 7237 2619 Opening hours: 01 Apr–30 Sep: daily except Mon: 9.00 am–4.30 pm, 01 Oct to 31 Mar, on Sat, Sun, and public holidays only: 9.00 am–4.30 pm; closed from 24 Dec to 01 Jan 2015.

Final issue of audio players: 3 pm.

Expert guided tours Guided tours and educational programmes can only be conducted with advance booking. Must be booked at least two weeks in advance.

Offers and admission prices 2014 Admission to the memorial Free Admission to the exhibition Value of Life Adults €3.00 Children and young people €2.00 Admission with adult supervision or educational programme Adults €5.00 Children and young people €3.00 Guided tours outside opening hours: all-inclusive price of €50.00

AIR-RAID SHELTER TOURS WWW.LIMONISTOLLEN.AT

Duration: 1.5 hrs; possible to combine with a city tour Recommended age: 14+ Orientation prices: €150.00 (not incl.

VAT) per guide (max. 20 persons per guide, several groups possible at the same time)

Contact/Information/Bookings: Cafe Lebenswert An integration cafe run by the Hartheim Institute.

Tel: +43 7274 6536 542

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Linz Guide Service Tel: +43 650 2009 009 linz-guide-service@gmx.at

Contact/Information/Bookings: Lern- und Gedenkort Schloss Hartheim Schlossstraße 1, 4072 Alkoven Tel: +43 7274 6536 546 Fax: +43 7274 6536 548 office@schloss-hartheim.at Opening hours: Mon and Fri 9 am–3 pm, Tue to Thu 9 am–4 pm, Sundays and public holidays 10 am–5 pm, closed Sat

“History of Linz” A free map The contemporary history map highlights the historical events in Linz between 1934 and 1955.

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Public transport LINZ COACH COMPANIES Adelheid Leitner GmbH Coach travel – travel agency – regular services Freistädter Straße 52, 4040 Linz Tel: +43 732 700 447 Fax: +43 732 700 447 23 office@leitner-linien.at www.leitner-linien.at Reiselibelle Klaus Schobesberger Individual – fast – reliable Klausenbachstraße 61, 4040 Linz Tel: +43 680 3131516 bus@reiselibelle.at www.reiselibelle.at Offers day trips and transfers for up to 50 persons on request.

Reisebüro Krautgartner – Coach hire Stockhofstraße 3, 4020 Linz Hermann Stadler Tel: +43 732 661099 Fax: +43 732 661099 15 linz@krautgartner.at www.krautgartner.at LINZ PUBLIC TRANSPORT WWW.LINZAG.AT Trams Line 1: Auwiesen – Universität Line 2: solarCity – Universität Line 3: Landgutstraße – Doblerholz Bus, trolley bus, and express bus lines

ÖBB-PERSONENVERKEHR AG OEBB.AT, OBEROESTERREICH.OEBB.AT Number of train ticket machines: 9 Services at Linz Central Station: travel agency in station, lounge, lockers, disability-adapted station facilities, park & ride scheme, taxi company, lost & found office, police and security service, large restaurant, and shopping area.

Contact/Information/Bookings: ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG Information at the ÖBB Customer Service, tel: +43 5 1717 Ticket and price information, and ticket orders at oebb.at Ticket sales/Opening hours Staffed ticket office: Mon to Sun 6 am–9 pm

Night lines At night, Line 1 becomes N1. With three additional bus lines, you can get Sabtours Touristik GmbH – Coach hire to anywhere in the city 24 hours a day.

You can use this service on Saturdays, Stelzhamerstraße 2, 4020 Linz Sundays, and public holidays.

Tel: +43 732 307215 No night lines will be running on 25 Dec. Fax: +43 732 307215 N 2: Simonystraße – solarCity gruppenreisen-linz@sabtours.at LOKALBAHNHOF LINZ – LOCAL TRAINS N 3: voestalpine – Neue Heimat www.sabtours.at WWW.LINZER-LOKALBAHN.AT N 4: Holzstraße – Stadion Naderer Bustouristik GmbH & Route Tickets can be bought at the ticket ma- Linz – Leonding – Alkoven – Eferding – Allerstorfer Reisen GesmbH & Co KG chines. You can buy tickets in advance Prambachkirchen – Weizenkirchen – Hauptstr. 1-5, 4040 Linz at the LINZ AG Customer Centre, at Tel: +43 732 660303 16 Peuerbach – Neumarkt-Kallham selected tobacconists and at Tourist Fax: +43 732 660303 14 Information Linz on Hauptplatz. It is bus@naderer-reisen.at Contact/Information/Bookings: also possible to conveniently purchase www.naderer-reisen.at tickets from home at the LINZ AG on- Standortleitung Eferding line shop at www.linzag.at/shop-linien. Bahnhofstraße 45, 4070 Eferding Reiseparadies Kastler GmbH Coach hire/group travel Tel: +43 7272 2232 0 Kepplinger Straße 3, 4100 Ottensheim Contact/Information/Bookings: Fax: +43 7272 2232 13 Tel: +43 7234 82323 0 Fax: +43 7234 82323 23 LINZ AG LINIEN/LINZ AG gruppenreisen@kastler.at Customer Centre WESTBAHN www.kastler.at Hauptplatz 34, 4020 Linz WWW.WESTBAHN.AT (from spring 2014) ÖBB-Postbus GmbH Tel: +43 732 3400 7000 Traffic connections between Vienna Verkehrsleitung OÖ Ost Fax: +43 732 3400 7009 and Salzburg. Comfortably furnished Bahnhofplatz 2a, 4020 Linz linien@linzag.at trains, personal service and modern IT Wolfgang Weissengruber infrastructure on board.

Tel: +43 732 616161 Fax: +43 732 616161 20 wolfgang.weissengruber@postbus.at www.postbus.at

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Partners of Linz Tourismus Donau Touristik GmbH Lederergasse 4-12, 4010 Linz Tel: +43 732 2080 Fax: +43 732 2080 8 office@donautouristik.com www.donaureisen.at

ÖBB Rail Tours GesmbH Wagramer Str. 17-19, 1220 Vienna Tel: +43 1 89930 Fax: +43 1 89930 31 info@railtours.at railtours.oebb.at

Pegasus Incoming Ges.m.b.H Universitätsring 8, 1010 Vienna Tel: +43 1 59933 0 Fax: +43 1 5993343 vienna@pegasus.at www.pegasus.at

OÖ Touristik GmbH Freistädter Straße 119, 4041 Linz Tel: +43 732 7277 200 Fax: +43 732 7277 220 info@touristik.at www.touristik.at

Mondial GmbH & Co KG Operngasse 20b, 1040 Vienna Tel: +43 1 58804 145 Fax: +43 1 58804 117 info@mondial.at www.mondial.at

Imperial Connection – Büro OÖ Alexandra Engelbrechtsmüller Josef-Fellinger-Siedlung 43 4400 Steyr Tel: +43 650 281 5858 sales@imperial-connection.at www.imperial-connection.at

Salzkammergut Touristik GmbH Götzstraße 12, 4820 Bad Ischl Tel: +43 6132 24000 0 Fax: +43 6132 24000 44 office@salzkammergut.co.at www.salzkammergut.co.at

Hofer Reisen GmbH & Co KG Hofert Straße 1, 4642 Sattledt Tel:+43 810 081 082 Fax: +43 5356 606210 service@hofer-reisen.at www.hofer-reisen.at

Donau Oberösterreich WGD Tourismus GmbH Lindengasse 9, 4040 Linz Tel: +43 732 7277 800 Fax: +43 732 7277 804 info@donauregion.at www.donauregion.at

Eurotours GmbH Kirchberger Straße 8, 6370 Kitzbühel Tel: +43 5356 606 0 Fax: +43 5356 606 6 gruppenreisen@eurotours.at www.eurotours.at

Austria Radreisen GmbH Joseph-Haydn-Straße 8 4780 Schärding Tel: +43 7712 5511 0 Fax: +43 7712 4811 office@austria-radreisen.at www.austria-radreisen.at Blaguss Reisen GmbH Richard-Strauß-Straße 32, 1230 Vienna office@blaguss.com www.blaguss.com

Rad & Reisen GmbH Schickgasse 9, 1220 Vienna Tel: +43 1 4053873 0 Fax: +43 1 4053873 17 office@radreisen.at www.radreisen.at Panorama Tours & Travel GesmbH Schrannengasse 2/2, 5020 Salzburg Tel: +43 662 883211 0 Fax: +43 662 87 1618 office@panoramatours.com www.panoramatours.com

ART CITIES Reisen Rosgartenstraße 29 78462 Constance, Germany Tel: +49 7531 2844 748 Fax: +49 7531 2846 935 info@art-cities-reisen.de www.art-cities-reisen.de railtour suisse sa Bernstraße 164 3052 Zollikofen, Switzerland Tel: +41 31 378 0101 info@railtour.ch www.railtour.ch Aemmi Viaggi Via Fiamme Gialle 57 38037 Predazzo TN, Italy Tel: +39 0462 502355 Fax: +39 0462 502042 info@aemmiviaggi.it www.amviaggi.it Offices of DERTOUR, Ruefa Reisen, Neckermann, TUI, etc.

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Excursions in the surrounding area Linz lies not only at the centre of Europe, but also in the heart of Upper Austria, surrounded by the partner areas Salzkammergut, Phyrn-Priel and Danube-Region.

Many excursion destinations can thus be easily reached in a very short time. In addition, there are 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites within a radius of 200 km.

Passau, city on three rivers (120 Travel there via the Upper Austrian Danube valley, with the Schlögener Schlinge.

Boat trip Linz–Passau, returning by bus or railway.

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Thermenwelt Oberösterreich

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In the spa world of Upper Austria, the curative springs are oases of peace and relaxation. Linz–Geinberg (102 km), Linz–Bad Schallerbach (47 km), Linz–Bad Ischl (112 km), and Linz–Bad Zell (36 km).

Bad Füssing Therme Geinberg

Bad Sch Ried

Vöcklabruck

Welios OÖ Science Center Wels (40 km) Historical Old Town on Roman foundations. Guided tours of the Old Town with Austria Guides (state-certified tourist guides) WELIOS®.Energie.Erlebnis.Haus – interactive exhibition on 3,000 m2 focused on the theme of renewable energy.

Gmun Mondsee

Ebe St. Wolfgang

Salzburg

Salzburg City of Salzburg (135 km)

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Bad Ischl

Impressive landscape of mountains and lakes, Salzwelten Adventure in the salt mines. Route: Linz–Traunsee–Bad Ischl–Hallstatt and back.

Czech republic World Heritage Site Krumau (75 km)

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Enns (26 km)

Picturesque Old Town, castle and cultural programme. Route: Linz–Freistadt–Krumau–Bad Leonfelden.

The motto of Austria’s oldest town and 1st Cittàslow town is “Time for living”.

On the trail of the Roman legionaries, visit the Museum Lauriacum, where you’ll find one of the most important Roman collections in Austria.

Cesky Krumlov

Vyssi Brod

Rohrbach

Bad Leonfelden

Freistadt

Bad Zell

Romantic Steyr (47 km)

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Experience the atmosphere of old townhouses of the Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, and Rococo periods. TIP: Steyrtal Museum Railway, Museum of the Working World.

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Enns St. Florian

Wachau

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Weyer Markt Nationalpark Kalkalpen Windischgarsten

World Heritage Region of Wachau (160 km) Sail past romantic Danube towns into the famous winegrowing region, with Melk’s Benedictine abbey.

Route: Linz–Grein–Melk–river cruise to Krems.

styria Kalkalpen National Park (75 km) Forest, water, rock, and alpine pastures dominate the natural landscape of the limestone Alps. With a visit to the romantic town of Steyr and a jaw-harp-maker in Molln.

Route: Linz–Steyr–Molln.

Panorama tour of the Salzkammergut (130 km) With Gmunden pottery, the Imperial town of Bad Ischl, Hotel Weißes Rössl am Wolfgangsee. Route: Linz–Regau–Gmunden–Bad Ischl–St. Wolfgang–St. Gilgen–Mondsee.

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Getting to Linz Located at the intersection of east-west and north-south links, Linz is excellently positioned for transport connections and can be reached quickly and safely by car, train, and plane.

This means shorter travelling times – and being free to concentrate more on the essential.

Arriving by bus For the journey here by bus, our “Linz. BUSGUIDE” is available free.

Contact us by email: sales@linztourismus.at or tel: +43 732 7070 2926 or 2929.

Train connections

Flight Connections

Trains from/to Linz

Flight from/to Linz

Tickets available at oebb.at ÖBB – Austrian Federal Railways

Tel: +43 5 1717, oebb.at WESTbahn rail service

Tel: +43 1 899 00 www.westbahn.at Deutsche Bahn – German Railways

www.bahn.de Südostbayernbahn rail service

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Highlights in Linz 2014 HERE YOU CAN FIND A SELECTION OF THE TOP EVENTS IN LINZ. FURTHER DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE AT WWW.LINZTOURISMUS.AT AND WWW.LINZTERMINE.AT.

Festivals AND EVENTS

Long Night of Drama

Quattrophonia

various concert halls, 14 June 2014

Donaupark, 29–30 Aug 2014

Next Comic Festival

Herrenstraße Festival

Wine & Art

OÖ Kulturquartier 20–23 Mar 2014 Festival of cartoons and caricatures, total immersion in colourful pictures and fantasy worlds.

20 June 2014

Old Town, 04–06 Sep 2014

Ufern Festival

Ars Electronica Festival

Alt-Urfahr, 27–28 June 2014

Long Night of Research

Summer Concerts

Ars Electronica Center, 05–08 Sep 2014 One of the world’s most important media and art festivals steps into the international limelight.

184 locations throughout Austria, 04 Apr 2014

Spring Urfahranermarkt Urfahr fairgrounds, 26 Apr–04 May 2014

Crossing Europe Film Festival OÖ Kulturquartier, Moviemento and City Kino cinemas, 24–30 Apr 2014

Concerts in the Musikpavillon, Donaupark June, July, and Aug 2014 Serenade Concerts at the Landhaushof Landhaus, July and Aug 2014

Nature Festival Volksgarten (28 June 2014)

International Organ Concerts

Visualisierte Linzer Klangwolke Donaupark, 06 Sep 2014

Long shopping night City centre, 12–13 Sep 2014

On the Bruckner Organ in the Alter Dom, 10 and 24 July, 07 and 21 Aug 2014

Summer Theatre and Cabaret in the Rosengarten Pöstlingberg, July and Aug 2014

Knights’ Festival Hauptplatz-Linzer Schloss, 05 July 2014

Ang’richt und Aufg’spüt – the Salzkammergut in Linz

Summer Theatre

08–10 May 2014

Porgy and Bess Musiktheater, 10–22 July 2014

Architecture Days

4th Night of the Family

Architekturforum, 16–17 May 2014

LinzFest Donaupark, 16–18 May 2014

Brass Festival 21–24 May 2014, Top formations offering brass vibes.

Klassische Linzer Klangwolke Donaupark, 14 Sep 2014

Bruckner Festival

In museums and various institutions in Linz, 11 July 2014

Brucknerhaus, 15 Sep–06 Oct 2014 The Brucknerhaus’ music festival – along with the Wiener Festwochen and the Salzburg Festival, it is a fixed element on the programme of Austrian cultural events.

Classics at the Cathedral

Autumn Urfahranermarkt

12 July 2014, Erwin Schrott 17 July 2014, Bobby McFerrin Domplatz becomes an open-air stage

Urfahr fairgrounds, 27 Sep–05 Oct 2014

Linz Advent magic

Musiktheater, 22–31 May 2014

Advent in Linz, 23 Nov–23 Dec 2014 Christmas markets on Hauptplatz and in the Volksgarten

Long Night of the Churches

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Flamenco Biennale

various churches in Linz, 23 May 2014

7th Linz Handicraft Days Art & Skills Old Town, 24–25 May 2014

The Danube in Flames 20 June + 15 Aug 2014

Upper Austrian Monastery Concerts OÖ Stiftskonzerte, 05 June–27 July Austria’s largest classical festival

28th International Pflasterspektakel City centre, 17–19 July 2014 At one of Europe’s largest street festivals, Linz becomes a stage

Linz City Flea Market City centre, 01–02 Aug 2014

KroneFest City centre, 22–23 Aug 2014

13th Borealis Linz Danube Marathon 06 Apr 2014

Linz Triathlon Pleschinger See, 31 May 2014

European Junior Handball Championship TipsArena, 24 July–03 Aug

Generali Ladies Linz 05–13 Oct 2014

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Catering for tour groups

Alte Welt – Restaurant

Arkadenhof

Cafe Restaurant U.Hof

• Austrian delicacies and vegetarian specialities • Garden that can be covered, in the Renaissance arcade courtyard • Medieval vault with a small theatre stage • Right on Hauptplatz • Coaches can stop in front of the restaurant for the passengers to get on or off.

• Coach park approx. 5 minutes‘ walk away • Max. group capacity: total of 150 persons • Groups also possible outside of opening times, by arrangement Languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Russian, and Swedish

• Austrian or Mediterranean cuisine • Tour groups of up to 150 persons, garden for up to 120 persons • Lunch menus from €10.90, payment by voucher, credit/debit card, cash • Free of charge for drivers and guides • NON-STOP food and open DAILY from 11 am to 9 pm, Sun from 11 am to 8 pm • Very fast service, 2-course menu ready in 1 hour!

GOOD QUALITY at fair prices, served in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere – that’s the philosophy in U.Hof. Located in the heart of Linz, Austrian cuisine, refined with international classics, is served in a modern and yet cosy atmosphere.

• Separate area for 50 to 150 persons • Bus stop right in front of the restaurant • 3-course menus from €19.00 • Breakfast every day from 9 am • Non-stop hot food • Flexible group offers • A great choice of wines for every wallet

Alte Welt – Restaurant Hauptplatz 4, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 770053, Fax: +43 732 770053 4 www.altewelt.at, alte.welt@liwest.at Mon–Fri 11.30 am–2.30 pm; Sat 12 pm–2.30 pm; Mon–Sun 5.30 pm–2 am

Cafe Restaurant U.Hof Landstraße 31, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 770605 Fax: +43 732 770605 10 www.u-hof.at essen@u-hof.at Mon–Sun 9 am–1 am

Cafe Robkins Cafe&Cocktail

Casino Restaurant Rouge & Noir

dasRESTAURANT im ARCOTEL Nike Linz

The gastro tip for coffee connoisseurs, in the middle of the Old Town. With an extraordinary choice of coffee and tea specialities, over 50 cocktails and light Mediterranean cuisine, the Cafe offers enjoyable relaxation. In good weather, the spacious garden with a unique atmosphere invites you to linger, and inside, you’ll find Austrian coffeehouse culture interpreted in a contemporary way.

In an attractively furnished restaurant with a view of the gaming room, we treat you to not only a special atmosphere, but also culinary delicacies from the regional, traditional, and Mediterranean cuisines. Our special gastro tip for you: “Dinner&Casino” for just €59.00 per person: 4-course Dinner&Casino menu, welcome chips worth €25.00, a glass of Goldeck der Veltliner sparkling wine, and 4 paroli chips. Win €7,777.

dasRESTAURANT right by the Danube stands for newly interpreted dishes from the Austrian and international cuisines – in all their seasonal variations. The best quality dishes and service, as well as regional products are in the foreground. Particularly during the summer months, the wonderful Danube terrace with a maritime, holiday atmosphere, surrounded by green space, is really attractive.

Cafe Robkins – Robiczek GmbH Alter Markt 1 4020 Linz Tel: +43 676 848811230 office@robkins.at Mon–Thu 8.30 am–11 pm Fri and Sat 8.30 am–1 am Sun 10 am–10 pm

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ARKADENHOF restaurant *lounge *bar Landstraße 12, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 795353, Fax: +43 664 1019007 www.arkadenhoflinz.at office@arkadenhoflinz.at Mon–Sun 10 am–midnight

Casino Linz – Casinorestaurant Linz Rainerstraße 2-4, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 6950 Fax: +43 732 6950 9 www.casinos.at schillerpark@austria-trend.at linz@casinos.at Mon–Sun 6.30 pm–1 am

dasRESTAURANT im ARCOTEL Nike Linz Untere Donaulände 9, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 7626 1416 Fax: +43 732 7626 2 www.nikekulinarik.at nikekulinarik@arcotelhotels.com Half board: from €16.50 per person Breakfast daily 6.30 am–10 am Sun–Fri 11.30–2 pm and 6 pm–11 pm Sat 6 pm–11 pm

Freisederwirt We are a typical Upper Austrian family-run business, right by the Pöstlingberg, Linz’s local mountain, and primarily offer delicacies from the region. Our traditional restaurant has seating for over 200 persons, and a large car park right in front of the door.

die lederfabrik

FESCH Restaurant Lounge

The perfect setting for tour groups. Our kitchen team combines the art of cooking with regional quality, and therefore uses high-quality products from the region. Decoration and taste combine in exquisite dishes. For events and celebrations of all sorts and sizes:

FESCH Restaurant seating for max. 170, and seating on the terrace in summer for 70 persons. Exquisite, imaginative, and varied – on our menus, there’s one delicacy after another ... to delight your taste buds!

Tip: free coach park in front of the hotel

Linzer Gewölbe – 20 to 40 persons Hofsalon – 30 to 70 persons Mayrhofgewölbe – 50 to 100 persons Rosenhof – 100 to 400 persons

FESCH Restaurant Lounge Courtyard by Marriott Linz Europaplatz 2 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 6959 10 Fax: +43 732 606090 www.fesch.cc www.courtyardlinz.at fesch@fesch.cc Mon–Sun 6.30 am–10 am, 12 pm–2.30 pm and 6 pm–10 pm.

Coach park right in front of the restaurant! die lederfabrik Leonfeldner Straße 328 4040 Linz/Urfahr Tel: +43 732 750 500 Fax: +43 732 750 500 20 www.lederfabrik.at office@lederfabrik.at

Freisederwirt Pöstlingberg, Freisederweg 2, 4040 Linz Tel: +43 732 731560 Fax: +43 732 736065 www.freiseder.at, gasthaus@freiseder.at Wed–Sat 11 am–11 pm Sun 10 am–9 pm

Herberstein Linz Herberstein Linz presents itself to its guests with a large à la carte menu, even extending to a „more than steaks“ concept. In addition, there is – as a special highlight and the ideal complement to the restaurant – a top-quality sushi bar. Herberstein Bar is one of the few Austrian bars to offer Grey Goose vodka and draught Heineken Beer.

Herberstein Linz Altstadt 10, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 786161 Fax: +43 732 78616111 www.herberstein-linz.at office@herberstein-linz.at Mon–Sat from 4 pm

Gasthof Rothmayr In our traditional business, you can let yourself be treated to the regional and seasonal Austrian cuisine. We offer you the restaurant’s own free car park, and in summer, a covered garden right by the Danube.

Tip: regional and seasonal offers. Seats 50.

Gasthof Rothmayr St. Margarethen 17, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 774849 Fax: +43 732 774849 70 www.gasthofrothmayr.com info@gasthofrothmayr.at Mon–Fri 11 am–11 pm, closed Sat, Sun, and public holidays: from May to Nov 11 am–8 pm, from Nov–May 11 am–3 pm.

Gasthaus “Zum schiefen Apfelbaum” • Traditional Austrian cuisine • Tour groups of up to 100 persons, garden for up to 200 persons • Lunch menus from €9.90, payment by voucher, credit/debit card, cash • Free of charge for drivers and guides • NON-STOP food and open DAILY from 11 am to 10 pm • Sun from 11 am to 8 pm • Very fast service, 2-course menu ready in 1 hour!

Gasthaus “Zum schiefen Apfelbaum” Hanuschstraße 16, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 660380, Fax: +43 732 660380 www.schieferapfelbaum.at apfelbaum@arkadenhoflinz.at Mon–Sun 10 am–2 am

Das Schloss – Herberstein Brasserie The restaurant with a large panorama terrace and a view of the city, and the interplay of historical and modern architecture guarantee not only an impressive atmosphere – first-class dishes and a selection of drinks and wines make the Schloss – Herberstein Brasserie a new place for culinary encounters.

Das Schloss – Herberstein Brasserie Schlossberg 1a, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 302315 www.schlossbrasserie.at office@schlossbrasserie.at Tue–Fri 9 am–midnight Sat/Sun 10 am–midnight

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Catering for tour groups

ibis Styles Linz Jindrak Konditorei Restaurant & Bar “5 senses” • In a fashionably designed restaurant with regional and international cuisine • Max. group capacity 250 persons • Lunch stops, packed lunch, full and half board, barbecue evenings in summer • Spacious garden terrace right by the pool • Free coach park right by the hotel • Sundays and public holidays – breakfast until 12 pm • Awarded the AMA seal for the use of high-quality local products

We live up to our slogan “Jindrak makes life sweeter” by creating products using traditional recipes for our customers, which are a delight for the taste buds every day. Meinl coffee, fine cakes, home-made chocolate specialities.

In October 2013, we received the AMA seal of craftsmanship. We welcome groups of up to 50 persons in our confectionary shop on Herrenstraße.

Tip: At Jindrak’s, the Original Linzer Torte has been produced with great care and craftsmanship for more than 85 years. In our show bakery, you can make the sweet delicacy yourself.

ibis Styles Linz Wankmüllerstraße 37, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 34 72 81 103 Fax: +43 732 349335 www.ibis.com/0519 H0519-RE@accor.com Groups possible at any time, on request!

General restaurant opening times: Mon–Fri 12 pm–2pm and 6 pm–9.30 pm Weekends and public holidays on request

Jindrak Konditorei Herrenstraße 22, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 779258 Fax: +43 732 779258 5 www.linzertorte.at jindrak@linzertorte.at Mon–Sat 8 am–6 pm; Sun and public holidays: 8.30 am–6 pm

Keintzel Wirtshaus-Bar im Alten Rathaus • Cosy bar in vaults from the 14th century, and in the arcade courtyard, a beautiful, peaceful garden • We offer regional delicacies – every Saturday lunchtime, there is freshly prepared roast pork.

• Our bar has seating for over 100 persons and an attractive bar area, plus seating for 120 in the garden.

Keintzel Wirtshaus-Bar im Alten Rathaus Rathausgasse 8, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 777550 Fax: +43 732 777550 www.wirtshaus-bar.at keintzl@wirtshaus-bar.at Mon–Sat 10 am–1 am

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“JOSEF” No other restaurant attracts so many visitors to Linz as the Josef! The new Josef in Linz’s city centre is a true “gastronomy city”. The master chef Andreas Atzelsberger treats you to “Austria pub tapas”. Wine connoisseurs appreciate the restaurant’s own Vinothek with other 600 top Austrian wines. In the Sudhausbar is the only pub brewery in the city, and in the new “Kaufmanns” coffeehouse, the best coffee in the city! Beautifully designed events rooms for 12 to 400 guests; a large chestnut-tree garden and direct access to the congress centre Palais Kaufmännischer Verein and the Hotel Park Inn. Basement garage with access to the Josef.

“JOSEF” Landstraße 49, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 773165 Fax: +43 732 785122 6 www.josef.eu office@josef.eu Mon–Sat 10 am–4 am Sun 9 am–2 pm

Kirchenwirt

Land.Gast.Haus Oberwirt

The oldest restaurant on the Pöstlingberg, right next to the pilgrimage basilica, offers: • shady garden under lime trees for 200 persons • lounge for 30 persons • function room for up to 100 persons for coach and tour groups, weddings, company and Christmas parties, and other occasions • catering for private and company parties • rose garden for wedding ceremonies, Agape meals, company or private parties.

Enjoy the Land.Gast.Haus Oberwirt above the roofs of Linz, the meeting place in St. Magdalena for ...

• comfort and friendly hospitality • fine cuisine with a difference • wonderful views of Linz and a sunny panorama terrace • celebrations in an intimate and festive atmosphere • fun and entertainment with cabaret and theatre • space for 200–300 persons

We serve meals from the Austrian cuisine and seasonal delicacies. All dishes are home-made!

Kirchenwirt am Pöstlingberg Haudum & Ruetz Am Pöstlingberg 6 4040 Linz End station of the Pöstlingbergbahn Tel: +43 732 731071 www.kirchenwirt-linz.at Open daily!

Land.Gast.Haus Oberwirt Magdalenastraße 50, 4040 Linz Tel: +43 732 248191 Fax: +43 732 248191 81 www.oberwirt.net office@oberwirt.net Wed–Sat 11 am–11 pm Sun 9 am–10 pm, closed Mon and Tue

Pöstlingberg-Schlössl

Promenadenhof

We provide good food and drink on Pöstlingberg with a fantastic view of Linz, with our varied menu and select choice of wines. You can celebrate here in 4 great rooms.

Main restaurant (for 100–150 persons), terrace/ conservatory (for 120–150 persons) Rosengewölbe – rose vaults, (for 30–60 persons) Schlossherrenrestaurant (50–90 persons) Main restaurant and terrace (for 300 persons), menu per person from €22.00.

A playground for young and old.

Enter a different world and relax in a pleasant atmosphere. Strengthen yourself with regional and international delicacies or light, healthy food. We want you to be not just satisfied, but delighted.

See you soon. The Promenadenhof team.

Pöstlingberg-Schlössl Am Pöstlingberg 14, 4040 Linz Tel: +43 732 716633, Fax: +43 732 716633 66 www.poestlingbergschloessl.at, office@p-schloessl.at Mon–Sun 10 am–1 am

Promenadenhof – SEEBER Gastro GmbH Promenade 39, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 777661, Fax: +43 732 777661 22 www.promenadenhof.at office@promenadenhof.at Mon–Sat 10 am–1 am Non-stop hot food from 11 am–11 pm, closed Sun and public holidays

Top gastronomy in the Linz Musiktheater – Das Anton A premium-class culinary pleasure awaits you in the Café Volksgarten and “das Anton” Restaurant, in the recently opened Linz Musiktheater.

• “Austrian Brasserie” with a show kitchen, Josper grill, and EssBar • Terrace with a glorious view of Linz • Breakfast in the Café Volksgarten on the sun terrace • Special offers for groups before and after a theatre visit • Room for 20 to 1,000 persons Spitz Catering Am Volksgarten 1, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 76 11 950 Opening times: Restaurant das Anton daily from Mon–Sun 11 am–midnight Café Volksgarten daily from Mon–Sun 8 am–11 pm

SQUARE Cafe, Bar, Lounge, Restaurant Square: A place to feel good and enjoy! Culinary pleasure in the Park Inn by Radisson Linz. Enjoy the varied and creative dishes from master chef Andreas Breitenfellner and his team. Let yourself be treated to a selection of local and international specialities – every visitor finds something to his taste here.

Seats: 190 TIP: Free coach park in front of the hotel, terrace in summer, top central location, wheelchair accessible.

Square Cafe, Bar, Lounge, Restaurant Hessenplatz 16-18, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 777100 3504 Fax: +43 732 777100 3590 www.parkinn.de/hotel-linz square.linz@rezidorparkinn.com Mon–Sun 6.30 am–10.30 pm

Steigenberger Hotel Linz

Stieglbräu zum Klosterhof

Real pleasure in a relaxed atmosphere by the Danube, a large menu or buffet selection, free bike hire, own coach park right in front of the hotel. We’re happy to take your personal and individual wishes into account!

Seating in the restaurant: 650, seating in the garden: 1,500 – Upper Austria’s largest beer garden!

Extra rooms for 16 to 110 persons. Specialises in groups of all sizes (with group menus or coach menu). Typically, regional, Austrian food is served. Located in the middle of the pedestrian zone – five minutes’ walk along Landstraße to Linz Hauptplatz (coach park on the Donaulände).

Steigenberger Hotel Linz Am Winterhafen 13, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 7899 900 Fax: +43 732 7899 99 www.steigenberger.com/Linz reservierung@linz.steigenberger.at Breakfast: Mon–Fri 6.30 am–10 am Sat, Sun, and public holidays: 7 am–11 am Restaurant: 12 pm–10.30 pm

Stieglbräu zum Klosterhof Landstraße 30, 4020 Linz Tel: +43 732 773373 Fax: +43 732 773373 21 www.klosterhof-linz.at info@klosterhof-linz.at DAILY (not closed on any day) from 9 am–midnight

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Pure Danube pleasure!

Experience the Danube by bike or by boat – a successful combination of active cycling and relaxed boat trips on the MS Kaiserin Elisabeth make this trip a “Danube experience”!

Events 2014:

Arrival every Wednesday from 02 July to 27 Aug 2014 (=last arrival)

Programme Wednesday: Thursday:

Friday:

Saturday:

Sunday:

Monday:

Arrival in Passau. Issuing of bikes, and overnight stay.

Schlögen/Linz, 43 km by bike, 3-hr boat trip Via Kasten and Engelhartszell to Schlögen. On the MS Kaiserin Elisabeth to Obermühl (sailors‘ reception with gun salute, unsalted bread, and cider) and on to Linz.

4-course evening meal on board Spitz, approx. 49 km by bike, approx. 3.5-hr boat trip Boat trip to Ybbs (classical concert) and onwards on the Danube Cycle Path to Spitz via Melk.

Traismauer, approx. 30 km by bike Via Weissenkirchen and Dürnstein to Krems, onwards to Traismauer.

Today there is plenty of time to enjoy the beautiful places in the Wachau.

Vienna, approx. 57 km by bike the cycling tour continues through the fertile Tullner Basin to Vienna.

Journey home or possibility of booking extra nights

Accommodation Good middle-class hotels, in Linz and Vienna 4-star hotels.

Daily breakfast buffet; half board 4 x incl. 3-course evening meal

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5 x overnight stay and breakfast buffet in double room with shower and WC Luggage service from Passau to Vienna incl. liability of up to €700.00/person Boat trip from Schlögen (or Engelhartszell) to Linz incl. bike, and incl.

4-course evening menu on board Transfer from the boat to the hotel in Linz Boat trip from Linz to Ybbs incl. bike „Classic Hits Concert“ in Ybbs Saddle bag hire – also for customers‘ own bikes + 1.5 l mineral water when bikes are hired Detailed tour descriptions incl. touring map 7-day service telephone

€ 359,00 € 110,00 € 72,00 € 69,00

p.p. in DR/breakfast surcharge in single room half-board surcharge bike hire/accommodation

Gross prices (group prices for 14 persons or more)

Contact/Information/Bookings: Donau Touristik Lederergasse 4-12, 4010 Linz Tel: +43 732 2080 Fax: +43 732 2080 8 office@donautouristik.com

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Blue Danube – colourful diversity Welcome to the Danube

Danube trip fro m

€ 95.00 p.p.

Arrival: daily, May to October 2014 Minimum participants: 20 persons, free place for 21st person Let the European Capital of Culture right on the banks of the Danube delight you.

This trip will change your perspective on Linz. The city invites you to a pleasant stopover by the river, with a panoramic view. Dive into the varied cultural experience by the Danube, into stories from the past and the future.

PROGRAMME 1st day: Wavelengths and worlds of steel

By Danube ship, you catch unusual sights and views of the city. You travel comfortably through Linz’s harbour and back again. Afterwards, there’s a walking tour of voestalpine Stahlwelt with a focus on the manufacturing, processing, and production of steel. Evening meal in a Linz restaurant.

2nd day: Linz is inspiring The tour with an Austria Guide through the Old Town sheds a completely different light on Linz: secretive – interesting – inspiring.

OUR TIP: Delight your taste buds with Linzer Torte.

SERVICES INCLUDED 1 x overnight stay and breakfast buffet in a good middle-class hotel in Linz Boat tour in Linz (tour of the harbour) Stahlwelt experience in voestalpine: tour of the plant and a visit to the exhibition 2-course evening meal in a Linz restaurant City tour with an Austrian Guide Booking: Prices per person and per night:

€ 95.00 in DR/shower/WC € 120.00 in SR/shower/WC

Information and OÖ Touristik GmbH Freistädter Straße 119 4041 Linz Tel: +43 732 7277 270 Fax: +43 732 7277 210 gruppen@touristik.at www.gruppentouren.at

LEGAL NOTICE: Tourismusverband Linz (Adalbert-Stifter-Platz 2, 4020 Linz, Austria). Images: Unless otherwise stated, archive of Tourismusverband Linz, Röbl, Paul Kranzler, photos of businesses and partners, Johann Steininger, Erich Goldmann, Lukas Eckerstorfer, Romy Eckerstorfer, OÖ Tourismus, Sigrid Rauchdobler.

Illustration plan: M. Kirchmayer. Design: the pixlbox – Lukas Eckerstorfer. Contents/text: Ingrid Walch, Elfriede Ortner. Translation: translingua 3.0. Although meticulously compiled, no guarantee can be given as to the correctness of the information in this brochure. Prices are subject to change. Information as of December 2013.

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