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Linz

Austria's surprising city of media art

🗓️ Best time: May–September, December💰 Mid-Range · ~$120/day📍 Austria

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About Linz

An industrial Danube city reinvented as a UNESCO City of Media Arts — a futuristic museum that lights up the riverbank, a baroque main square, a pilgrimage church, and the famous Linzer torte.

⭐ Things to do in Linz

Ars Electronica CenterLentos Art MuseumPöstlingberg hilltop & tramHauptplatz main squareDanube cycle pathGrottenbahn dragon railwayMariendom (largest church in Austria)Mural Harbor street art

🍽️ What to eat in Linz

Signature local dishes worth seeking out.

Linzer torteLinzer Augen cookiesTafelspitzAustrian beer

✈️ Know before you go

🚕 Getting around

Trams and a walkable centre; a hill tram up Pöstlingberg.

💡 Local tip

See the Ars Electronica Center after dark, when its whole glass façade becomes a light show over the Danube.