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Car Hire Linz City

Austria ’s third largest city, Linz , is located almost exactly between Vienna and Salzburg . Over the last few decades great pains have been made to present the historic Old Town Quarter with its elegant and superbly restored patrician houses.

Linz, formerly known as industrial centre, is now emphasising cultural activities and features a vibrant art scene, theatres, cinemas, music and diverse events. It is situated in Upper Austria and surrounded by charming woods and hills. People are open and friendly, always ready for a short chat which makes it’s a fun way to learn German.

In Austria people speak standard German, a pure and correct German with a melodious pronunciation. You can spend your free time shopping, drinking coffee and tuning in on local talk and gossip.

The Botanical Gardens on the “Gugl” are among the most beautiful in Europe . Over an area of 43,000 m², there are more than 8,000 various types of plants to admire. In the five greenhouses the splendour of exotic specimens predominates the garden’s unique collection of cacti, the finest in Europe . The natural conditions allow the exhibited plants to be grouped in complete landscapes, so that visitors can imagine they are in the middle of the plant’s natural habitat.

Around twenty galleries and an array of artist’s studios with public access combine with the large museums to form a visual arts network of international format.

In Linz , the “Pöstlingbergbahn”, Europe ’s steepest mountain railway, carries passengers over a distance of 2.9 km in 16 minutes, with a height difference of 255 m. The Guinness Book of Records confirms that this is a world record. Built in 1898, the remarkable railway still operates with romantic cars from the turn of the century.

The famous Zoo at Linz has over 800 animals awaiting you on your visit to the local and exotic fauna. There are cuddly animals to hold, a selected collection of mammals (llamas, pygmy cows, sheep, goats,…), a variety of birds (parrots, ostriches, …) and reptiles (crocodiles, iguanas, snakes,…). They are all to be found at the zoo, which is located half-way up the Pöstlingberg. As an excursion destination the children’s zoo is always popular with the little ones.