Linz - The capital of Upper Austria - City Walking Tour

Описание: Linz is the capital of Upper Austria and with 207,247 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022) it is the third largest city in Austria after Vienna and Graz and the center of the country's second largest conurbation with 805,770 people (as of 2020) .
The city on the Danube has an area of ​​95.99 km² and is the center of Upper Austria . As a statutory city , it is both a municipality and a political district ; also seat of the district authorities of the neighboring districts of Linz-Land and Urfahr-Umwelt .
After the end of the Second World War (1945), Linz had the reputation of a dusty steel city, which it owed to the largest employer, the steel works of today's Voestalpine AG . However, through improved environmental protection and numerous initiatives in the cultural sector, such as events such as the Linzer Klangwolke , the Bruckner Festival , the plaster spectacle and the Prix Ars Electronica or the Ars Electronica Festival, the city gradually gained a new image. The Crossing Europe film festival has been held annually since 2004 . In 2013 the new music theater at the Volksgarten, a modern theater and opera house, opened. With these and other initiatives, Linz was able to position itself as a city of culture, although some of the structures of the old industrial city are still visible. As a university city with several universities , Linz also offers numerous courses in the artistic and cultural fields.
The city gave its name to the Linzer Torte , the recipe for which is considered to be the oldest known cake recipe in the world.
The city is also unofficially referred to as Linz on the Danube , to avoid being confused with the German city of Linz on the Rhine .