Linz, Austria travel resource.

Linz,Austria.

Set on the Danube River between Vienna and Salzburg, this ancient industrial city is a nice place to spend the day. Some fellow travelers who spent time in Linz are Napoleon, medieval astronomer Johannes Kepler and composers Beethoven, Bruckner and Mozart. The Scheissl brothers built the first all-metal airplane there, and Europe's first railway line started in Linz, as well (it connected the city to Budweis, which is now part of the Czech Republic).
While in Linz, choose from the following sites: the 16th-century Landhaus (seat of the provincial government), Schloss Linz (castle and museum), Minoritenkirche (Minority Church) and Main Square (note the marble Trinity Column). Neuer Dom, a neo-Gothic cathedral with the second highest church spire in Austria, and the Stadtpfarrfirche (parish church) are also must-sees. You can browse for antiques, stroll through the old part of town, visit the nice botanical gardens, shop on the pedestrian-only Landstrasse or take a ride to the top of Postlingberg. You can get to the top of the mountain via an open-sided electric railway. Once there, you can visit the twin-spired Pilgrimage Church and the amusing Grotto Railway (a dragon-headed train located inside a historic tower).
Don't forget to try the well-known local pastry, the raspberry-and-almond Linzer torte. If you have time, visit these sites around Linz: the baroque Florian Abbey in St. Florian and the Cistercian Abbey in Wilhering, with its rococo church. The ancient towns of Enns and Steyr are nearby. 95 mi/150 km west of Vienna.