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Impressions and Detail Views of the Monastery St. Florian in Upper Austria, near Linz

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Why visit Linz

'In Linz beginnt’s' (it begins in Linz) goes the Austrian saying, and it’s spot on. This is a city on the move, with its finger on the pulse of the country's technology industry. Daring public art installations, a burgeoning cultural scene, a cyber centre and a cutting-edge gallery that looks freshly minted for a sci-fi movie all signal tomorrow’s Austria.

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Music and Melodies of Austria, From Vienna to the Alps

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  1. 1 Walking in the shoes of royalty on a tour of the Schönbrunn Palace and its sprawling gardens
  2. 2 Listening to the compositions of Austria's own Mozart and Strauss in ornate Viennese theaters
  3. 3 Solving a problem like Maria on a Sound of Music tour of Salzburg and the Austrian countryside
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