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During the year 2009 Linz is European Capital of Culture.
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Tourist Information
Linz09 Infocenter
Since November 2009 Linz has a special Linz09 Infocenter at Hauptplatz. This is probably the best place to get information about all cultural events during Linz09. It also includes general tourist information.
The Infocenter is open 365 days of the year.
Opening hours:
November - April: Monday - Friday 9 am. - 6 pm., Saturday, Sunday, Holiday 10 am. - 6 pm.
May - October: Monday - Friday 9 am. - 7 pm., Saturday, Sunday, Holiday 10 am. - 7 pm.
Contact:
| Hauptplatz, 4020 Linz | |
| Tel. | +43 (0)732/7070-2009 |
| Fax | +43 (0)732/77 28 73 |
| tourist.info@linz.at | |
Linz09 Info Points
There are also Linz09 Info Points at Ars Electronica Center, Flughafen Linz Infocenter, Bahnhof Service Center, and Passage Linz.
Online resources
This is the main online resource for information about all cultural events during 2009 in Linz.
Highlights
A short preview of the program is available here.
A more detailed program is available at the main Linz09 website.
Opening 09
The celebration of the beginning of Linz’s Capital of Culture year will last three days. On New Year’s Eve, the banks of the Danube between the new Ars Electronica Center, the Nibelungen Bridge, the Lentos Kunstmuseum and the Brucknerhaus will be the scene of a colourful spectacle featuring fireworks and musical surprises. 31. 12. 08 – 2. 1. 09 // Diverse locations in Linz
The Fuhrer’s Capital of Culture
Linz had high hopes for Hitler’s policies. This exhibition documents the projects planned and realized by Nazi cultural policymakers as well as the atrocities behind them. 17. 9. 08 – 13. 4. 09 // Schlossmuseum Linz
Tower Music
A whiff of the Middle Ages wafts through the streets when the trumpets’ blare resounds from the steeple of the Old City’s Parish Church, reviving an ancient tradition that had lapsed into oblivion. 30. 11. 08 – 31. 12. 09 // Stadtpfarrkirche
Crossing Europe Filmfestival
This annual film festival will be one of the featured attractions of the 2009 Capital of Culture. About 150 select feature films and documentaries from all over the continent are screened − outstanding examples of fresh young European auteur filmmaking. 20. – 26. 4. 09 // Moviemento, City Kino, Kapu, OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ
Hoehenrausch
Artists conduct you to the rooftops of Linz, to spectacular overviews and epiphanies of contemporary art. Quite a different Linz awaits discovery here in the uppermost part of town where visitors get a little bit closer to heaven. 28. 5. – 13. 9. 09 // OK Offenes Kulturhaus OÖ, rooftops of Linz
Linzfest09
Past and future European Capitals of Culture will be guests at Linz’s traditional Whitsun festival: foreign languages, rhythms and images coalesce into a colourful mosaic showcasing a united Europe. An added attraction at Linz09’s “halftime show”: the Yes 09 Youth European Soccer Cup 09. 30. 5. – 1. 6. 09 // Donaupark
Culture Bathing
A dip in the river by moonlight: Ottensheim, a community on the banks of the Danube near Linz, invites swimmers to a 24-hour open-air bathing theatre on five weekends. Take the plunge and go with the flow! 20. 6. – 9. 8. 09 // Ottensheim
Linz Europe Festival
Austrian musician Hubert von Goisern will have travelled some of Europe’s great rivers as Linz09’s goodwill ambassador. At the grand finale of his expedition, artists he encountered along the way will reunite in Linz for a three-day celebration of European musical creativity. 3. – 5. 7. 09 // Port of Linz
Pflasterspektakel
A theatrical atmosphere and incomparable flair fill the city when 130 groups from here, there and everywhere turn Linz into a street art stage for three days. 23. – 25. 7. 09 // Inner city
The European Green Belt
Where the Iron Curtain once separated Europe into two halves, the continent’s “green belt” now connects landscapes from Finland to the Black Sea. The opening exhibition in the new South Wing of the Schlossmuseum takes a look at a part of recent history. 2. 7. 09 – 8. 1. 10 // Schlossmuseum Linz
Klangwolke and Brucknerfest
The music settles upon the city like a cloud of sound. First, modern as a visualized Gesamtkunstwerk; then, classical as the opening concert of the Brucknerfest − two traditional highpoints of cultural life in Linz. Visualisierte linzer Klangwolke: 5. 9. 09 // Donaupark Klassische linzer Klangwolke and opening of Brucknerfest: 13. 9. 09 // Brucknerhaus
Ars Electronica Festival
In 2009 Ars Electronica celebrates 30 years of its existence, which finds expression in a comprehensive digital archive. The festival, which will be taking place in 2009 from 3 to 8 September, will be dedicated in its entirety to “Zukunft/Future”. It will be all about the attraction of daring visions of our future and the general question as to our concept of futurity. WHAT // Festival for art, technology and society WHEN // 3 – 8 September 09 IDEA / CONCEPT // Ars Electronica, http://www.aec.at
CouchSurfing during Linz09
Generally, it is easy to find a couch in Linz. We do expect more guests during Linz09 though. To find a couch in Linz, just do a CouchSearch and write CouchRequests. You can find some tips how to write a CouchRequest here.
More information about CouchSurfing in Linz can be found on the CS Linz Wiki page.
If you would like to visit Linz09 events together with other CouchSurfers get in touch with them through the Linz09 group.
More weblinks
If you like a different view on Linz 09 have a look at Linz09.info (in German language only).
