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Cultural Calendar 2004

LINZ

LINZ ON THE DANUBE
About 70 km south of Český Krumlov we find LINZ, capital of the federal land of Upper Austria. The Old Town starts right by the river and offers many shops, cafés and numerous cultural monuments.

ART MUSEUM LENTOS
Works of the 19th and 20th century, by Andy Warhol, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele among others. Special short-term exhibitions. Sezónní výstavy.

ARS ELECTRONICA CENTER
The modernist computer installation for experimenting, flight simulator for a sightseeing flight over Linz, in the Cave, 3-D worlds become reality.

CASTLE MUSEUM
Artistic and cultural history of Upper Austria from the Middle Ages to the present. Special exhibition 1st May - 29th August 2004: "The fantastic in every day culture" with experience rooms such as the Labyrinth and Science Fiction.

You can visit these and other museums in Linz with a Linz Museum Card for only 12 Euros.

Linz offers many more attractions, for instance:

BOAT TRIPS
In July and August daily from 8.30 pm, evening cruises along the Danube (lasting about 90 mins.). Return trips to Passau and Vienna.

GUIDED TOUR OF THE TOWN
With a qualified guide: from May to September, daily at 10.30 am starting from Tourist Information, for groups, anytime by arrangement.

THE PÖSTLINGBERG EXPERIENCE
By Pöstlingberg-Bahn Mountain Railway we depart for the shrine of (Wallfahrtsbasilika), with a panoramic view of Linz and towards the Alps. You can rumble through caves on the the Dragon Express of the Grottenbahn. At the half-way point there is Linz ZOO (Tiergarten) with many species of animals and the Streichelzoo where you can stroke the animals.

BOTANICAL GARDENS (Botanischer Garten)
A large area under the open sky and a tropical greenhouse.

LINZ CITY EXPRESS
25-minute round trip through the town on a yellow sightseeing train.

HIGHLIGHTS 2004

30th Apr - 9th May	Urfahr Fair
28th - 31st May	LinzFest 2004 festival with a children's programme
11th June	Danube in flames
22nd - 24th July	International Street Art Festival Pflasterspektakel
June - August	Linz cultural summer: concerts, theatre...
26th June	Kids’ Parade family festival
20th - 21st Aug	Town Festival with concerts
4th September	Visualised festival Klangwolke
12th Sep - 2nd Oct	Brucknerfest music festival
2nd - 10th Oct	Urfahr Fair

Our tips for a visit ot Linz:

Linz City Ticket: entrance to 12 Linz museums, Pöstlingbergbahn mountain railway, Linz City Express, Grottenbahn cave railway, Linz zoo, Botanical Gardens, restaurant voucher. Price 20 Euros, valid till 31st December 2004.

Linz weekend full of experiences: 2 nights with breakfast including Linz City Ticket costs 86 Euros in a 3-star hotel, 100 Euros in a 4-star hotel (price for one person in a double room).

Information and reservations:

TOURIST INFORMATION LINZ

A-4010 Linz, Hauptplatz
Phone: +43 (0)707070-1777
Fax: +43 (0)70772873
E-mail: tourist.info@linz.at
WWW: www.linz.at/tourismus

PASSAU

PASSAU IS A TOWN WHERE THREE RIVERS MEET: THE DANUBE, THE INN AND THE ILZ.
A town with a more than 2000-year history, the seat of bishops. Today Passau is a modern economic and cultural centre of Lower Bavaria. Apart from numerous museums and galleries a boat trip along the Danube is an experience for every visitor.

Information and reservations:
PASSAU TOURISMUS E.V.
Phone: +49 (0) 851 95598-0
Fax: +49 (0) 851 35107,
E-mail: tourist-info@passau.de
WWW: www.passau.de

The cultural menu of The Town of Three Rivers is plentiful and every year the summer cultural season climaxes with a festival of music, dance, singing, theatre and fine art in the Festspiele Europäische Wochen Passau.

52. FESTSPIELE EUROPÄISCHE WOCHEN PASSAU

18th June - 25th July 2004

For God and the world - European culture in churches, monasteries and castles

A festival of European cultural weeks in Passau and the region of eastern Bavaria, Upper Austria and South and West Bohemia.

CULTURE ON THE GOLD TRAIL (Programme for South and West Bohemia):

3rd July 2004 at 11 a.m., Kašperské Hory, St Nicholas parish church
GREGORIAN SONGS
Schola Gregoriana Pragensis under the direction of David Eben

3rd July 2004 at 3 p.m., Prachatice, St James (Jakub) parish church
JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH: PIECE FOR VIOLA
Solo: Pavel Šporcl, viola

17th July 2004 at 10 a.m., Vyšší Brod, abbey
SPIRITUAL SONGS OF THE MIDDLE AGES AND THE PRESENT
Voces Aequales (Budapest)

17th July 2004 at 3 p.m., Český Krumlov, St Vítus parish church
GÁBOR BOLDOCZKI - trumpet
PRAGUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA

17th July 2004 at 7 p.m., Vyšší Brod, abbey
SPIRITUAL CHOIR MUSIC FROM BOHEMIA, MORAVIA, UPPER AUSTRIA AND EASTERN BAVARIA
Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno under the direction of Petr Fiala

Further information about the festival, ticket reservation:

FESTSPIELE EUROPÄISCHE WOCHEN PASSAU E. V.

Phone: +49 (0) 851 56096-0
Fax: +49 (0) 851 70994
E-mail: ew@ew-passau.de
WWW: www.ew-passau.de

Cultural Calendar 2004