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- By plane:
Linz has an international airport
(LNZ) with
connections to Barcelona (Girona), Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Graz, Cologne, London, Munich, Palma de Mallorca, Salzburg, Vienna, and Zürich (summer flights 2008).
From the Linz airport you can take
a bus to the center of Linz (see the schedule here,
connection from Flughafen LNZ to Linz. Note that on Sundays the connection is not so good.), or a taxi. Another
alternative is train:
Take a free shuttle from the airport to Hoersching train station and then get to Linz
from there by train.
Other international airports nearby Linz are Vienna
(VIE, 2 hours by train/car) and
Munich (MUC, 3 hours by train/car).
If you arrive in Vienna, take a Vienna Airport Lines bus to Vienna West train station (Wien Wesbahnhof) and then continue by train.
The bus stop is right in front of the airport arrivals hall. Single fare: 6 Euro.
Download the Vienna Airport Lines bus timetable.
- By train:
Linz can also be conveniently reached by train from Vienna, Salzburg, or Munich
(Train connections can be looked up using the
Travel Planner).
- More Information:
Shuttle service will be provided from the hotel Ibis in Linz to RISC. Download the shuttle bus schedule.
- By bus:
Schedule of buses from Linz to Hagenberg and back can be found
here. Select Hagenberg im Mülkreis Ortsmitte. The bus No.310
leaves from the platform C of Linz bus station, that is located next to Linz main train
station, Linz Hauptbahnhof.
When in Hagenberg, leave the bus at the stop in front of the school
(Volksschule) and walk 100 m towards the church/castle to get to RISC, or 300 m on the street and then turn left to get to Hotel Sommerhaus.
(See the directions on the map of Hagenberg.)
You can download the bus timetable Linz-Hagenberg-Linz from here.
- By train:
(Train connections can be looked up using the
Travel Planner).
From Linz main train station (Linz Hauptbahnhof) take a train to Pregarten (Pregarten Bahnhof).
From Pregarten train station take a small white bus, number 396, to Hagenberg (The schedule
of this bus can be found here. Select
Hagenberg im Mülkreis Ortsmitte). Leave the bus at
the stop Hagenberg Ort (in front of the school, Volksschule) and walk 100 m towards the church/castle to get to RISC,
or 300 m on the street and then turn left to get to Hotel Sommerhaus. (See the directions on the
map of Hagenberg.)
One can also walk from Pregarten to Hagenberg. The distance is
approximately 2 km.
You can download the train timetable Linz-Pregarten-Linz from here.
- By car:
Take the highway (Autobahn) to Linz, and there take the
highway A7 to Prague (Prag in German). About 15km outside of Linz the Autobahn ends. Go
to the direction of Pregarten. About 1km before Pregarten you see the sign
to Hagenberg (to the left).
- By taxi:
Taxi from Linz airport to Hagenberg costs approximately 70 Euro. From Linz city center/train station to Hagenberg the price is approximately 50 Euro.
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More Information:
- Hagenberg map with restaurants and ATM machines. Note that the ATM machines in Hagenberg operate between 06:00-24:00
and accept only Maestro and Mastercard.
- Restaurants in Hagenberg:
- Schlossrestaurant.
Opening hours: Monday, Wednesday-Friday 10:00-23:00, Saturday 17:00-23:00,
Sunday 10:00-20:00. Closed on Tuesdays.
- Hofwirt. Closed on Sundays after 15:00 and on Mondays.
- Horseman's Paradise.
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 10:00-02:00 (From 14.07.2008 to 31.07.2008: Monday-Saturday 16:00-02:00)
- Gasthaus Lamplmair. Closed on Wednesdays.
- Gasthaus Hametner. Closed on Tuesdays.
- Cafe Monika.
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 08:00-04:00. Closed on Mondays.
- Hagenberg-Pregarten plan.
There are nice walking paths along the river Feldaist.
It takes approximately 30-35 minutes to get from Hagenberg
to Pregarten.
The following hotels have been booked for the school participants:
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July 6 (check-in) -- July 13 (check-out): Sommerhaus Hotel, Hagenberg. Euro 30
per person per night in a single room, including breakfast. Address:
Hotel Sommerhaus Hagenberg
Hauptstrasse 115
4232 Hagenberg
Phone: +43 (0)7236/7973-9033
Fax: +43 (0)7236/7973-39
Email: office.hagenberg@studentenwerk.at
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July 13 (check-in) -- July 21 (check-out): Hotel Ibis, Linz. Euro 70 per person per night
in a single room, including breakfast. Address:
Hotel Ibis
Kärntner Strasse 18-20
4020 Linz
Phone: (+43)732/69401
Fax: (+43)732/694019
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