Getting to Linz

                                 Photo by Darren Bockman on Unsplash

I might be crazy but nothing feels as great as the scent of a new journey in the morning. I’ve noticed from quite some time that strangely, it is the same scent wherever I am. A mix of morning dew - sun still hasn’t shown itself- and the musty smell of the train/bus station (ok, not always nice, but its fine cause you are leaving it behind and you just go on ahead). It always makes me look forward to what comes next and assures me that I made a good choice no matter the outcome.

Plus, if you are an early bird or like me (in need of a high dose of coffee combined with a mix of three types of alarms at different intensities) and you manage to catch that really early train that no lazy person imagines possible, something quite magical happens: you see a hell of a mesmerizing sun…(Which I decided to vividly keep it in my memory, now go cacth your own sunset)

Getting to Linz takes between one and a half – two hours depending on the transportation you use, which for a day trip it is quite good as it gets you more time for visiting. You can get there by:

Car.  It may be the most comfortable means of transportation, especially if it is your own. If you rent it, you can expect to pay between 40 to 90 euros per day. According to the GPS it should take around 2 hours to get from Wien to Linz.

Bus. Tickets cost 30 euro per person, two ways with Flexibus (you can use busbud to check routes, timetables and buy tickets online, they even have an app for your mobile phone) and it takes between one hour and one hour and half.

Train. If you are car sick or you just prefer trains more, it may be a bit more expensive

than the previous two, but do not lose hope! We also went by train and if you book it in time you can find cheaper tickets. Just enter the OBB website and look for tickets with the “Sparchiene ticket” inscribed on them. The prices for them vary and you can find tickets for one person with 18 – 28 euros both ways. Be careful though, with a normal price ticket you have the possibility to pick whatever train you like on the respective day 9 and usually they are more expensive) but with the Sparchiene ticket, you can only go with the train mentioned on your ticket at the given hour.

Of course there are other ways, if you own a motorcycle, if you intend to bike till there and so on, whichever you choose is fine. Personally I prefer the train as it gives me the opportunity to relax and enjoy the view better while traveling, plus I can also stretch my legs without making stops. 

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