Residency Guide for Linz
ACCOMMODATIONS
Students are responsible for making their own arrangements. However, TI has negotiated a group rate at the Guter Hirte and most students and all faculty will stay there. Please address all questions about accommodation to your hotel and not to the institute.
Guter Hirte
Baumbachstraße 28
A-4020 Linz
Fast internet, bring your own ethernet cable
8 min. to O.K center
Contact: junges.wohnen@caritas-linz.at
Reservations can be made here
(A limited number (4-6) of single rooms are available in 2008)
Other places you might consider:
Kolping Hotel
Gesellenhausstr. 7
A-4020 Linz
Tel.: +43(732)66 16 90
Fax: +43(732)66 16 90-55
(15-20 single rooms available through group reservation by students)
EUR 420 for the residency period incl. breakfast
Internet only at one terminal at reception.
Donbosco Student Hotel
Beethovenstr. 13
A-4020 Linz
+43 (732) 65 16 94
plenty rooms
fast internet, bring your own ethernet cable
15 min. to O.K center
(no rooms are available in 2008)
Hotel Schwarzer Bär
Herrenstraße 9-11
A-4020 Linz
contact: baer@linz-hotel.at
3 min. to OK center
Hotel Mühlviertlerhof
Graben 24
A-4020 Linz
contact: office@hotel-muehlviertlerhof.at
1 and a half minutes to O.K
Search all hotels in linz: here
EMERGENCY INFO
TI Emergency phone number
+43 (699) 1169 0277 (Institute's mobile)
Note: All phone numbers are given in Skype compatible format with country code preceeded by a "+" and area code without leading zero's in parentheses.
Emergency Numbers:
Ambulance +43 (732)-144
Police +43 (732)-133
Fire Brigade +43 (732)-122
From a local phone or Austrian cell phone just dial 144, 133, 122.
GETTING THERE AND AROUND
By plane or train to Linz
Please see the TI travel information page here.
Tram
You can reach the O.K with tram Nr 1 or 3, and bus Nr 26, 27, 45, 46;
Exit at stop Taubenmarkt or Mozartkreuzung
Tickets are sold in all "Tabak Trafik" (cigarette, newspaper, stamp shops),
closest one to O.K is
Trafik Wanke
Landstrasse 22
Mon-Fri 7:30-18:15
Sat 7:30-12:45
Price for a day ticket: 3,00 Euro
Price for a week ticket: 10,40 Euro
Price for a month ticket: 33,10 Euro
last tram # 1 at “Taubenmarkt”: 23.50 h
first tram #1 at “Taubenmarkt”: 4.17 h
Buy your ticket before you board. From a machine next to the stop with coins or from a Tabak Trafik. Pre-paid tickets need to be punched at the tram stop, tickets bought at the vending machine already have a time stamp on them.
Taxi
companies: +43 (732) 6969 and +43 (732) 1718
Tip 5-10%
Tourist Information Linz
Hauptplatz 1
4020 Linz
Tel: +43 (732) 7070-1777
Mon to Fri 8.00 – 19.00 ; Sat, Sun, 10.00 – 19.00
STAYING IN LINZ
Art supplies:
Thalia
Books, media, paper, office, art supplies
(foam core "Depafit" is 3.5mm or 5mm comes in 70x100cm only and is EUR 10-15)
Landstr 41
Tel.: +43 (0) 732 76 15-0
www.thalia.at/
Becker
Paper
Herrenstr 16
Tel.: +43 (0) 732 77 74 47
Bock
paper & art supplies
Schubertstr. 6
Tel.: +43 / (0) 70 / 77 50 30
www.bockpapier.at
E-Mail: office@bockpapier.at
Hardware, tools, lumber:
Obi Baumarkt
Freistädter Str 81-83
+43 732 711304-0
www.obi.at
Mon - Fri 8:30-18:00
Sat 8:30-17:00
Tram towards University to stop "Linke Brückenstraße"
Frames:
European standard sizes may differ from your country.
Interio
Landstraße 36
Tel: 0732 77 64 17
Mon - Fri 09.00 - 19.30
Sat 09.00 - 18.00
www.interio.at
Ikea
IKEAplatz 1
4053 Haid
(Bus service from Linz)
Tel: 0810/081 081
Mo-Fr: 9.00 - 19.30
Sa: 9.00 - 18.00
deep link to frames as of 6/29: http://www.ikea.com/at/de/catalog/categories/range/10372/10789/
Bank-ATM
Landstrasse 26
Bike rental
Donau Touristik
€ 9/day
Lederergasse 4-12
8-12 and 13-16:45
Check out Mon-Fri only
Return possible also Sat and Sun
Call ahead for availability
You need to bring an ID to rent
+43 (732) 2080
info@donautouristik.com
Books
ALEX, Hauptplatz 21
alex@deralex.at
http://www.deralex.at/
Mon-Fri 9-18.
Sat 9-17 Smaller, independent store.
Thalia, Landstrasse 41
0732-7615
The local version of Barnes & Noble
Copy Shop
REPACopy
(you can have your thesis bound here)
Hauptstr. 10 (across main bridge)
4040 Linz
0800 208 220
www.repacopy.at
Mon-Sat 8-20
Sun 14-20
Other locations:
City: Hessenplatz 13
Mon-Fri 8-120, Sat 8-14
Digital Center: Honauerstr. 2
Mon-Thu 9-16, Fri 9-14
Electronics
APPLE CENTER: McShark, Herrenstraße 4, www.mcshark.at
SATURN (electronic devices, batteries, digital photo equipment)
at PASSAGE City Center 4th floor (next to the O.K Center)
Mon-Fri 9.30 - 19.00 Uhr
Sat 9.00 - 18.00 Uhr
Grocery, Household
BRING YOUR LUNCH: RING Bakery Chain. Good pastries and sandwiches at reasonable prices. You can pick lunch up during lunch hour or buy a sandwich in the morning and take it to the OK with you. Logo: white lettering on a red background, several scattered around town. CLOSED SUNDAYS
PASSAGE City Center (next to the O.K Center)
Many shops including household items. CLOSED SUNDAYS
SPAR - basement Supermarket
Mon-Fri 7.45 - 19.00 Uhr
Sat 7.45 - 18.00 Uhr
CLOSED SUNDAYS
MERKUR Supermarket
across from O.K
Mon-Fri 8 - 19.00 Uhr
Sat 8 - 18.00 Uhr
CLOSED SUNDAYS
Notes: Bring or buy bags and coins to borrow carts. Weigh fruit before check out. (Put it on the scale, press the number next to the fruit sign and place the resulting sticker tag on your bag. Don't overbuy, shared refrigerators are small.)
Medical emergencies
Ärztenotdienst: call 141, available 7pm to 7am, and weekends. Their doctors make house calls and charge EUR 37 per visit, 50% extra on the weekend.
Hospitals near O.K
Krankenhaus der Elisabethinen
Fadingerstraße 1
+43 (732) 7676-0
Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder
Seilerstätte 2
+43 (732) 7897-0
Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Schwestern
Seilerstätte 4
+43 (732) 7677-0
Massage
Thomas Ploberger
"Mobile Massage"
+43 (664) 514 1109
Office supplies
Libro
Landstrasse 38
Mon-Fri 9-18:30
Sat 9-18
Pharmacies
Apotheke zum schwarzen Adler
Landstraße 16
+43 (732) 77 24 30
Mon-Fri 8-18
Sat 8-12
Nights and Sundays: Several are open throughout the city. The locations are posted on every pharmacy.
Centralapotheke
Mozartstraße 1 (Corner Landstraße)
+43 (732) 77 17 83
Mon-Fri 8-18
Sat 8-12
Photo: Film, Processing, Equipment
Kücher: Film, Processing, Equipment
All formats and processes incl E6 (3-4 days)
Mozartstraße 23
Mon-Fri 9-18
Sat 9-12:30
+43 (732) 781436
Fotopia
Bethlehemstraße 1a
+43 (0)732 / 78 15 15
labor@fotopia.at
www.fotopia.at
scanning, printing
Fotolabor Strobl
One-hour processing
(C41 only, formats: 35mm, 120, 220)
Hauptplatz 31
Mon-Fri 8-18
Sat 9-12
+43 (732) 775 259
Police Station near O.K
Theatergasse 1
and Train Station (Hauptbahnhof)
Pools and swimming lakes
The Parkbad, an outdoor pool is roughly ten minutes by bike or bus #19, 25, 12.
3.50 EUR per day.
7 days a week, 09:00-20:00
Untere Donaulände 11, 4020 Linz, Tel. 0732/3400-6630
Website
Info on swimming lakes: Website
Post Office
Bismarkstraße 2 (corner Landstraße)
Mon-Fri 8-18
Post Office Main Train Station
Bahnhofplatz 11-13
Mon-Fri 7-21
Sat 9-18
Sun 9-13
Adress for shipemts to DUK (thesis, diplomas etc. always per EMS):
Birgit Tesnohlidek
Department for Interactive Media and Educational Technology
Danube University Krems
Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30
3500 Krems
Austria:
Postage Stamps
Tabak Trafik
Wanke
Landstrasse 22
Mon-Fri 7:30-18:15
Sat 7:30-12:45
Restaurants and Bars
(Tipping is customarily 10%)
Closest Coffee:
Remembar
Side exit O.K, enter Passage Mall, first right
Closest Restaurant:
Gelbes Krokodil
in house, reservation recommended, best done in person the day before.
Open: Mon-Fri 11.00-0.01, Sat, Sun: 17.00-0.01 Uhr
Hot meals 12.00-14.30 and 18.00-23.30
+43 (732) 78 41 82
Others nearby:
Stieglbräu
Landstr. 30
Beer garden
Mon-Sun 9-24
Weekday lunch special ca. € 7.-
Coffee Shop Company
Graben 34
Mon-Thurs 7-19:00 Sat 8-19:00
(Down Landstrasse, right just before Hauptplatz)
Good espresso, take-out too.
Several dozens more on Landstrasse between Mozartkreuzung and Danube
Recommended:
Alte Welt
Regional
Hauptplatz 4
Mon - Fri 11.30 - 14.30
Mon - Sat 17.00 - 24.00, meals until 23.00
Cafe: Mon - Sun 19 - 2 (a.m.)
770 053
Niu
Asian fusion
Klammstrasse 1
Tue – Fr 11.30 – 14.30
Tue - Fr 17.30 – 23.00
786 778
www.niu.at
Many more on Landstrasse and some on side streets, e.g.:
Ikaan
Fusion, vegetarian, organic
Altstadt 16
Mon – Sat
11.00 - 14.00
17.00 - 24.00
771940
www.ikaan.at
Non Solo Vino
Bischofstrasse 25 (Half way between Guter Hirte and O.K)
Pasta, Pizza, Espresso, Italian groceries
Lunch 11:30-14:00
Herrengasse corner Bischofstrasse
Mon-Fri 10-18
Sat 10-13
+43 (732) 797 788
P'aa
Vegetarian
Altstadt 28
Mon-Sat 11-14:30, 17:30-24
776 461
www.paa.cx
Street markets:
Farmers Market: (Tue/Fri 9am to 2pm) at Hauptplatz
Flea Market: (Sat. 6am to 2pm) at Neues Rathaus