Pöstlingberg — Attraction in Linz

We had a night halt in Linz during our river cruise. The Postlingberg is a 539 (1760 ft) high hill on the left bank of the Danube in city of Linz. It is a very popular tourist attraction, with a viewing platform over the city, and is the site of the Postlingberg pilgrimage church, and the Linz Grottenbahn. One can reach here from city square by line 50 of the Linz tramways, running over the Postlingbergbahn mountain tramway. It costs 10 euro for return trip, and it takes 20 minutes each way. It runs every 30 minutes. The ride both ways was very pleasant and scenic. The view from top is great of entire town, countryside and Danube. There was a restaurant, cafes, a church and a theater. There was also a zoo on the midway. A nice place for families and photo...

A tram at Hauptplatz (not far from where our cruise docked) runs at regular intervals to Postlingberg. This Postlingbergbahn is one of the steepest cogwheel trams in Europe and a 30 minute ride took us to the top where there's a private deer park, a viewing platform over the city and the Danube, a church where there was a wedding going on that day and a cafeteria serving assortment of cakes and slices. A good place if you only have half...

A fun, steep tram ride with fantastic views at the top over the city. Don't follow the Google Map pin for Postlingbergbahn - it looks like it only goes from the stop over the river, but it actually goes from the main square, Hauptplatz.

The tram is scheduled every half an hour, which is just long enough at the top to take some pictures, follow the circular path and take a look at the church. Very handy attraction for a...