Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Melk Tourist Office (
511 60; www.stadt-melk.at ; Kremser Strasse 5;
9.30am-6pm Mon-Sat, to 4pm Sun
Apr-Oct, 9am-5pm Mon-Thu, to 2.30pm Fri Nov-Mar)
Getting There & Away
Boats leave from the canal by Pionierstrasse, 400m north of the abbey. Wachau Linien
( Click here ) runs buses along the Danube valley between Melk and Krems (hourly, one
hour).
Wachau Touristik Bernhardt ( 02713-2222; www.wachau-touristik.at ; per day €12) rents out bicycles
from the ferry station in Melk and from the train station in Spitz.
Melk has the following train connections:
Salzburg €38.80, at least hourly, 2½ hours (change in St Pölten or Amstetten).
St Pölten €4.80, at least hourly, 20 minutes.
Vienna Westbahnhof €15.90, hourly, one hour 20 minutes.
Tulln
02272 / POP 15,200
Tulln, the home town of painter Egon Schiele and situated 30km northwest of Vienna on
the Danube, has a couple of interesting museums and can be easily visited on a day trip
from Vienna or Krems.
Sights
Egon Schiele Museum
( www.egon-schiele.eu ; Donaulände 28; adult/child €5/3; 10am-5pm Wed-Sun Apr-Oct) The Egon Schiele
Museum, housed in a former jail near the Danube, vividly presents the story of the life of
the Tulln-born artist. It presents around 100 of his paintings and sketches, and a mock-up
of the cell where he was briefly imprisoned. He fell foul of the law in 1912 when 125 of
his erotic drawings were seized; some were of pubescent girls, and Schiele was also in
trouble for allowing children to view his explicit works. Since 2013 hard-core Schiele
fans have been able to visit his birthplace (Hauptbahnhof Tulln, Bahnhofstrasse 69; admission €2;
9am-8pm) at Tulln's train station.
MUSEUM
 
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