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(Ars-Electronica-Strasse 1; 5pm-midnight; )
There's no finer spot to see Linz light up than
this glass-walled cafe on the top floor of the Ars Electronica Center. Pick out the land-
marks over a sunset cocktail.
MICROBREWERY
Stiegelbräu zum Klosterhof
(Landstrasse 30; 9am-midnight)
Pass on the mediocre food and go straight for the freshly
tapped Stiegl beer at the cavernous Klosterhof. The chestnut-tree-shaded beer garden has
space for 1500 thirsty punters.
Ignis
(
www.ignis-vinotheken.at
; Klosterstrasse 3; 10am- midnight Mon-Sat)
Just off the Hauptplatz, this
industro-chic, monochrome bar is a cool spot to converse over Austrian, French and Itali-
an wines, Mühlviertel speciality beers and antipasti.
WINE BAR
Madame Wu
(
www.madamewu.net
;
Altstadt 13; 10am-9pm Mon-Wed, to midnight Thu-Sat, 1-8pm Sun)
Full of cosy
nooks, this oriental-style tearoom has a terrific tea selection. Afternoon tea (€15) is
served daily at 3pm and includes dainty cucumber and salmon sandwiches, and scones
with clotted cream and homemade strawberry jam.
TEAHOUSE
LINZ' HALL OF FAME
Romantic composer
Anton Bruckner
was the organist at the Alter Dom from 1856 to 1868. Today his sym-
phonies still resound at cathedral concerts from July to September and at the annual Brucknerfest. His music is
9am-1pm & 2-6pm Mon-Fri)
museum in the 17th-century old town hall.
Not to be eclipsed in Linz' hall of fame is great astronomer, mathematician and astrologer
Johannes Kepler
,
who lived at Rathausgasse 5, where he completed the groundbreaking Rudolphine Tables. The house now har-
science-themed events. The genius is also commemorated by the Planet Fountain at the Landhaus, and by the
university named after him, where he taught from 1612 to 1626.
A bust of
Mozart
graces the entrance to the grand Renaissance townhouse on the corner of Theatergasse and
Altstadt, where he stayed as a guest of the Count of Thun in 1783 and is said to have bashed out the
Linzer Sym-
phony
(No 36) in just four days.
