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State in Austria
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Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) — as the name implies — is a federal state of Austria.
Best arrival place is Linz as it is a transportation hub (car, train, airport).
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Public buses called Postbus are available to get you from one village to another, prices are reasonable, but schedules can be infrequent.
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Linz is the third largest city in Austria. It sits on the banks of the Danube (Donau) river.
Attnang-Puchheim is a city in Upper Austria.
Freistadt is a small town in Upper Austria with a beautiful historic city centre and the colourful nature all around.
Hallstatt is a small town overlooking the Hallstätter See (Lake Hallstatt) in the Salzkammergut, in Upper Austria. Hallstatt is spectacularly picturesque, due to its location on a narrow rocky west bank of the lake with the sheer rising mountains behind it.
Schärding is a Baroque town in Upper Austria in the Innviertel region close to the border with Bavaria. Its architecture is a mix of many styles and periods, the highlight probably being the Baroque “Silberzeile” row of houses, an astonishing ensemble of Baroque buildings.
Steyr is a town in Upper Austria at the confluence of the rivers Steyr and Enns. Steyr is an ancient town with modern amenities, marketing its rich cultural and architectural heritage in tourism.
Traun is the fifth largest city in Upper Austria (Oberösterreicch).
Wels is a city in Upper Austria (Oberösterreich). Its old town is well worth seeing.
Vöcklabruck is a small (approximately 12000 inhabitants) town in Upper Austria. Vöcklabruck is the capital city of the region with the same name.
The Dachstein is a 20 x 30 km limestone massif in the Northern Calcareous Alps, in Austria. The summit is at 3,000 m (although different maps invariably quote 2,997 - 3,003 m), with dozens of other peaks above 2,500 m.
a small village infamous for its peculiar former name
Salzkammergut spans the federal states (Bundesland) of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Salzburg (Salzburgerland), and Styria (Steiermark). The Styrian part is also called Ausseerland.
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