Linz – 08 Jun 2024
Various pictures from today:
I then headed across the Donau (Danube) river. I tried getting up to Pöstlingberg, but gave up about halfway there. There was a statue to Mary; thought it would be really impressive, but nah.
Then to the main square (Hauptplatz):
There was a flea market where you could buy all sorts of kitsch.
A sightseeing train (no, I didn’t go on it).
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In front of the Linz Art University.
Clever parody of the “Biennale de Venezia“; note how Linz is spelled vertically.
Note the different directions of the type.
Lentos Museum
I took an hour or so to go through the Lentos Art Museum.
A work by Stephan Balkenhol.
Still Life with Cheese (Roy Lichtenstein)
People could use the colored sticks to create their own art.
In a room devoted to thinking and reflection: What does it mean to be part of this history?
How does history impact, where are its traces?
Sketches by Margit Palme.
Done in 2020 during pandemic masking.
Miscellanea
Linz really is pushing the bike rental (which I used).
“Other than that, enjoy the park!”
A relic from the early Cretaceous.
Clever name for a public toilet (pronounced “Pee Pee box”)
Art installation named “Feedback”
The hoses connect the colors.
Stickers / Signage
Critical mass, but for kids on bicycles.
Baked with body and soul
Increase unemployement benefits!
A special train to “Grotto train, Kingdom of the Dwarves, and Fairy-tale World”. You aren’t going to catch me getting on that one.
Sign near a railroad crossing
Train advert: We make it possible
Not sure if this is a political statement or what.
Logo for ÖGB (Austrian Trade Union); clever representation of umlaut.
Logo for a delivery service.
I have no idea what this represents. (Text reads “No one can stop us.”)
People, Animals, and Planet over profit! Time for a new business and economic system.
Election
This should be the last of these, given that the election is tomorrow (9 June).
Curtain up for OUR Austria (from a right-wing populist party)
The Greens / Future with you
Because it’s about the climate.
Europe. But better. (from a liberal party)
Food
I had a “Bosna” for lunch. It was excellent. Later, I decided to have something called Leberkäse later on. (The name translates to “liver cheese”, but it is neither. Go figure.) It was ok, but way too heavy. After that, I decided I needed a salad, so I bought the fixings at the grocery store next to the hotel. The box of diced vegetables is for soup, but it works OK on salad. The dressing is some sort of garlic sauce (even though the label says “BBQ” it doesn’t taste like barbecue sauce).
