Linz – 10 Jun 2024

I took the S-Bahn line 1 train partway to the southwest of the city center, got off at a place that looked interesting, and walked around a residential area:

icons for various trades This could be the front of trade school.
mosque
lime green house
storefront zgonc ZGONC (site in German) is sort of a Lowes-type place. Text reads “Austria’s Genuine Specialty Store”
house with metal fish on side
odd looking house
typical apartment block
curved iron bars in front of window I suspect the bars are curved so you can open the window outwards.
house with balcony
pink house
Light yellow house with white wooden planter and pink flowers in front They’re really serious about their gardens here.
planters with flowers
silhouettes on kids bulletin board At the bottom of a kids’ activities bulletin board for a church
piles of yellow industrial goods ...and then it turns into an industrial area.

Johannes Kepler Universität

The indsutrial area was boring, so I got back on line 1 and took it to the far northeast section of the city and the university.

science park building This building is at the Science Park.
large sculpture of woan on three wheeled bicycle In front of the student union
wearable dragon skeleton
bicycle repair station This is a bicycle repair station...
tools at bicycle repair station ...which comes with these tools.
large sign reading hashtag glaubandich #believeinyourself
Poster: Tanz den Kepler. Pictured is Johannes Kepler wearing  round-lens sunglasses. A poster for a dance to take place later in June 2024.

Miscellaneous / Signage

This one takes some explanation. Möglichkeiten means possibilities. Linz is the capital of the state of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), abbreviated in German to . So the sign works out to “Upper Austria - the land of possibilities”
land der moöglichkeiten

 

Dog with word MIAUUU.  “Wir klingen anders, als Sie denken.” We sound different than you think. (Radio OÖ)
Bottles of sauce. Für jede Grillerei, zum Glück gibt’s Felix. For every grill, luckily there’s Felix.
Sticker showing a flame running away from the company logo. brandschutz 2000 / Wir finden die Lösung! Fire Protection 2000 / We find the solution!
marble sphere in fountain The water in the fountain rotates the marble sphere.
logo for hamburger restaurant Sign for a hamburger restaurant
german sign language alphabet The German sign language alphabet
Sign in German describing the café. A description of Austria’s first sign language café.
happy.mahler / farbe macht glücklich happy.painter / colors make you happy

Food

Had a garlic Bosna, then went to Kung Fu Wok|Rice|Noodles for rice with shrimp:

rice with shrimp
sauces Lots of sauces, including Sriracha and sweet-and-sour.
slice of linzer torte next to bag from konditorei Had some Linzer torte from the store that originated the pastry.