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Excursions

Excursions

The fee per excursion is EUR 5 - 10 (for transportation and entrance fees). You can sign up and pay for one ore more excursions at the International Office upon arrival. Registration is on a first come, first serve basis.

Excursion to the baroque Monastery Schlierbach and the City of Steyr
Date: Saturday, February 16
Time: 9.30 am - 5.30 pm
Meeting Place: Entrance of the Julius Raab Heim
Excursion Fee: EUR 10

In sight of the Northern Alps is picturesquely situated the monastery of Schlierbach, famous for its baroque church and old library. We will visit the dairy (cheese production) and glass painting manufacture, where traditional craftwork is still practised.

On the way back, we will stop in the city center of Steyr, whose medieval square counts with one of the oldest profane buildings of Austria.

 

Mauthausen Concentration Camp
Date: Saturday, February 23
Time: 1.30 pm - 5.30 pm
Meeting Place: Entrance of the Julius Raab Heim
Excursion Fee: € 5

The former concentration camp Mauthausen, situated only about 20 kilometres from Linz, is now a memorial to keep alive the memory of this darkest part in Austrian history.

 

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