I was in Linz for about an hour and a half, as I had a transfer here from bus to train to Salzburg
The first thing a person sees in Linz - wide roads and some ugly office buildings
After 5 minutes walking toward the center it gets better
Mailbox (in Europe this still works)
First impressions of the city - well, a city is a city
Street sign
Austria's peculiarity in general - you're walking, Prague all around, and then BAM a new nice house
And then bam, Prague again
Bus stop
Schedule
Its electronic brother
Their daddy
Public transport runs actively by the way (Thursday, 8 PM)
Closer to the center there are literally a lot of people
Out of 50 photos, Channel One will take this one, I hope
The very center reminds me of Pardubice
Or even Bratislava
Central streets are quiet and calm
Even though you can both walk and drive on them
Nothing like this in Czechia - there buying a car automatically gives you the right to be an asshole
5 years ago it would've been unclear what this orange dude is, but in 2022 it's obvious it's a food delivery guy. Every city has them
Default picture of a European city
In Austria they love the "purely pedestrian road - that's it" sign
And "natural" city finishing materials
Therefore the feeling of cleanliness doesn't leave
And you want to say "everything's so German"
And the center is standard for all of Europe
Quiet streets left and right
Central street signs
Views of Austria
Mountains nearby
Old tram
Walking back to the station - train to Salzburg soon
Ukrainian flags, by the way, there were almost none, which is surprising after Prague, where as of July 2022 it's harder to walk a minute without seeing one
It seems like the center is full of tourists and therefore very crowded, but I remind you, tourists have nothing to do here, and it's 8 PM on Thursday
In other words, these are all locals
Out of focus, but purely a German-speaking thing - vending machines for cigarettes
Proof that being in Europe doesn't mean absence of love for shit
But still there's more non-shit
Trash cans like in Prague
Linz in two words:
Closer to the station there's a park. Near the park some bums are yelling, everyone's creeped out. Also a European thing - neither bums, nor drunks, nor crazy people are chased away here as long as they don't bother anyone
The closer to the station, the worse
High-rises begin (why do they need them in a city of 200 thousand people?)
Six-lane roads
More high-rises
And more depressing architecture
Near the station some schoolkids are yelling just insanely and furiously. Now Germans, now Spaniards. Groups of schoolkids in Europe are a disaster. They'll go to Prague, get drunk, yell, smoke weed and ride scooters. They can't afford this at home because it's expensive and mom will scold them, but in Czechia it's possible.
You have no idea how quiet it is in Austria, and how loud in conditional Prague, even though the people are the same, the behavior is different
And I'm off to Salzburg, conclusion about Linz - an hour and a half is just right, no more needed
