Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, is situated in the North of Austria at the bank of the Danube.
The hotel Kolping is centrally located between the railway station, the old town and near the pedestrian area.

By car :
Coming from the motorway A1 (Salzburg/Vienna) and from the North (Freistadt/ Czechia) join the motorway A7 then take the exit no 6 Linz-Hummelhof, Zentrum. Continue on the Waldeggstrasse and turn right on the Stockhofstrasse (at the 6th traffic light). After about 500 m from the traffic light, turn right into the Auerspergstrasse and after 150m to the left into the Gesellenhausstrasse. The hotel Kolping is situated approximately at 100 m to your right.

By train or public transport :
The main train station of Linz (Hauptbahnhof) is an important railway junction. It is served by all the trains coming from Salzburg (Munich) and Vienna. Important lines going to the North (Freistadt/Czech Republic) and to the South Selzthal/Graz beginning also in Linz.
From the station we recommend to take one of the three tramway lines direction University or Bergbahnhof.
Get down at the 2nd stop (Bürgerstrasse) then go straight into the opposite Langgasse and turn to the left into the Gesellenhausstrasse.
The hotel Kolping is situated immediately to your left.

By plane :
The “Blue Danube Airport” of Linz is situated at Hörsching, in the South-West of the city. It is a local airport served by Austrian Airlines (Düsseldorf, Salzburg, Vienna), Lufthansa (Frankfurt) as well as by low cost companies such as Ryanair (London-Stanstead), Niki (Palma de Mallorca) and recently TUIfly (Cologne).
You can take the shuttle bus (2.30 euro) until the stop Volksgartenstrasse then continue straight ahead until the building of the Donauversicherung, turn slightly to the right and you will arrive at the Gesellenhausstrasse.
Alternatively, the free shuttle bus will take you to the station of Hörsching; then you can take the train to Linz (about 11 min.) The 20-min.-drive by taxi costs about 25 euro.

The airport of Salzburg is at approximately 140 km and the one of Vienna- Schwechat approximately 210 km of distance.