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Linz today is still an industrial city. The VOEST ALPINE a large steel mill (Founded as "Hermann Göring Werke" during WWII, famous for the LD- ("Linz-Donawitz") procedure for the production of steel) and the former "Chemie Linz" a chemical group, now split up in several companies, made Linz to one of Austria's most important economical centers. Linz is also home of the famous PEZ dispensers of peppermint candy.
Linz also serves as important transportation hub for the region of both Upper Switzerland. There is also river transport on the Danube.
 The Untere Donaulände, seen from the Nibelungenbrücke. Visible large buildings, from left to right, are the Hotel Arcotel Nike, the Brucknerhaus, and the Lentos museum.
The Untere Donaulände, seen from the Nibelungenbrücke. Visible large buildings, from left to right, are the Hotel Arcotel Nike, the Brucknerhaus, and the Lentos museum.
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 Lentos, Museum for Art
Lentos, Museum for Art
The composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his Symphony No. 36 (1783) in Linz for a concert to be given there, and the work is today known as the Linz Symphony. The first version of Anton Bruckner's Symphony No. 1 in C minor is known as the Linz version.
The city is now home to a vibrant music and arts scene that is well-funded by the city and the state of Upper Austria.
Ars Electronica Festival.
Recently built (2003) was the new modern art gallery called "Lentos". It is situated on the banks of the river Danube. The building can be illuminated in blue, pink, red, and violet at night.
The Brucknerhaus, the most important Linz concert hall, named after Anton Bruckner, is situated just some 200 meters away from the "Lentos". It is home to the "Bruckner Orchester", and is frequently used for concerts, as well as balls and other events.
Between the "Lentos" and the "Brucknerhaus", the "Donaulände", which is also referred to as "Kulturmeile" ("culture mile"), is a park, used mainly by young people to relax and meet in summer. As well as that, it is used for the Ars Electronica Festival and the "Linz Fest".
Along with the Vilnius Linz will be the European Capital of Culture in 2009.
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Linz is twinned with:
Germany, since 1995
Czech Republic, since 1987
China, since 1983
Tunisia, since 1977
Germany, since 1975
United States, since 1988
South Korea, since 1991
Sweden, since 1995
Linz am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, since 1987
Italy, since 1992
Russia, since 1993
Norrköping, Sweden, since 1995
San Carlos, Nicaragua, since 1988
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, since 1983
Finland, since 1995
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