Grein (Austria)
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Region
Europe Rivers
Local Time
2021-01-16 09:55
-5°C
4.2 m/s
20 °F / -6 °C
Grein is a Danube River cruise port in Austria. The small town has a population around 2,500 and covers a total area of 19 km2 (7 ml2). Grein is located in a small bay at Strudengau's entrance, a narrow 25 km (16 ml) valley along Danube.
Grein's best-known landmarks and tourist attractions include:
- Greinburg Castle (14th-century, now privately owned /open for visitors)
- Schloss Greinburg Palace (famous with its "Stone Theatre")
- Stadttheater Grein (Austria's oldest theatre, preserved in its origial form)
- Old Town Hall (former granary)
- Oberosterreichisches Schifffahrtsmuseum (maritime museum)
- Pfarrkirche Sankt Agidius (Gothic church)
- Upper Austrian Shipping Museum (history of Danube River shipping)
Grein Summer Festival and Danube Festival Weeks in Strudengau are part of a cultural program held in the Old Town. Two well-known coffee shops are town's best places to relax - Blumenstrauss (Biedermeier period cafe) and Schörgi (opposite to Danube station/riverboat docking pier).
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