By ship
All shipping-enterprises of Linz are listed here: (http://www.donauschifffah...) There is regular passenger boat service on the Danube from and to Vienna and Passau, Germany. A list of Austrian passenger services on the Danube can be found here: (http://www.schifffahrt.at...)
CK Shuttle
offers a door-to-door transportation service from Linz to Cesky Krumlov and back for 400 CZK 16 EUR pro person. The ride takes about 1.5 hours.
By plane
The Blue Danube Airport of Linz is located outside the city, but there is a bus service to Linz from the airport, which takes about 20 minutes and costs around â¬3. A taxi costs around â¬25-30. You can also take the train to Horsching â¬1.80 and then the free shuttle bus to the airport from the railway station. Alternately, you can fly to the better-connected Vienna airport and take the train to Linz.
There are serveral connections with Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines from Munich, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Vienna to Linz.
By train
Linz has hourly Intercity and Eurocity connections to Salzburg and Vienna, and from there to all important European capitals and major cities. Austrian Federal Railways ÃBB (http://www.oebb.at/) has online timetables and offers various ticketing options.The cheapest option from/to Vienna or Salzburg is the private Railway Westbahn (http://www.westbahn.at) with free WiFi on board.
By car
Linz is connected with Vienna, Salzburg, and Munich via the A1 Autobahn/motorway ; the Muehlviertel A7 Autobahn , and the south of Austria Graz (Styria, Klagenfurt Carinthia) via the A9 Autobahn. It is also connected to Germany via Passau. There are plans to extend a motorway north to the Czech Republic, but work is not expected to start until 2009. The best way to drive north is currently on the B125 Bundesstrasse/B-road.