Walking Tour in Linz - Part II

Finally, we reach the hilltop. What greeting us is a breath-taking scene. Danube flows through Linz, and separates the city into two parts. We are now on the right bank of the river, the older part of the city. Most of the sights are on this side.

If you take a closer look at the picture, you can see there is a church, Wallfahrtsbasilika, on the top of the hill. The "Pöstlingbergbahn", Europe's steepest mountain railway takes visitor to the hill top. People say the view there is beautiful, but sadly I do not have time to visit the church.

We are now standing in front of the castle. It is now used as a museum. Click here to learn more about the castle.

This picture is taken at the edge of a steep slope. One more step ahead and I will fall all the way down to the street level. However, there is no handrail to "protect" tourists from falling.

I think this is very interesting. Because in Taiwan, there definitely will be a ugly steel or concrete handrail to "protect" careless tourists. But everyone knows that it is dangerous to get too close to the edge, then why makes a joke about their own life? If everyone could behave themselves, there would no need for those incompatible handrails, right?