Linz is the third largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich).
It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km south of the Czech border,
on both sides of the river Danube, the longest river of the European Union and Europe's
second-longest (after the Volga).
The population of the city proper is 188,968 (2001), and 271,000 in the agglomeration.
read wikipedia > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linz