Linz spreads out beneath you atop ±Êö²õ³Ù±ô¾±²Ô²µ²ú±ð°ù²µ (537m), a precipitous 20- to 30-minute ride aboard the narrow-gauge ±Êö²õ³Ù±ô¾±²Ô²µ²ú±ð°ù²µbahn from the Hauptplatz. It's Austria's – and one of the world's – steepest adhesion railways (running on electricity alone, rather than cables and pulleys), which is quite some feat for such a low-lying city.
At the summit is the turn-of-the-century Grottenbahn, where families – and anyone who loves a bit of cult kitsch – can board the dragon train to trundle past gnomes, glittering stalactites and scenes from Grimms’ fairy tales.