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You can arrive by train, the closest train station are [wiki=27f22c57cd14142ea67b63c09592edc8]Attnang[/wiki], [wiki=443befbacdaa99c161dd11495b82b99b]Linz[/wiki], [wiki=b3d25ef3afe9e4475e72728f6e8dda20]Salzburg[/wiki], are about one hour away. The station is located in Bahnhofstrasse 17, 5 minutes walks to the town center and is serviced by ÖBB. Arriving by car is easy too, you can leave the highway A1 Regau if you drive from West [wiki=443befbacdaa99c161dd11495b82b99b]Linz[/wiki], or Seewalchen if you drive from East [wiki=ea6515eca27ae68c06c82e8cc2a6d318]Salzburg[/wiki].
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Easy, you can walk or drive by bicycle. There are two sort of buses: Some called Stadtbus stay in town, the rest goes to other places in Upper Austria. A ticket for Stadtbus costs 0,90€, a ticket that is valid a day 1,80€. Reduced tickets for elderly people, people under eighteen and for families are available. Dogs need a reduced ticket.
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Situated on a small hill inside the town there is the church of Schöndorf, a somewhat interesting an unique mixture of different styles, maybe interesting to geeks of architecture. Maybe you want to visit the town park, hey, they even have a pond with ducks!
Main sights:
In the town square's tower, frescos discovered in the 1960s. They date from 1502 and were painted by Tyrolean Jörg Kölderer.
Dörflkirche/Ägidiuskirche' (St. Giles' Church), Baroque church constructed between 1688-1691.
Schöndorfer Kirche, an early medieval fortified church, built before 824.
Museum Heimathaus with Wolfsegg Iron
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You can do walks in the surrounding forests, also mountainbiking is a valid option. Better still, in summer, take a bus to the surrounding lakes [wiki=00d8fc87f2dce5826effe3206e02b3eb]Attersee[/wiki] and [wiki=93a9ecbb44a366f126306a8a9847010d]Traunsee[/wiki].
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There are some local restaurants, gasthaus,cafes and bars.
Espresso am Stadtplatz, Hotel Auerhahn, Cafe zur Brücke, Pizzaria Venezia, City Cafe-Restaurant, Vöcklabruckerhof, Schillerhof, McDonalds, Leiner-Cafe, Resto-Lutz.
There are some pizza delivery services, too.
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Nightlife in the town is worth to spend. You can find some actual shows at Stadtsaal Voecklabruck, is located in Stadtplatz 22. Every year there is about 50 events have been held there.
If you want a night out, there are some local bars, cafes and restaurants. You can try to find something in the surrounding countryside, too.
*Servas, Schwibbogen 2, 20806, [url=http://www.servas.at].]Tu-Th 11AM-11PM Fr 11-2AM Sa 6PM-2AM. Drunken teenagers and supported by the catholic church. At least they're not on the street. The boss is called Hermann. Free internet-surfing, but only one computer.
*Mosquito, Linzerstrasse 4 4850 Timelkam, office@mosquito-musikclub.com, [http://www.gei.at[/url]. F and Sa 21.30PM-4AM. Music from classic rock to electronic. Young people, grunger, raver, hippies. Drinks are expensive and you always have to pay entrance till 2AM plus minus half an hour. But don't ask for free entrance, once the doorkeeper knows that you don't want to pay he wouldn't let you in for free, even after 2AM. The Mosquito was formerly called Gei and everyone still sticks to this name.
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The phone area code of the town Vöcklabruck is 07672.
The time zone is CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2).
The licence plate is VB.
The postal code is 4840.
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Vöcklabruck is a good starting point if you want to discover the countryside around lakes [wiki=00d8fc87f2dce5826effe3206e02b3eb]Attersee[/wiki], [wiki=93a9ecbb44a366f126306a8a9847010d]Traunsee[/wiki],[wiki=6fff0c87148a112e9c5de8c71add2bc7]Mondsee[/wiki], [wiki=35f8d243487e9062a2a9b8690ae78d7a]Wolfgangsee[/wiki] and other cities [wiki=d533f22e7175d6063cb4c4286fb92c0c]Gmunden[/wiki], [wiki=7d9d5414c5269ec416701a2fdbe2c9b6]Wels[/wiki], [wiki=ae0b014d6049a9f5f9d1979e7e279462]Bad Ischl[/wiki], [wiki=131130c9120de7d00df0bba87f93005e]Steyr[/wiki]. The city is located between [wiki=443befbacdaa99c161dd11495b82b99b]Linz[/wiki] and [wiki=b3d25ef3afe9e4475e72728f6e8dda20]Salzburg[/wiki]. From [wiki=601f9226a92f0a314068aa4395f65528]Vienna[/wiki] is about 239 km.
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