Wels

Worth seeing in and around Wels

One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

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   Schmiding Zoo

   Schmiding Zoo is a zoo at Schloss Schmiding, a castle in Upper Austria, Austria. The origin of the zoo is from Europe's largest bird park, Vogelpark Schmiding, which opened the gates in 1982, and the zoo displays the largest walk-through aviary in the world.

   6.7 km · zoo in Austria · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

Wels has one of the most beautiful town squares in Austria. University of Applied Sciences. Stadtplatz / The Big Street. Kaiser Josef Platz 2 - The house of Manish Abraham.

1. 01
   Stadtpfarrkirche
2. 02
   Vorstadtpfarrkirche
3. 03
   Christuskirche
4. 04
   Herz-Jesu-Kirche
5. 05
   Kalvarienbergkirche
6. 06
   Kirche zum hl Franziskus

From Wikivoyage: Wels, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Things to do

1. 01
   Kornspeicher

   A wonderful garden in the heart of Wels which was created in 1941.

2. 02
   Tiergarten

   Over 100 animal species in a wonderful park landscape.

From Wikivoyage: Wels, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Where to eat

Gösserbräu Gasthaus zur Linde

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Getting to Wels

Airports

Linz-Hörsching (LNZ), 16 km · Salzburg (SZG), 85 km · České Budějovice South Bohemian (JCL), 94 km

Stations

Wels airfield, 3.8 km · Wels Hauptbahnhof, 1.9 km

• Salzburg → Wels

  84 km · quickest by road, 1h 49m · €11–15
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• Feldkirchen bei Graz → Wels

  166 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · €20–28
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• Klagenfurt am Wörthersee → Wels

  173 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · €23–32
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