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Wels
City in Upper Austria, Austria

Wels

Wels is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz.

Plan a trip to Wels→From Salzburg

It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of 65,482, the eighth largest city in Austria.

Get in

Getting to Wels

Wels is about 30 km southwest of Linz. By train: Wels is an important railway junction on the Salzburg - Vienna route and a stop for almost all international trains. By car: from Salzburg on the West Autobahn to Voralpenkreuz and on the Innkreis Autobahn to Wels. From Vienna on the Autobahn to Knoten Haid and on the Welser Autobahn to Wels. From Passau on the A8.

See

Worth seeing

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
Do

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.

Eat

Where to eat

Gösserbräu Gasthaus zur Linde

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