Leoben

Leoben is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants (2018). It is the industrial and educational centre of Northern Styria in Austria.

Understand
The University of Leoben with about 3,000 students is right in the centre, Leoben also hosts the headquarters of international companies and the brewery Gösser.

By plane
The closest international airport is in Graz (about 70 km). It has its own railway station Flughafen Graz-Feldkirchen 500 m away.

By train
Leoben is connected directly to several places in Austria and Central Europe, for example to Graz, Vienna, Villach, Klagenfurt, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Zurich, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Stuttgart, Warsaw, Rome, Milan or Florence. Tickets can be bought in all stations and online, see Austria.

The is located around 800m north-west of the city center.

By car

 * From Vienna, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland or Hungary take the A2 to Seebenstein then S6 to Leoben.
 * From Salzburg or Linz and Germany via A1 or A8 to Voralpenkreuz then on A9 to St Michael, then S6 to Leoben.
 * From Graz and the Balkans take A9 to St Michael then S6 to Leoben.

The motorway A9 is partly a toll road, coming from north (Linz, Salzburg, Germany) the tunnel Bosruck costs €4.50; coming from south (Graz, Balkans) the tunnel Gleinalm costs €8.00 (as of August 2013). The toll can be paid directly at a gate or online in advance.

Get around
The centre is easily covered by foot. There are buses that run in Leoben and connect it with the towns around.

See

 * . The renowned university of Leoben is a technical university and Austria's only university for mining and metallurgy. It is concidered one of the most difficult universities in Austria to pass.
 * . The renowned university of Leoben is a technical university and Austria's only university for mining and metallurgy. It is concidered one of the most difficult universities in Austria to pass.
 * . The renowned university of Leoben is a technical university and Austria's only university for mining and metallurgy. It is concidered one of the most difficult universities in Austria to pass.

Do

 * Grab a coffee or a beer (Gösser, of course) at one of the many cafés on the Main Square and enjoy the scenery.
 * Go hiking on one of the various mountains around Leoben, for example the, a pleasant hike of about 3.5 hours.
 * is a motor-racing circuit that hosts Formula One and other big events. It's in Spielberg 25 km southwest. The next F1 race is 28 June - 30 June 2024.

Buy
There are many shops at and around the main square, including the -mall with about 80 shops.

. Located approx. 1 kilometer south of the city center a few shops as well as the local CINEPELXX cinema have settled. Being one of the largest cinemas in Styria especcially in the evening the area is well visited.

Go next

 * Graz is just 45 minutes away.
 * Eisenerz with the old iron mine in and on the Erzberg, a beautiful old town and the lake Leopoldsteinersee make a good day trip.
 * Schladming is a small - former - mining town in the Enns valley, that is now a very popular large winter sports resort. It has a great view on the Dachstein mountains.
 * Semmering the alpine pass between Graz and Vienna encompasses two ski areas and the railway UNESCO heritage.