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Steyr
The city at the meeting of the Steyr and the Enns, an iron-working town of arcaded houses below Schloss Lamberg, with the Steyrtal railway and valley cycle route heading south.
- 9Highlights
- 24Routes
- Featured summit · Pöstlingberg
Highlights
6 from neighbouring places
Schloss Lamberg
The castle above the Enns in Steyr, rebuilt in baroque form, with a courtyard open to the town.
Hallen- und Freibad Steyr
The municipal baths in Steyr, with indoor and outdoor pools and a Finnish sauna.
Museum Arbeitswelt
A museum of the world of work in Steyr, on the Steyr valley cycle route.
Stadtmuseum Steyr
The town museum of Steyr, on more than a thousand years of the iron trade and the burghers who lived by it.
Bruckner Denkmal
A monument in Steyr to Anton Bruckner, who played the organ of the town parish church.
Werndl Denkmal
A monument in Steyr to Josef Werndl, whose arms works made the town an industrial centre.
Wallfahrtskirche Christkindl
The pilgrimage church of Christkindl on the edge of Steyr, a baroque domed church visited above all in Advent.
Friedensdenkmal
3.6 km away, in St. Ulrich bei Steyr
A peace memorial on the hill at St. Ulrich bei Steyr.
Bauerntechnikmuseum Gallhuberhof
6.4 km away, in Dietach
A museum of farm machinery at the Gallhuberhof in Dietach, with cider and a cold plate served after the tour.
Aussichtspunkt "Mostviertel-Blick"
6.7 km away, in Behamberg
A viewing point at Behamberg above the Enns valley, looking out over the orchards of the Mostviertel.
Berggasthof Nell
9.7 km away, in St. Ulrich bei Steyr
A mountain inn above St. Ulrich bei Steyr, on the Damberg circuits.
Kaiserin Elisabeth-Warte
10.6 km away, in Weistrach
A lookout tower named after Empress Elisabeth in the hills near St. Peter in der Au, with views over the Mostviertel.
Birnerlebniswelt und Indoorspielplatz
11.4 km away, in Haag
A pear-themed exhibition and indoor playground at Haag, built around the orchards that give the Mostviertel its cider.
Nothing of this kind in Steyr.
Routes
9 Plätze
An easy pram-friendly circuit through the old town of Steyr, Upper Austria's winner in the 2023 ORF search for the finest place in the land.
- 3.0 km
- Distance
- 71 m
- Ascent
- 53 min
- Duration
Christkindl Wallfahrtsweg
A pilgrim walk from Steyr out to the pilgrimage church at Christkindl and back, with a little climbing on the way.
- 8.7 km
- Distance
- 164 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 27 min
- Duration
OÖ Mariazellerweg: A: Klassischer OÖ Mariazellerweg über Steyr und Waidhofen an der Ybbs
The classic Upper Austrian pilgrim way to Mariazell, leading from Linz by way of Steyr and Waidhofen an der Ybbs on mostly gentle ground.
- 157.2 km
- Distance
- 192 m
- Ascent
- 37 h 12 min
- Duration
- 30
- Check-ins
Ennsradweg Reichraming - Enns
A nearly level run down the Enns to its mouth, passing through Steyr with its town tower and old gates on the way.
- 54.0 km
- Distance
- 353 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 9 min
- Duration
Enns-Donau Radroute
A short section of a river cycle route on the Lower and Upper Austrian border, starting at Kleinraming and passing the Hechtenlacke.
- 94.0 km
- Distance
- 502 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 49 min
- Duration
Hechtenlacke 237 m
E-Bike Tour Sightseeing Bad Hall
A long day out of Bad Hall on field and floodplain paths to Stift St. Florian, then to Enns and Steyr before the return to the spa town.
- 94.9 km
- Distance
- 877 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 15 min
- Duration
Altstadt & Sehenswürdigkeiten
A short walk from the historic Stadtplatz of Steyr around the museums and landmarks of a town a thousand years old.
- 2.9 km
- Distance
- 50 m
- Ascent
- 49 min
- Duration
Rundwanderweg Steyr
A half-day circuit around Steyr, linking the paths that ring the town on both sides of the river.
- 11.5 km
- Distance
- 154 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 4 min
- Duration
OÖ Mariazellerweg: B: Klassischer OÖ Mariazellerweg für sportliche Pilger
The sportier variant of the Upper Austrian pilgrim way to Mariazell, leaving Linz on a hillier line with close to 1,000 m of climbing.
- 158.5 km
- Distance
- 980 m
- Ascent
- 39 h 28 min
- Duration
- 30
- Check-ins
Ennsradweg R7
A stage of the long-distance cycle route along the Enns, running through the mountain country of the Ennstal near Admont.
- 143.2 km
- Distance
- 2 344 m
- Ascent
- 15 h 3 min
- Duration
Familie & Adventerlebnis
A short Advent circuit for families through the old town of Steyr, flat and easy enough to push a pram round.
- 2.3 km
- Distance
- 30 m
- Ascent
- 36 min
- Duration
OÖ Mariazellerweg Steyr
The classic Upper Austrian pilgrim way to Mariazell by way of Steyr and Waidhofen an der Ybbs, walked in three day stages.
- 25.3 km
- Distance
- 1 283 m
- Ascent
- 8 h 49 min
- Duration
Natur aktiv rund um Steyr
An ambitious round in the country outside Steyr, for riders who want the effort as well as the scenery.
- 45.8 km
- Distance
- 630 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 40 min
- Duration
Handwerk & Brauchtum
A brief walk through the Steyr old town calling at working craft businesses and the Christmas sights between them.
- 2.1 km
- Distance
- 55 m
- Ascent
- 36 min
- Duration
Rennradtour
A road-bike tour setting out from Reichraming in Upper Austria, in the wooded hills on the eastern side of the lower Enns valley.
- 72.7 km
- Distance
- 1 213 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 36 min
- Duration
Kulinarik & Punsch
A very short stroll linking the Advent markets of the Steyr old town with the stalls out on the Promenade.
- 1.1 km
- Distance
- 18 m
- Ascent
- 18 min
- Duration
Rennradtour Kreuzgruberhöhe
A long road ride from Steyr station, down the Enns to the power station at Garsten and onto the Ennsradweg before the climbing starts.
- 99.8 km
- Distance
- 1 986 m
- Ascent
- 10 h 43 min
- Duration
L2 Auen-Trail
An easy loop through the floodplain woods of the Himmlitzer Au nature reserve, on the edge of Steyr.
- 12.2 km
- Distance
- 174 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 17 min
- Duration
Steyr - Spital am Pyhrn
A valley ride from Steyr along the old Steyrtalbahn alignment, past the Klaus reservoir and over a former Pyhrnbahn bridge into the Kalkalpen.
- 72.0 km
- Distance
- 1 309 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 30 min
- Duration
L3 Saaßer Trail
An undemanding circuit on the paths between Garsten and Steyr, short but climbing rather more than its length suggests.
- 18.9 km
- Distance
- 308 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 12 min
- Duration
Steyrtal Radweg R8
A route that follows the Steyr upstream from the town as far as Klaus, threading the valley through the Oberösterreich foothills.
- 49.4 km
- Distance
- 898 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 8 min
- Duration
Rotary Panoramaweg
A circuit around Steyr set out with a series of information steles, each pointing out something of the town and the national park beyond.
- 4.3 km
- Distance
- 119 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 18 min
- Duration
Von Enns nach Steyr
A long day on the northernmost stretch of the Enns valley route, joining two of the oldest towns in Upper Austria.
- 25.4 km
- Distance
- 211 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 26 min
- Duration
Ennsradweg - 6. Tagesetappe
The sixth day of the Enns cycle route, level along the river on its way down to the Danube.
- 27.2 km
- Distance
- 165 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 34 min
- Duration
No routes of this kind in Steyr yet.
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9 Plätze
An easy pram-friendly circuit through the old town of Steyr, Upper Austria's winner in the 2023 ORF search for the finest place in the land.
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