Why this ride
From Linz it runs 67 km to Linz; allow about 1 h 24 of riding. It goes by way of Enns - Canabae Nordwest, Enns - Gräberstraße, Enns - St. Laurenz and Enns - Canabae Nordost.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Linz afternoon · Enns - Canabae Nordost
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 67 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 24
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Linz
Linz sits on the Danube like a working city that has learned to dress for dinner. For most of the twentieth century it was an industrial town, famous for its steelworks and chemical plants, and for being the place people drove through on the way to somewhere better. Then it reinvented itself as a centre of media art, with the Ars Electronica Center on the north bank and a string of modern buildings along the river, and in 2009 it was a European Capital of Culture. About two hundred thousand people live here, making it the third city of Austria.
Read the complete Linz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Linz is where the day begins. Next is Enns - Canabae Nordwest.
2. Enns - Canabae Nordwest
Enns claims to be the oldest town in Austria, and it has some evidence. The town received city rights in 1212, but people have lived here since long before that. The Romans built a legionary fortress on this spot, called Lauriacum, in the second century, and it was home to the Second Italic Legion, one of the units that guarded the Danube frontier. The civilian settlement that grew up outside the walls, known as the canabae, held traders, craftsmen and families, and the whole complex became a major provincial centre.
Read the complete Enns - Canabae Nordwest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Enns - Canabae Nordwest comes up about 26 km into the recorded legs. Next is Enns - Gräberstraße.
3. Enns - Gräberstraße
Enns claims to be the oldest town in Austria, on the strength of a charter granted in 1212, but its roots go much deeper. Just outside the modern town lay Lauriacum, a Roman legionary fortress that housed the Second Italian Legion and grew into one of the most important places on the Danube frontier, with a civilian town, temples and, as the Gräberstraße name suggests, roads lined with cemeteries. The Romans buried their dead along the roads outside settlements, and excavations here have found hundreds of graves, stones and offerings. The site is part of the Danube Limes World Heritage listing.
Read the complete Enns - Gräberstraße write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
At least about 29 km into the recorded legs you reach Enns - Gräberstraße. Next is Enns - St. Laurenz, 6 km on.
4. Enns - St. Laurenz
Enns claims to be the oldest town in Austria, and it has the paperwork to prove it. The town received its city rights in 1212, and long before that, the Romans built a legionary fortress here named Lauriacum, one of the major bases on the Danube frontier. A civilian settlement, the canabae, grew up outside its walls, and the church of St Laurenz stands on part of that ground, with a basilica that has Roman-era origins and layers of medieval rebuilding.
Read the complete Enns - St. Laurenz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Enns - St. Laurenz, about halfway. Next is Enns - Canabae Nordost.
5. Enns - Canabae Nordost
Enns calls itself the oldest town in Austria, and it has a very good case, since a Roman settlement stood here long before there was an Austria to speak of. Roman Lauriacum was a legionary base on the Danube frontier, and around the fort grew what the Romans called the canabae, a sprawling civilian settlement of traders, craftsmen, veterans' families, innkeepers and anyone else who made a living from the soldiers. This corner of the map marks the north-eastern end of that civilian quarter.
Read the complete Enns - Canabae Nordost write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Enns - Canabae Nordost sits at 25 km, about halfway. Next is back through Enns - St. Laurenz, 6 km on.
6. back through Enns - St. Laurenz
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Enns - St. Laurenz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Enns - St. Laurenz comes up about 35 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Enns - Gräberstraße.
7. back through Enns - Gräberstraße
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Enns - Gräberstraße write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 37 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Enns - Gräberstraße. Next is back through Enns - Canabae Nordwest.
8. back through Enns - Canabae Nordwest
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Enns - Canabae Nordwest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Enns - Canabae Nordwest, late in the day. Next is Linz.
9. Linz
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Linz write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 67 km.
Leg by leg
Linz to Enns - Canabae Nordwest
Linz → Enns - Canabae Nordwest is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Enns - Canabae Nordwest to Linz
back through Enns - Canabae Nordwest → Linz is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.