Linz09 Celebrates Odd Anniversaries
Seltsame Jubiläen
Copyright: Archiv der Stadt Linz
It isn’t necessary to wait for a round-number year to come around again to celebrate special occasions. At least that’s how Linz09 sees it. In this spirit, we invite you to “Frost, Aurora and the Two-Pole Technique” that will include, among other events, ski jumping on Pöstlingberg.
Performances, installations and sculptures will be presented in four event-blocks over the course of 2009 to mark non-round-number anniversaries of some of the most interesting, bizarre and memorable events in the city’s history. The first of these “Odd Anniversaries” will be celebrated on Saturday, February 14, 2009—58,942,080 minutes since the first screening of a motion picture in Linz. And of course, 80 years minus one day after the coldest day in recent memory is the perfect occasion to enjoy an ice-cold cocktail in the back of a freezer truck. Plus, we’ll be reviving Linz’s 105-year-old ski jumping tradition and inviting daredevils on skis and snowboards to show what they’re made of on Pöstlingberg. So join the merriment and let yourself be pleasantly surprised by the “other” history of Linz!Odd Anniversaries
1st Block on February 14, 2009
5,209 weeks
A Wolf … or is it?
11 AM: A Wolf … or is it? – stuffed specimen in a display window at Landstraße 17-25
80 years minus one day
Coldest Day
11:30 AM – 5 PM: Ice-cold cocktails at -32° in a freezer truck parked on Taubenmarkt
100 years
Two-Pole Technique Skiing
11:45 AM: A cross-country ski tour from Mozartkreuzung to Urfahr – a performance
104 years
Ski Jumping on Pöstlingberg
2 PM: Ski Jumping on Pöstlingberg
Access via public transportation: Take the Pöstlingberg bus to the last stop “An der Mayrwiesen”; registration on site beginning at 1 PM; participating skiers and snowboarders must wear a helmet; this event will take place only if there is sufficient snow; notice will be posted the day before the event at www.linz09.at.
58,942,080 minutes
since the first screening of a motion picture in Linz
5 PM: movie screening at Cinematograph, Obere Donaulände 51
Admission: €4; Linz09 Insider: free admission! Reserve seats by calling 0732 785603
622,872 hours
since an aurora sighting over Linz led to deployment of the fire brigade
7 PM: Staging of northern lights with a musical seduction in the park of the Schlossmuseum
