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Birder Thomas Lechner shares images and stories from a 2026 trip to Alaska in search of snowy owls, Sabine's gulls and tufted puffins. The talk-and-discussion format at the Upper Austria biodiversity centre welcomes questions, so nature lovers can easily get chatting.
For many years the Sunday singing hours in the Schlossmuseum, the castle above the Danube in Linz, have been a fixture of Advent. A song leader, on 13 December Hubert Tröbinger, teaches well-known and new Alpine Christmas melodies and the room sings them together, with the folk ensemble Hausbergmusi playing in between. No experience and no German are really needed, only a voice. Free, no registration. «Weihnachtliche Singstunden mit dem OÖ. Volksliedwerk» Starts 15:00, ends about 16:00. Daten: Österreich Werbung / tourdata.at (CC BY 4.0).
At Upper Austria's biodiversity centre, ornithologist Werner Weißmair compares two surveys of forest birds in the Kalkalpen National Park: owls, woodpeckers and flycatchers were counted in 2009-2011 and again in 2023-2025, and he presents what has changed. A talk followed by discussion, in German. Free entry. The end time is not published; about an hour and a half is likely. «Waldvögel» Starts 18:00, ends about 19:30. Daten: Österreich Werbung / tourdata.at (CC BY 4.0).
Erwin Hauser has recorded the butterflies and moths of his home village Wolfern by day and night since he was eleven; fifty years on, 800 species are documented. In this talk and discussion he shows what has been found and what is still missing. Admission is free at the Biodiversity Centre on the JKU campus side of Linz. «Alle Falter sind schon da?» Start time as published; the end time is approximate. Source: Daten: Österreich Werbung / tourdata.at (CC BY 4.0).
The Kepler Observatory's lecture series at the Linz adult-education centre opens up astronomy and space research in plain language, with speakers from research and practice. It is aimed at observatory members, hobby astronomers and anyone curious about the cosmos; the evening's exact topic is announced shortly beforehand on sternwarte.at. Admission is free, and non-members are asked to register via VHS Linz. «Kepler Sternwarte Linz – Vortragsreihe» Start time as published; the end time is approximate. Source: Daten: Österreich Werbung / tourdata.at (CC BY 4.0).
Vienna has more than 2,400 species of vascular plants thanks to its position between the Central European and Pannonian climate zones. Botanist Kurt Nadler presents highlights from years of systematic transect surveys of the city's flora in an illustrated talk followed by discussion. Admission is free at the Biodiversity Centre next to the JKU campus in Linz-Dornach. «Streifzüge durch die vielfältige Flora Wiens» Start time as published; the end time is approximate. Source: Daten: Österreich Werbung / tourdata.at (CC BY 4.0).
The Stadtwerkstatt in Linz-Urfahr provides the room and a single sample; you bring your tools or instruments and everyone builds a track within two hours, regardless of genre, aesthetic or technique. The evening is dedicated to music and to celebrating the results together, and listeners are as welcome as makers. Entry is free. «Sample As That» Start time as published; the end time is approximate. Source: Daten: Österreich Werbung / tourdata.at (CC BY 4.0).
Young musicians and ensembles from the Anton Bruckner Private University give a short free concert in the foyer of the Brucknerhaus before the evening concert «Kurdistan trifft Oberösterreich». It is a friendly way to hear new talent, with no ticket needed, and you can stay on for the main concert if you like. «Pre-Concert für Kurdistan trifft Oberösterreich» Starts 18:00, ends about 18:45. Daten: Österreich Werbung / tourdata.at (CC BY 4.0).
At the Upper Austria Biodiversity Centre in Linz, speaker Otto Stoik talks about mushrooms that are easy to mix up, followed by an open conversation. Entry is free, which makes it an easy evening out for nature lovers on their own. «Pilze, die man leicht verwechseln kann!» Starts 18:00, ends about 19:30. Daten: Österreich Werbung / tourdata.at (CC BY 4.0).
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