What's going on in Upper Austria?

End of the vacations with real “bangers”

Birthday party, concert evening or charity run? Entertainment is guaranteed!(Bild: Krone KREATIV/Wolfgang Spitzbart, GEPA pictures/Johannes Friedl, Harald Dostal, Kasseler Musiktage/Bernd Schölzchen)

The summer vacations in Upper Austria are coming to an end, and with an event program to be proud of. Unfortunately postponed: Soccer star Marko Arnautović is unfortunately unable to come to PlusCity for the Meet & Greet as planned. 

Shopping, strolling and enjoying is the name of the game in Ried city center. Visitors can win discounts at the Prozente-Wurf-Arena on the upper main square from 5 to 8 pm.Date: Friday, September 6, until 9 p.m. Infolink: www.ried.com(Bild: Stadtmarketing Ried/Matthias Klugsberger)

Different types of camels and a riding demonstration at 3 pm make the Walding Zoo a spectacular excursion destination. The zoo is currently home to Bactrian camels with two humps and New World camels such as llamas, guanacos and alpacas.Date: Sunday, September 8, from 9 a.m. Infolink: www.tiergartenwalding.com(Bild: Tiergarten Walding)

Various actors, from painters and photographers to a puppeteer and a singing band, entertain at the festival at Obernberg Castle in the Innviertel region.Date: Friday, September 6, from 4 p.m. Infolink: www.innviertel.at/info- kunst-und-kultur(Bild: Lebensraum Innviertel/Ulrich Schueler)

The Celtic village of Mitterkirchen brings the vacations in Upper Austria to a close with a big family day. Games from the Iron Age to the 21st century invite you to escape from everyday life and gather strength for the hectic times ahead.Date: Sunday, September 8, 10 am to 4 pm Infolink: keltendorf-mitterkirchen.at(Bild: OÖ Landesmuseum)

Marko Arnautović has to fly to Oslo with all the other national team players on September 7 and cannot be at PlusCity for meet & greets, autographs and photos as planned! There will be an alternative date on the international match weekend between October 10 and 13.(Bild: GEPA)

The Mühltal Family Network invites you to the big family festival at the Donauwies'n in the Viking village of Exlau in Kirchberg ob der Donau. On the program: games, handicrafts, archery, face painting, fire department boat trips and much more.Date: Sunday, September 8, 1 to 6 p.m. Infolink: www.familiennetzwerk.org(Bild: eventfoto.at)

At the concert by "Stegreif - The Improvising Symphony Orchestra" at the Brucknerhaus in Linz, Bruckner's Symphony No. 7 in E major will be presented to the audience in a completely new way: by heart, without a conductor and with free movement in the room.Date: Sunday, September 8, 6 p.m. Infolink: www.brucknerhaus.at(Bild: Kasseler Musiktage/Bernd Schölzchen)

Participants in the 5-Brücken-Lauf in Steyrermühl (Gmunden district) can help to finance drinking water wells and school projects in Cambodia. In the past, 400 wells have been built as a result.Date: Saturday, September 7, at 10 a.m. Infolink: www.kakihe.at(Bild: Wolfgang Spitzbart)

During a walk through Freistadt, organized by the Upper Austrian Nature Conservation Association, the insect eaters can be tracked down using ultrasonic detectors.Cost: 8 euros, children 4 euros Date: Friday, September 6, 7.30 to 9.30 p.m. Infolink: www.naturschutzbund-ooe.at(Bild: Simone Pysarczuk)

Participants in the literary hike with René Freund experience a "wild hunt". Musical accompaniment: Innviertler Geigenmusi. Meeting point: Schmiedbauer cider tavern in Höhnhart.Cost: 22 euros Date: Saturday, September 7, 1 p.m. Tickets: 0 77 43/22 55.(Bild: Christian Priewasser)