Tabakfabrik Linz
A modernist former tobacco factory designed by Peter Behrens, converted into a creative complex with start-ups, design shops and restaurants
The Linz Tobacco Factory was built between 1929 and 1935. It was designed by Peter Behrens, a pioneer of German modernist architecture, together with Alexander Popp. It is one of the earliest steel-frame modernist industrial buildings in Austria. After production stopped in 2009, the city bought the factory and converted it into a creative complex combining start-up companies, design studios, exhibition spaces, restaurants and event venues. It often hosts markets, exhibitions and satellite events for electronic arts festivals. Public areas are free, and you can admire the streamlined factory façade, which stretches over 200 metres. It lies about 1 km east of the old town.
Opening hours
Public areas open during the day
Nearby sights
- Donaulände & Brucknerhaus
- Lentos Art Museum
- Old Cathedral (Ignatiuskirche)
- Hauptplatz & Trinity Column
- Landstraße
- Ars Electronica Center
- Mural Harbor
- New Cathedral (Mariendom)