Zoo Linz, Animal park on Pöstlingberg hill, Linz, Austria.
Zoo Linz is a zoo on Pöstlingberg hill in Linz, Austria, with outdoor enclosures for animals including meerkats, zebras, red pandas, kangaroos, and parrots. The grounds are divided into several sections connected by walking paths, allowing visitors to move through the site at their own pace.
Zoo Linz opened in 1980 on the slopes of the Pöstlingberg, under the guiding theme "European animals, domestic animals and their original forms". It has since grown into a facility of about 5.5 hectares holding roughly 650 animals from around 100 species, including red pandas, ostriches, nandus, emus, coatis and meerkats. A warm tropical house shelters caimans, giant snakes and small monkeys. Annual visitor numbers hover around 145,000.
The zoo sits on a hill that locals have long used for weekend outings, making it a familiar part of city life in Linz. Watching animals at close range is something many children here experience for the first time on a school trip or family visit.
Visiting in the morning tends to work well, as animals are usually more active at that time and there are fewer people on the paths. The site is on a hill, so comfortable shoes are a good idea since some sections involve gentle slopes.
The warm tropical house shelters caimans, giant snakes and small monkeys, animals that do not live in the outdoor enclosures. It is the only indoor animal building named in the sources, so it gives the visit a separate, warmer stop on the slope of the Pöstlingberg.
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