The town of Grein is situated in a small bay at the entrance to Strudengau, a narrow 25km valley along the Danube. The Danube Festival Weeks in Strudengau and the Grein Summer Festival are part of a comprehensive programme of cultural attractions held in the historical town. The Grein Stadttheater is considered to be the oldest secular theatre in Austria to have been preserved in its origial form. A tour of Schloss Greinburg Palace with its 'Stone Theatre' is a must. The Upper Austrian Shipping Museum provides a comprehensive history of shipping on the river. After seeing the sights, two well-known coffee shops are perfect places to sit back and relax - the Biedermeier period café 'Blumensträußl', and café 'Schörgi' - directly opposite the Danube station.
