I decided to travel to Austria ... in town. It’s helmed by fifth-generation baker Fritz Rath, a favorite of expat Dennis Russell Davies, music director and chief conductor of the Linz Opera ...

Using wood-concrete composite technology, the several hundred-year-old wooden ceilings could be preserved and strengthened in terms of statics and building physics. A five-story spiral staircase ...

Austria's third biggest city ... Blue Danube airport (00 43 7221 6000; linz-airport.com) sits nine miles south-west of the city in the town of Horsching. Ryanair (0871 246 0000; ryanair.com ...