FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN ESKİŞEHİR AND LINZ STRENGTHENED THROUGH CULTURE AND ART

A delegation from Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality travelled to Linz, Austria, at the invitation of Linz Mayor Dietmar Prammer and attended the official opening programme of the International Brucknerfest 2026. During the visit, the delegation held a series of meetings in Linz to discuss ways to further develop cooperation and strengthen the ties of friendship between the two cities.

The friendship and cooperation between Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality and Linz, the capital of the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria, began with the signing of a sister city agreement in 2012 and continue through reciprocal visits and joint events. As part of these relations, a delegation from Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality visited sister city Linz at the invitation of Linz Mayor Dietmar Prammer.

The delegation, comprising Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipal Council Members Vural Yörük and Ali İnci, Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Foreign Relations Branch Director Dr. Özge Mutlu, and Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality Architect Merve Sargın Keskin, attended the official opening ceremony of the International Brucknerfest 2026 in Linz.

MESSAGE OF FRIENDSHIP AND COOPERATION IN LINZ

During the visit, the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality delegation met with Linz Mayor Dietmar Prammer; Linz Municipal Council Member Zeljko Malesevic; International Relations Officer Andrea Pospischek; Member of the Linz City Senate Mag. Dr. Michael Raml; Honorary Consul of the Republic of Türkiye in Linz Dietmar Pichler; and Professor Reinhard Resch of Johannes Kepler University, an Honorary Citizen of Eskişehir.

During the meetings, the delegation conveyed the greetings of Eskişehir Metropolitan Mayor Ayşe Ünlüce and exchanged views on strengthening the existing ties between the two cities and developing opportunities for mutual cooperation.

A MEETING OF CULTURE, ART AND DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

As part of its programme in Linz, the Eskişehir Metropolitan Municipality delegation attended the opening of Klangwolke "ATTheENDLinz", one of the city's major cultural and artistic events, as well as the official opening ceremony of Brucknerfest 2026.

The delegation also took part in a walking programme organised as part of the internationally renowned Ars Electronica Festival and attended the presentation titled "Negotiating Reality: Digitalisation in the Municipality".

The visit, which addressed technological developments and digitalisation in local government alongside culture and art, contributed to further developing the sister city relationship between Eskişehir and Linz across different fields.