Tabakfabrik Linz

Tabakfabrik Linz is a landmark creative and innovation campus occupying a former tobacco factory built between 1929 and 1935 by architects Peter Behrens and Alexander Popp. Production halted in September 2009, after which the City of Linz acquired the site for €17 million and began a phased conversion into a mixed creative, academic, and startup district. The complex covers 38,148 square metres of land with approximately 24,000 square metres of usable interior space, distributed across studios, ateliers, workshops, and office blocks. More than 250 organisations now operate on-site, including programmes from Kunstuniversität Linz (Creative Robotics, Fashion and Technology), design agencies such as Netural, the Valie Export Center for media and performance art research, and the Factory300 and Strada del Startup startup-office cluster. Workspace options range from artist ateliers and shared studios to private offices, making the campus accessible to creatives, researchers, and founders at various stages. The location — Gruberstraße 1 / Peter-Behrens-Platz 11, Linz — sits in the Hafen district roughly ten minutes from the city centre. The campus functions as an anchor of Linz's creative-industries ecosystem and hosts major cultural events alongside its resident community.