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__TOC__{{Infobox Location|country = Austria|state = Vienna|pop = 1,794,770 (January 2015)|motorways = {{Aat|1}} {{Aat|2}} {{Aat|4}}|map = <map lat='48.2210033' lng='16.3744363449' zoom='1011' view='3' float='right' />}} '''Vienna''' ('''Wien''' in German, '''Bécs''' in Hungarian, '''Vídeň''' in Czech, '''Viedeň''' in Slovak, '''Dunaj''' in Slovene, '''Beč''' in Serbo-Croatian) is the capital of [[Austria]].It is in the east of the country on the river Danube. More than 1,.6 million people live there. It is the largest city of Austria and is surrounded by the state of [[Lower Austria]]. It is also an administrative district (Bundesland) of its own. 

=== '''From [[Germany]] ===''' 

You should then seriously consider coming by the {{European Route Number|56}} E56 (even if you come from southern Germany).

* If you find yourself in a car that is passing through Vienna on the eastern ring road'''From East, try getting out around the Donau island (German: Donauinsel), close to the river. From here you can walk to a metro-station that usually heads directly towards the centre of Vienna.West'''

== Hitchhiking out ===== West towards If your driver heads to [[LinzSlovakia]]([[Bratislava]]), [[SalzburgHungary]], or the eastern [[MunichBalkans]] {{European Route Number|60}}they'll pass the Airport at "Schwechat". There is public transportation, of course, A1 ===but if you are in the departure area there are a lot of drivers emptying their cars before going back to the city.

If you find yourself in a)First choice car that is a gas station(OMV) at passing through Vienna on the "Wiener Straße" that becomes eastern ring road, try getting out around the national route A1 shortly after.Get a train Donau island (S50German: ''Donauinsel'') , close to "Wien Wolf in der Au" then cross the Bridgeriver. You'll see the gas station after about 300m From here you can walk to your left. Cross the bridge and then it's a short walk behind the barrier along metro-station that usually heads directly towards the side centre of the road. There is as well a big resting area with service station and hotel nearby which doesn't seem to be a good optionVienna.

bYou will often find yourself, especially at night, on the E60 passing south of Vienna. I dont know if trucks can go there since you have to go through an underpass: Jump out at the exit "Campus 21"/"Breitenfurterstrasse" [https://goo.gl/maps/arqWXJGH2eD2 GoogleMaps]. Take care since it is an exit with 2 exits, you should keep as right as possible! About 100m further there is a roundabout where you can jump out and the car can get directly back to the highway. From that roundabout it is about 3km to the next U-Bahn, the final stop of U6. I found this to be the shortest way to get to public transport. If you come at night, there is a so called ASTAX, you call a number, and from the moment when there are enough people that want to go a small bus comes and picks you up, you pay by buying a regular ticket ([http://www.wienerlinien.at/media/download/2015/ASTAX_N64_141310.pdf Number, Schedule, ... in German]). The ASTAX will bring you to the night bus N64 that is driving through basically all Vienna ([http://www.netzplanwien.at/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Nachtnetz-Wien_20131215.pdf map in German for public nightlines in Vienna]). == Hitching out ==  === From Vienna Airport all directions [[Bratislava]], [[Budapest]], [[Brno]], [[Linz]] or [[Graz]] === Vienna Airport is the largest one in the region and many people who are leaving or landing are being dropped or picked up there by their friends or family members. You can find rides in all of the directions by asking the drivers there according to their license plates. Departing travelers are often dropped at the Abflugstrasse above the ground floor of the terminals, arriving travelers are picked at the Kurzparkplatz in front of the arrival hall. Chance of getting such ride might be better at the Abflugstrasse as the driver going back has free place, but the with the arriving ones you will surely hear fresh travel stories.  === West towards [[Linz]], [[Salzburg]], [[Munich]] {{Aat|1}} {{European Route Number|60}} === ==== Option 1: Petrol station Unter-St. Veit ==== Take the U4 to ''Ober St. Veit'' and you'll find a petrol station on the other side of the road. Just ask around and you'll find a ride within minutes. '''Personal experiences''' ''Lots of German license plates coming through here. Was able to get a ride going all the way to Western Germany in around an hour of waiting. Worth holding out if you would like to get through Austria all in one chunk. - [[User:AloysiusDente|AloysiusDente]] (March 2024)'' ==== Option 2: Hadikgasse Busstop, recommended option ==== Take the U4 to ''Hütteldorf'', get off and go towards ''Hadikgasse'' (left), walk left again, then you are right on the main road leading out of '''Vienna''' towards the A1. There is a bus stop which is a well known hitching spot. Change cars (if necessary) at the [[rest area]]s ''[[Sankt Pölten|St. Pölten]]'' or ''Ansfelden''.Since a direct ride to Salzburg is possible try to avoid "part-rides" and avoid going to St. Polten at all cost- the traffic there is very low and mostly local. From here you can as well get to option "a)2" by crossing the motorway via the bridge and walk for about 2km to the right.<br> ==== Option 3: OMV petrol station on Wiener Straße (A1) ==== Take train (S50) to ''Wien Wolf in der Au''. Then cross over the bridge. You'll see the petrol station after about 300m to your left. Cross the bridge and then it's a short walk behind the barrier along the side of the road. There is as a big resting area with service station.

The easiest way to get from Vienna to Prague is to go through [[Brno]].  There is an option to go straight from Vienna to Prague. Take a train from ''Handelskai'' to ''Kornneuburg''. Get out of the station and turn left. You'll get to a street called Doktor-Max-Burckhard-Ring, it will take you to the main street (Stockerauer Straße) Follow the main street, and then turn left on any of the first two streets (Scherzgasse or Hofaustraße) Turn right, and you'll get to the street that crosses the railways. Cross the railway and walk further until you see an on-ramp. There is also a petrol station to hitchhike from. However, most cars are only going to nearby towns from which it is not possible to hitchhike further. Again, try going through Brno instead.  === North towards [[Brno]] ([[Czech Republic]]) {{European Route Number|461}} === 

Personal experience (April 2011): I am from Vienna. I hitchhiked from this spot to get ====Option 1==== From central Wien take tram 31 to BRNO very successfully in the last years, but last time i waited for 2hoursstop, gave up and took a bus''Stammersdorf''... I guess since Continue on your right down the new motorway main street, Brünner Str (north around the cityroad no.&nbsp;7) is finished many cars don´t pass "Stammersorf" any more. Next time i will try on-ramps from ; go past the city but it will be more difficult nowBilla Plus supermarket until you come to another shopping centre, about 300&nbsp;m further. (my ideas are traffic lights "Erdberger Lände" towards Hitchhike right after the motorway close to U3-stop "Schlachthausgasse" or on-ramps at Kagran (U1Kagran), or traffic lights at Lassallestraße close entrance to U1/U2-stop "Praterstern" - this is the street the bus takes)parking lot.

=== East towards [[Bratislava]]You can use a sign "Brno", [[Győr]] and [[Budapest]] {{European Route Number|60}} ===[[File:SDC13249.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The OMV petrol station]]Cultural note: Watch out for Romanian drivers who may attempt to charge you for the ride and/or drop you off in a remote area but if you don't payget a lift after 30 minutes, then just hitchhike without a sign and ask any driver to take you to Wolkersdorf or Mistelbach. Make clear before you sit in There is a huge petrol station 5&nbsp;km north of Wolkersdorf and from there it is easy to find a Romanian car that you ain't gonna pay: ''"Is lift into the lift free? / I can't payCzech Republic." - "E gratis? / N-am bani sa va dau."''

====Option 2==== Take the [https://www.g3-shopping.at/services/bus-shuttle-s11150/ free bus to G3 Shopping Center] . The Bus starts from the regional buses' stop in front of the "Floridsdorf Bahnhof" train station, they depart in 30 minute intervals, more frequently during Fridays/Saturdays, first bus at 08:00am. If you do make the terrible mistake of taking the local bus instead of the free one, it will cost you 4.20 euro and you can't black-ride, as it's paid to the driver. From where the bus stops, cross the parking lot towards the big street that the bus had taken out of Vienna and cross that street. There is a petrol station "Eni" (the yellow one) and next to that there is a free, unused lane for cars and trucks to stop easily. [https://goo.gl/maps/a9pXqeusHft GoogleMaps Footpath] === East towards [[Bratislava]], [[Győr]] and [[Budapest]] {{Aat|4}} {{European Route Number|60}} === There is an OMV [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] with a McD on the motorway to Budapest where you can easily find a ride to Bratislava or further into , [[SlovakiaHungary]]or further. To get to this petrol station by public transport you should get , take metro line U3 to ''Enkplatz'' (by Metro U3) and from there you can take a bus number 76A to ''7. &nbsp;Haidequerstraße''(the bus stop is on the other side of the street at the intersection when you leave the metro station). Be careful because there are two stops with almost the same name, ''7. &nbsp;Haidequerstraße'' and ''11. &nbsp;Haidequerstraße'' – get off at the first one, which comes after the stop ''Simmeringer Haide''. After the stop, the bus turns right, but to get to the petrol station, walk straight on on ''Haidequerstraße'' to the north for a couple of minutesjust 200&nbsp;m. The petrol station is on the [[A4 (Austria)|A4]] highway towards Bratislava, Győr and Budapest. Once you have reached the petrol station, just wait near the entrance and ask drivers entering the shop. Note: Watch out for Romanian drivers who may attempt to charge you for the ride; make sure before you accept a lift from a Romanian driver that you are not going to pay by saying e.g. ''E gratis? / N-am bani sa va dau.'' ‘''"Is the lift free? / I can't pay.’

If your ultimate destination is [[Romania]], then ask your driver to leave you at the [[Hegyeshalom-Nickelsdorf border crossing]] and hitch from there with a sign Romania  === South towards [[Graz]], [[Slovenia]], [[Zagreb]] {{Aat|2}}=== ===Option 1: Triesterstraße, highly recommended===Take With the completion of the construction site the hitchspot at the free IKEA bus [https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2043915283 onramp from Triesterstraße] is open again. There is a lot of space to stop. On empty streets cars will go 70km/h but they are slower (<50km/h) when there is more traffic (during most of the Opera ("Oper" Metro Station Karlsplatzday). There is also street light and a bridge in case of night or rain. There is even a small section of gras with trees where you can camp. Public transport: lines 1Badner Bahn from Wien Meidling, station Wien Inzersdorf,~5 min walk. A regular Vienna City Ticket (2,440€ in 2020) is sufficient. There are several places beforehand on Triesterstraße where people tried hitchhiking. Triesterstraße / Computerstraße, public transport: Bus 16a from U6 Am Schöpfwerk. Triesterstraße / Herta-Firnberg-Straße, you can only ask people - no thumbing, includes a McDonalds and a gas station, public transport: Bus 7B from train station Wien Meidling ===Option 2: IKEA=== Take the free IKEA bus from U6 Siebenhirten to the SCS ("Shopping City Süd") 8:00/10:00/11:30/13:00/14:30/16:00/17:30 (Feb 2011). If it happens that you don't get a ride and want to use the same bus to come back to town it won't be free anymoreany more, it costs 1.50 euroseuro. Other option if you want to pay EUR 3.40 for the train then take the ''Badener Bahn'' to ''Maria-Enzersdorf (Südstadt)'' Advantages of the latter one: it goes more often and earlier in the morning than the bus. If you take the train, you can go to one station after ''Shopping City Süd'' which is called ''Maria-Enzersdorf (Südstadt)''.This one is closer to the actual [[slip road|interchange]]: just get off the train, head the direction you came from, turn right by the end of the platform, cross the tracks, pass 100 m of wild grass and there is a curved street – you'll see the signs. Alternatively you can take public transport to ''Matzleinsdorfer Platz'' where the ''Triester Straße'' begins [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Triester+Stra%C3%9Fe+2,+Vienna,+%C3%96sterreich&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=26.674078,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Triester+Stra%C3%9Fe+2,+Favoriten+1100+Wien,+Austria&z=15] (direction South-West). This road is extremely long but it has on-ramps for heading South ([[Graz]]). Try hitching along this road, or ask at the petrol station. If you keep walking down there is a perfect place for hitchhiking where cars take the exit and join the highway. There is a lot of grass and a perfect place with enough room for even a truck to stop. ===Option 3: Grünbergstraße / Altmannsdorfer Straße=== If you are OK with hitchhiking at traffic lights, you can also just go to "Schönbrunn" with U4 (underground – green line). Cross the street and walk towards the entrance of Schönbrunn-castle. Now you are on "Grünbergstraße". Here you can try to hitchhike from the traffic lights. This street leads to "Altmannsdorfer Straße" which leads to A2 (the motorway leading to the south) For everyone going to Slovenia or Zagreb, know that there are no petrol station on your side of the road some 100 kilometres before Graz. The first one is near Leibnitz, some 15-20 km after Graz. So if someone offers you a ride to Graz, try to see if they're maybe going to Leibnitz or past Leibnitz. There are many people from Maribor working in Graz, so if you end up in Graz, try using a sign for Maribor on roads going out of the city towards the highway. The petrol station near Leibnitz is on the way to Maribor. == Public transport == It is possible to ride the subway, bus, and tram system with no ticket, though at your own risk. Buses and trams are almost never controlled (except night buses and in the first month of each semester, e.g. October and March), but checks on the metro are rather frequent. Also they check trams around center.The fine is EUR 103, but foreigners can give a fake address in their home country and avoid paying. The Wiener Linien themselves provide information on where their ticket inspectors are riding on any given day (https://www.wienerlinien.at/web/wiener-linien/kontrollen). It is unsure how reliable this information is, so be careful anyway. Another website where the passengers tell of where and when they have seen controllers is http://schwarzkappler.info/, with information for major Austrian cities and some German cities as well, with Facebook and Twitter pages. == Sleeping ==  '''Option 1: Erdberg'''

Other option if you want Take line U3 of the metro to pay 3.40 euros for the train then take the 'station 'Badener Bahn'Erdberg' to ''Maria-Enzersdorf (Südstadt)'' Advantages of the latter one: it goes more often and earlier in the morning than the bus. If you take Exit the trainstation, you can go then walk 300 m southeast to one station after ''Shopping City Süd'' which is called ''Maria-Enzersdorf (Südstadt)''the pedestrian bridge over the railway tracks. This one is closer to pedestrian bridge will bring you over the actual [[slip road|interchange]]: just get off the trainrailway tracks, head the direction you came from, turn right by Danube canal and the end of motorway. On the platformother side, cross the tracksbehind a few houses, pass 100 m of wild grass and there is a curved street – vast park where you'll see can pitch a tent. You can even sleep late, as in the mornings the signsonly passers-by are joggers and riders on horseback.

Alternatively you can take public transport to ''Matzleinsdorfer Platz'' where the ''Triester Straße'' begins [http[File://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Triester+Stra%C3%9Fe+2,+Vienna,+%C3%96sterreich&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=26.674078,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Triester+Stra%C3%9Fe+2,+Favoriten+1100+Wien,+Austria&z=15] (direction Southerdberg-West)sleeping. This road is extremely long but it has on-ramps for heading South ([[Graz]]). Try hitching along this road, or ask at the petrol png|200px|thumb|left|The walk from Vienna's U3 metro station. If you keep walking down there is a perfect place for hitchiking where cars take the exit and join the highway. There is a lot of grass and Erdberg to a perfect place with enough room park for even a truck to stopcamping. '''Personal experience''': [[User:T0ma5|T0ma5]] waited for 2 hours on April 2011 before getting a ride to Graz, there is a lot of traffic, but not many cars are leaving the city since this location is not that far from the centre.

Sean and Maria sat at this onramp at the Shopping City for 3.5 hours before we caught a ride (looking at appx 4000 cars). It is a very busy place, but most cars are heading back up to Vienna. We may have had really bad luck (weekday afternoon) but we recommend standing on the inside part of the curve, because the cars have to be in the right lane in order to get on the highway (left lane is to the shopping center). There is a smaller place to pull over, but it might be worth it. BIG sign might help.* [[User'''Option 2:MaxHermens]] continued walking along the onroad, towards the highway that went from north to south, and stood on that onramp. This way, youPark Prater'''ll always catch traffic going in the right direction. This does mean you have to walk along a patch of onramp with loads of traffic and no room for pedestrians (this is dangerous!). After that bit, the cars go right and up, and there starts a safety lane again where hitchhiking is possible. He waited here for about an hour until he got a ride towards Graz.

If you are okay with hitchhiking at traffic lightsAlmost the same as Erdberg but a lot closer to the city centre, you can also just go to "Schönbrunn" with U4 (underground – green line)camp in the Prater Park / Jesuitenwiese. Cross the street There are plenty of wells and walk towards the entrance of Schönbrunn-castlea free toilet. Now Sometimes people party here, but they wont bother you are on "Grünbergstraße". Here In the Hundezone you can try to hitchhike from the traffic lightsfind hidden spots in a forest like area. This street leads to "Altmannsdorfer Straße" which leads to A2 (the motorway leading to the south)

I hitchiked from the Shopping city for one hour in rain before getting a ride. Next time i discovered the place at the end of ''Triester StraßeIt'' where i got s about a ride in 20 30 min. My friend often uses that spot now. I think it is the best spot in direction Grazwalk from Stadtpark.

== Fare Evading ==It's quite easy to ride the subway, bus, and tram system with no ticket. One Vienna's local (who actually did use a year pass) told she'd been checked once in a period of over a year despite riding public transport every day.Other options'''

There I've been told that sleeping at the Donau is an internet site with a list of possible too, even on the lines which are going to be checked for black riders (http://apps.vienna.at/tools/schwarzkappler/)Donauinsel. Schwarzkappler is an Austrian slang term If you're looking for a quick option in th North, check out the ticket controllers. Although the site takes her information from a reliable source university and its benches (when visiting during the "Wiener Linien" herselfholidays) there had not been yet a proof how reliable that information is.

Another website where '''A safe option for the passengers inform where winter time'''Alternatively, if you need to stay warm during the cold season, the Airport is easily reachable (didn’t get checked for a ticket on the train) and when did they is pretty sleeping-friendly - nobody bothered me or wanted to see controllers: http://schwarzkappler.info/ Main Austrian cities and some German as well. Facebook and Twitter pagesa boarding ticket or so.

As Nomadwiki is down here is [https:I got checked the very first time I blackrode in Vienna//web. At the time I didn't bring any money with me and didn't have my passport with mearchive. The police told me to step out of the car and told me that they needed to take me to police station (since I couldn't pay the fine and couldn't show them my passport)org/web/20210618003818/http://nomadwiki. And then they talked to each other for org/en/Vienna a few minutes and told me link to go upstairs and buy a ticketan archived version]. I returned with my ticket and gave it to them and continued my trip. Since then, no more black riding for me in Vienna, {{nomadwiki}}