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== Hitching Out ==
=== West towards [[Munich]], [[Salzburg]] ===
Get a train (S50) to "Wien Wolf in der Au" then cross the Bridge and ask people at the gas station (OMV). It is the most effective way of travelling traveling out of Vienna by hitchhiking.
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 [[Linz]], [[Salzburg]], [[Munich]]. There is a bus stop which is a well known hitching spot. Change cars (if necessary) at the [[rest area]]s ''[[St. Pölten]]'' or ''Ansfelden''.
=== South towards [[Graz]], [[Slovenia]], [[Zagreb]] ===
Take the free IKEA bus from the Opera ("Oper") to the SCS ("Shopping City Süd") 8:30/10:00/11:30/13:00/14:30/16:00/17:30 (Feb2011Feb 2011). If it happens that u dont you don't get a ride and want to use the same bus to come back to town it won't be free anymore, it costs 1.50 euros.
Other option if u you want to pay 3.40 euros 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 [[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 (direction South-West). This road is extremely long but it has on-ramps for heading South ([[Graz]]). Try hitching somewhere along this road, or ask at petrol stations.
Another website where the passengers inform where and when did they see controllers: http://schwarzkappler.info/ Main Austrian cities and some German as well. Facebook and Twitter pages.
:I got checked the very first time I blackride blackrode in Vienna. At the time I didn't bring any money with me and didn't have my passport with me. 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). And then they talked to each other for a few minutes and told me to go upstairs and buy a ticket. I returned with my ticket and gave it to them and continued my trip. Since then, no more black riding for me in Vienna,
:I got controlled 5 times within 5 months in the subway, so I wouldn't say it's quite easy to blackride... and the fine is 70€. But for buses and tramways, it's almost never controlled (except night buses!). If you're a foreigner, you still can give a fake address in your homeland country, and you won't get in trouble.
