'''Graz''' is the second largest city in [[Austria]] and the capital of the province [[Styria]].
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== Hitchhiking out ==
=== East towards [[Vienna]] ===
1) Take the tramway #4 or #13 to direction ''Liebenau'' and get out at the station ''MurparkDr Lister Gasse''. There go back 2) If you like it more to ask people at the bus petrol station along the motorway – there directly you can be seen go with the Tram number 6 from far distance jakominiplatz to Schulzentrum St. Peter and from there you take the bus 72 to "messendorf heimgarten". wlak along the street 200m more and you find two gas stations. Highway is place just a little bit farer along the street === South towards [[Slovenia]], [[Italy]], [[Croatia]] === ==== Asfinag Rastplatz rest stop next to airport Flugafhen Graz ==== Train to Kalsdorf Graz Bahnhof than walk 3.5 km to Mein HOLTER Bad Ausstellung Premstätten. Asfinag Rastplatz rest stop and go easyAgip Unterpremstätten fuel station is on opposite site of E59 highway (there is small distance between them) ==== Spot 1A: Webling roundabout - small shoulder ==== Take the 32 bus south east to Trattfelderstraße.Just behind the stop is a bridge/overpass, with a ramp leading up.Carefully walk in the grass up to a traffic circle, where you'll see signs for any direction you want to go.Also there are There is a few gas stations along small shoulder right before the way exit towards Slovenia, you go can stand at the front of this area with your sign and get all the traffic heading towards Slovenia from this area. ==== Spot 1B: Webling roundabout - emergency lane (illegal place) ==== 1) First, get to the spot 1A as described previously. Then, walk another 100m and exit the traffic circle towards Slovenia. There's a pretty wide emergency lane round the tramcorner. or follow an alternative path that bypasses multi-lane, busy traffic circle:
:2) Take a train to Graz Webling (''Tried'':) [[Userhttps:ESko|Esko//wegfinder.at/ wegfinder]] says: This is not the best placeAndroid app worked great to find a connection), since there are three lanes on this roadfollow railroad south and turn left (east) onto Schwarzer Weg. Follow Schwarzer Weg for another ~500m, taking the two inside lanes are for cars going out of Graz and left when the third is mainly for busesroad forks, passing a neighbourhood, so in most cases the driver who wants until you get to stop needs to cross at least one linemultiple overpasses. ESko tried this spot last year (2015) and had You need to wait '''jump over one hour until he luckily got a lift. This year the left (2016north) he headed fence''' between the same way first and second overpass and found the previous bus station - Dr Lister Gasse - much betterclimb onto a hill. It took only 10 minutes till he got may be a bit of a car challenge but it's doable (note: the closer to Vienna, since there the concrete overpass the more stable the fence is plenty of space to stop and drivers can see you from faraway. Take I'd recommend the right edge where the fence meets the tramway #4/13 and concrete overpass). Once you get off at Dr Lister Gasseto the top, you'll have a big long shoulder to hitch a ride.
2) If you like it more to ask people at the petrol station directly you can go with the Tram number 6 from jakominiplatz to Schulzentrum St. Peter and from there you take the bus 72 to "messendorf heimgarten". wlak along the street 200m more and you find two gas stations. Loads of people go there to buy cheap gas because the highway is just a little bit farer along the street.
=== South towards [[Slovenia]] and [[Italy]]===1) Take the 32 bus south east to Trattfelderstraße. Just behind the stop This is a bridge/overpass, with a ramp leading up. Carefully walk in the grass up to a traffic circle, where highway so if police catches you'll see signs for any direction you want to go. There is there and put a small shoulder right before the exit towards Slovenia, fine pretend that you can stand at the front of this area with your sign and get all the traffic heading towards Slovenia from this area. dont have money
July 2015; ''[[User:Martinsltopf|Martinsltopf]] found the spot pretty tricky, and waited nearly 2hrs for a lift. Cars go fast and there is a merge right in front of the shoulder, which makes pulling over tricky. Also you get all the traffic to Vienna at the same spot. It might be useful to walk another 100m and exit the traffic circle towards Slovenia. There's a pretty wide emergency lane round the corner. It's probably the best spot for this direction regardless, but prepare to spend some time.''
''Also beware of ending up at the raststation at GrallaFollow maps below and [https://www.google.pl/maps/place/Graz, in summer it is mainly families with their cars full+Austria/@47.0315018, you might get stuck there for hours15.4122756,159m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x476e3587173065bb:0xfe8e8ad1d2dfdd9b!8m2!3d47.070714!4d15.439504?hl=en Google Maps satellite images of a region] to better understand instructions. ''
September 2017; [[UserFile:raczekGraz_to_Slovenia1.png|raczek]]: We've tried [[User:Martinsltopfthumb|Martinsltopf]]'s emergency lane spot and it worked perfectly. We've waited less than 15 minutes with "[[Maribor]]" sign and catched a ride to an Austro-Slovenian border. Note, however, that we had a perfect combo: M+F, mid 20s, 3:30 PM on weekday (afternoon rush hours). I'd also suggest an alternative path to get Getting to an emergency laneby the highway towards Slovenia, bypassing multi-lane, busy traffic circle. Take a train to Graz Webling ([https://wegfinder.at/ wegfinderpart 1|center]] Android app worked great to find a connection), follow railroad south and turn left (east) onto Schwarzer Weg. Follow Schwarzer Weg for another ~500m until you get to a multiple overpasses. You need to '''jump over the left (north) fence''' between the first and second overpass and climb onto a hill. It may be a bit of a challenge but it's doable (note: the closer to the concrete overpass the more stable fence is). There you are!
Follow maps below and [https[File://wwwGraz_to_Slovenia2.google.pl/maps/place/Grazpng|thumb|Getting to an emergency lane by the highway towards Slovenia,+Austria/@47.0315018,15.4122756,159m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x476e3587173065bb:0xfe8e8ad1d2dfdd9b!8m2!3d47.070714!4d15.439504?hl=en Google Maps satellite images of a regionpart 2|center]] to better understand my instructions.
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==== Spot 2) A small roundabout : Roundabout behind the Murpark shopping centre (and the P+R). Just stand at the corner with the car dealership. There will be a gas station behind you with plenty of room to stop. All the cars going onto the ramp must pass you and can see you clearly since they have to slow down at the roundabout (there's a tree for shade too!). We used a sign reading "Italy" and got a ride to [[Villach]] in 30 minutes (with a first car stopping after about 15 minutes and offering to take us to the first gas station on the Autobahn).====
September 2017; "[[User:NickolasAndVictoria|NickolasandVictoria]] waited for about 2 hours at the A small roundabout, next to behind the tree, with a sign reading "SLO" for Slovenia. It was a Tuesday morning, Murpark shopping centre (and they waited until around 15:00the P+R). There was not much traffic Just stand at the roundabout, and whatever traffic came through the roundabout, was either headed for corner with the Park and Ride or headed North away from SLOcar dealership. They ended up getting There will be a ride at the gas station by approaching a couple behind you with a Slovenian license plate and asking for a rideplenty of room to stop. Though there was some traffic at All the gas station, it was not cars going onto the busiest, ramp must pass you and definitely had limited south-bound traffic stopping. There may be a higher amount of southbound traffic near evening rush hour, but the chances of finding a ride to stop for can see you without having clearly since they have to approach and ask in person is small."slow down at the roundabout
=== North towards [[Salzburg]] and [[Germany]] ===
You should try getting a ride at least until "Raststätte Deutschfeistritz", an OMW gas station. Although the gas station is located on the other side of the highway and most cars will be going in the direction of Graz, it is the first and best option to catch a ride on to Upper Austria and te A1/A8/A9 highway junction "Voralpenkreuz". If you are considering this option, make sure your driver is going by the taxed part of the A9 highway and does not drive around the part where the gas station is on by taking the S35.
== Public Transport Trashwiki & Nomadwiki ==Graz provides a tramway system, it is aligned star shaped around the center excange point ''Jakomini Platz''. The tram and bus diagram can be found right [http://www.holding-graz.at/linien/linienuebersicht.html here].The Tickets are bought directly in the Tram/Bus. A 1-hour ticket is € 1,90, a 1-day ticket is € 4,20 and the three day Tourist ticket comes to € 9,90. Controllers sometimes patrol the tramways, but during the day you can usually hop on a bus without showing a ticket. in the night, however, the driver usually asks to see a ticket. Fines are very expensive. They control mostly on sundays and in the evening.
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