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'''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.
You should then seriously consider coming by the E56 (even if you come from southern Germany).
===From East, West===
If your driver heads to [[Slovakia]] ([[Bratislava]]), [[Hungary]] or the eastern [[Balkans]] they'll pass the Airport at "Schwechat". There is public transportation, of course, 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 car that is passing through Vienna on the eastern ring road, 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.
You will often find sourself often - 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]). [[User:Farben.rausch|Farben.rausch]] ([[User talk:Farben.rausch|talk]]) 19:03, 5 March 2016 (CET)
== Hitching out ==
=== North towards [[Prague]] ===
The easiest way to get from Vienna to Prague is to go through [[BratislavaBrno]].
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 Bratislava Brno instead.
=== North towards [[Brno]] ([[Czech Republic]]) {{European Route Number|461}} ===
====Option 2====
Take the [https://www.g3-shopping.at/fileadmin/user_upload/CENTERS/G3G/center/G3_Bus-Shuttle_Flyer_2016_Web.pdf 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, [[Hungary]] or further.
To get to this petrol station by public transport, take metro line U3 to ''Enkplatz'' and from there you can take a bus 76A to ''7. 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. Haidequerstraße'' and ''11. 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 to the north for just 200 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. (Hitchhiking from the petrol station exit or thumbing at cars on the road itself is not advisable.) Cars with foreign number plates regularly pull into the station, and these drivers are likely going abroad. 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.’
Most of the cars passing in this petrol station are coming off the motorway or going to the airport. You can get more cars going to [[Slovakia]] or [[Hungary]] if you take the first ride to the next petrol station on the motorway, named Göttlesbrunn, which is just before road splits into the E58 towards Bratislava and the E60 towards Budapest. The E60 road enters Hungary at the [[Hegyeshalom-Nickelsdorf border crossing]].
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 "RO".Romania
=== South towards [[Graz]], [[Slovenia]], [[Zagreb]] {{Aat|2}}===Take the free IKEA bus from the Opera ("Oper" Metro Station Karlsplatz: lines ===Option 1,2,4) 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 any moreTriesterstraße, it costs 1.50 euro.highly recommended===
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 are OK with hitchhiking at traffic lightstake the train, you can also just go to "Schönbrunn" with U4 one station after ''Shopping City Süd'' which is called ''Maria-Enzersdorf (underground – green lineSüdstadt)''. Cross This one is closer to the actual [[slip road|interchange]]: just get off the street and walk towards train, head the entrance of Schönbrunn-castle. Now direction you are on "Grünbergstraße". Here you can try to hitchhike came from , turn right by the end of the traffic lights. This platform, cross the tracks, pass 100 m of wild grass and there is a curved street leads to "Altmannsdorfer Straße" which leads to A2 (– you'll see the motorway leading to the south)signs.
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.
Take line U3 of the metro to the station ''Erdberg''. Exit the station, then walk 300 m southeast to the pedestrian bridge over the railway tracks. This pedestrian bridge will bring you over the railway tracks, the Danube canal and the motorway. On the other side, behind a few houses, there is a vast park where you can pitch a tent. You can even sleep late, as in the mornings the only passers-by are joggers and riders on horseback. [[File:Vienna-erdberg-sleeping.png|200px|thumb|left|The walk from Vienna's U3 metro station Erdberg to a park for camping.]]
== Links Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==* [http://www.wienerlinien.at/ Local public transport] ''(only in [[Germany|German]])''* [http://www.wlb.at/fahrplaene.aspx Greater Vienna public transport] ''(only in [[Germany|German]])''{{nomadwiki}}
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