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=== South towards [[Slovenia]] and [[Italy]]===1) ==== Spot 1A: Webling roundabout - small shoulder ========= Directions =====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. There is a small shoulder right before the exit towards Slovenia, you can stand at the front of this area with your sign and get all the traffic heading towards Slovenia from this area. ‎

July 2015; ''[[User<i>(<b>Note:Martinsltopf|Martinsltopf]] found </b> "If you ever get stuck here at night, know that if you cross to the spot pretty tricky, and waited nearly 2hrs for a lift. Cars go fast other side and there is a merge turn right in front of the shoulder, which makes pulling over tricky. Also along this path you get all the traffic to Vienna at 'll come across a metal staircase where I made home for the same spot. It might be useful to walk another 100m and exit night on the traffic circle towards Slovenia. Therelowest level (though it doesn's t give full protection from wind/rain, also can get quite cold, so having a pretty wide emergency lane round sleeping mat is preferred), and also bought food from the cornerpetrol station about a 2 min walk away. It's probably the best spot for this direction regardless, but prepare to spend some time.''"</i>[[User:Chillion|Chillion]])

''===== Personal experiences =====:"I 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. [...] Also beware of ending up at the raststation at Gralla, in summer it is mainly families with their cars full, you might get stuck there for hours. ''" - [[User:Martinsltopf|Martinsltopf]], July 2015

2) A small ==== Spot 1B: Webling roundabout behind the Murpark shopping centre (and the P+R). Just stand at the corner with the car dealership. - emergency lane ========= Directions =====There will be a gas station behind you with plenty of room are two ways to stop. All the cars going onto the ramp must pass you and can see you clearly since they have get 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).an emergency lane:

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 corner. or follow an alternative path that bypasses multi-lane, busy traffic circle: 2) Take a train to Graz Webling ([https://wegfinder.at/ wegfinder] Android app worked great to find a connection), follow railroad south and turn left (east) onto Schwarzer Weg. Follow Schwarzer Weg for another ~500m, taking the left when the road forks, passing a neighbourhood, until you get to 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 the fence is). Once you get to the top, you'll have a big long shoulder to hitch a ride.*[[User:Chillion|Chillion]]: (2018) this spot is absolutely perfect, better than the other methods. I walked to this location from Trattfelderstraße, which took 30mins. Though the hill between overpasses 1 and 2 is a little challenging, the fence ate easy an easy climb. Make sure you don't rush it and climb safely. Waited 30mins (9am, weekday), with "MB" sign on the shoulder til I got a lift to a rest station 14km before Maribor. From there I hitched on another motorway shoulder with a "ZG" sign, as the rest station was dead, and got a straight ride to Zagreb about an hour later.  Follow maps below and [https://www.google.pl/maps/place/Graz,+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 region] to better understand instructions. [[File:Graz_to_Slovenia1.png|thumb|Getting to an emergency lane by the highway towards Slovenia, part 1|center]][[File:Graz_to_Slovenia2.png|thumb|Getting to an emergency lane by the highway towards Slovenia, part 2|center]] ===== Personal experiences =====:"[...] It's probably the best spot for this direction regardless, but prepare to spend some time. [...]" - [[User:Martinsltopf|Martinsltopf]], July 2015 :"We've tried this 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 (path no. 2) to get to an emergency lane, as it seems safer than crossing busy roundabout." - [[User:raczek|raczek]] and Ewa, September 2017 :"When I read about and then go to this spot and saw it, I thought "hm realy nice place", but after ~40 minutes (I stand with gf, and we had a sign "Maribor"), with no one cars stopped, the police came and said "what are u doing on the highway, go away from here!" So keep in mind it, and if it will happend, go back like you go into this spot, cause it is dangerous and hard to go in another way." - [[User:artendem|artendem]] and Iren, August 2019 „Be carefully, a lot of police are going on this way. They catched us and want to give fine 35€. They know about this place. But of course it is perfect spot for going to Slovenia.” - August 2019 ==== Spot 2: Roundabout behind Murpark shopping centre ========= Directions =====A small 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). ===== Personal experiences =====:September 2017; "[[User:NickolasAndVictoria|NickolasandVictoria]] waited for about 2 hours at the roundabout, next to the tree, with a sign reading "SLO" for Slovenia. It was a Tuesday morning, and they waited until around 15:00. There was not much traffic at the roundabout, and whatever traffic came through the roundabout, was either headed for the Park and Ride or headed North away from SLO. They ended up getting a ride at the gas station by approaching a couple with a Slovenian license plate and asking for a ride. Though there was some traffic at the gas station, it was not the busiest, 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 you without having to approach and ask in person is small." :October 2017: tl;dr? Wait at the gas station and ask people with SLO license plates, as mentioned above by NickolasAndVictoria. Details of what [[User:Itsagerston|itsagerston]] tried: we thumbed for a long time at the roundabout on a Thursday morning until a lady approached us from the mall and told us that we'll only find people travelling locally at that roundabout. She told us to walk to a nearby bus stop that Google maps calls "Graz Karl-Huber-Gasse (Autobahn)" where cars can stop just before entering the freeway towards Slovenia. We also thumbed there for a long time with no luck. Eventually we went back to the gas station to grab a snack, and low and behold a Blablacar driver with a SLO license plate was parked there waiting for his passenger; we saw the license plate, asked if he could take us, and just like that we were Maribor bound!

The Tickets are bought directly in the Tram/Bus. A 1-hour ticket is € 12,9050, a 1-day ticket is € 45,20 50 and the three day Tourist ticket comes to € 912,90. The most central three tram stations in the old town are free for anyone.

Controllers sometimes patrol the tramways, but during the day you can usually hop on a bus without showing a ticket. in In the night, however, the driver usually asks to see a ticketfrom 8pm on. Fines are very expensive. They control mostly on sundays and in the evening.