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[[User:siinvincible|Simon]] spent a whole day around Innsbruck in September 2017, trying to get a ride going West towards Switzerland, hitching south of Innsbruck at Europa bridge services, then later at the stadium, before finally being dropped at Innsbruck West. Within 15 minutes from Innsbruck West a guy stopped, going to Bludenz.
Towards Switzerland (April 2019): from the central bus station you can take the bus 4166 or 4165 to Völs "Metzgerei Singer". (From Dez shopping centre to central station there's a bus 4134 or 4130 from the other side of the roundabout). When you reach Völs, walk north to the shopping centre with a JET tankstelle (gas station). Maybe you can find someone to take you further along the highway to another petrol station where there will be more traffic heading west (many people from that area are going back into the city or driving south). And on Sundays there is the Cyta Flea Market til 2pm, which is basically set up surrounding the gas station.
Right now (Aug 2015), the first of these There is 2 petrol stations is under construction and therefore not usable (Shelljust next to each other) and on the last street to the high-way. At the second one there was also a sign "Last petrol station before the motorway (Agip) has no good spot for hitchhikershigh-way" - Easy to ask drivers there...
* Check [http://www.ivb.at/fileadmin/download/fahrplan/mein-fahrplan/liniennetzplan/ivb_liniennetzplan_schematisch_2008.pdf the schematic map of the local public transport] or [http://www.ivb.at/index.php?id=ivb&L=1 their webpage] also in English for further information. The bus takes you EUR 1.70 (Summer 2008).
== Sleeping ==
Innsbruck is quite pricy, especially in the christmas holidays - as of 26.12.2015 the cheapest backpackers were around eur 30 per night if booked 1 day in advance.
If you're willing to be adventurous (duh, you're on this site!), there is a great option for 14euro / night. The "Happy Fitness" rec-center is open 24-hours and has a large sauna space, complete with a bar and lounging area that has a few beds. So you don't get any privacy, but you get a place to sleep along with a great sauna experience! I asked at the reception, and they were quite ok with the idea - said people do this sometimes (but I haven't tried myself yet). You can walk to it from the city center http://www.happyfitness.at/de/innsbruck/
The airport seems to close for night, but the main train station is open 24h. In the lower floor, as of December 2015 there is a room in Info, with chairs where people wait for trains, I suppose you can sleep there, if you look enough like you are having a train.
In emergency you can try [https://goo.gl/maps/kbteCAtDAom Wohnungslosenhilfe Herberge Innsbrucker Soziale Dienste GmbH] or
[https://goo.gl/maps/FPc2NaVSojw Caritas Tirol - Mentlvilla Notschlafstelle], which are basically help for homeless, but they tell me they help tourists sometimes. Though it is questionable if it is ethically correct to get hosted in the places that are meant for homeless, not hobo travellers.
April 2019: If you don't mind stomping down some stinging nettle, you can sleep beside a stream which is across the grass field from the Dez shopping centre. Cross the stream at the point beside the road and then drop down through the bushes. There's a clearing under the trees between the stream and the road. (47°15'41.3"N 11°26'13.3"E
Unnamed Road, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
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→Heading East towards Salzburg, Rosenheim, Munich
Also, if you want to go west, keep in mind that the first petrol station after Innsbruck (''Pettnau'', 25km west of Innsbruck) is on the other side of the motorway. People going west '''can''' fuel up there, but again you'll find almost only cars going south to Italy.
Towards Switzerland from the central bus station you can take the bus 4166 or 4165 to Völs "Metzgerei Singer". (From Dez shopping centre to central station there's a bus 4134 or 4130 from the other side of the roundabout). When you reach Völs, walk north to the shopping centre with a JET tankstelle (gas station). Maybe you can find someone to take you further along the highway to another petrol station where there will be more traffic heading west (many people from that area are going back into the city or driving south). And on Sundays there is the Cyta Flea Market til 2pm, which is basically set up surrounding the gas station. ====How to get there (Raststätte Innsbruck-Ampass, east of Innsbruck)====
Take bus F or R to ''Baggersee''.
Once there, continue Grabenweg street for 400m north-east, until you reach the Inn river. Turn right and follow the street, not the trail. It'll lead to ''Freizeitzentrum Rossau'', and just before the street ends there's a way off to the left, to the Freizeitzentrum's parking place.
(There might be a shorter way from Baggersee bus stop going through the bushes between Kläranlage and Baggersee, however that isn't yet verified.)
=== All directions: South ([[Italy]]), East ([[Salzburg]], [[Vienna]]), North ([[Germany]], [[Munich]]), West ([[Bregenz]]) ===
=== Heading East towards [[Salzburg]], [[Rosenheim]], [[Munich]] ===
Starting point: Exit Innbruck Ost (East), at the fuel stations on the very end of Amraser-See-Straße, next to the DEZ shopping mall.
==== Getting there by bus ====
Line C (direction Luigenstraße) exit DEZ, or line T exit DEZ Ost, and walk the last few meters towards the biggest road close by. Check [http://www.ivb.at/fileadmin/download/fahrplan/mein-fahrplan/liniennetzplan/ivb_liniennetzplan_schematisch_2008.pdf the schematic map of the local public transport] or [http://www.ivb.at/index.php?id=ivb&L=1 their webpage] also in English for further information. The bus takes you 1.70€ (Summer 2008).A Make a sign indicating your desired direction might help ==== GAs station in schwaz ==== IF you don't want to hitchhike in a city you getting alongcan blackride with train about 25km to town called Schwaz and then walk 15 minutes to a gas station on highway and hitchhike in direction Rosenheim, Munich or Salzburg. Good luck!
=== Heading North or West ([[Landeck]], [[Reutte]], [[Füssen]], [[Kempten]], [[Scharnitz]], [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], [[Munich]]) ===
This a a lonely motorway exit in the very west of Innsbruck with a free Space just in the middle of the different lanes joining together in the direction of Bregenz and Germany. It is not a nice spot but it works!
===== Getting there by bus =====
Take line T of the IVB Buses running towards "EKZ CYTA" a suburban shopping centre. You are passing the motorway exit by bus just after crossing the Inn River bridge. Get of the Bus at EKZ Cyta, get all you need at the shopping centre and walk back to the motorway exit, which comes first after the roundabout.
A sign indicating your desired direction might help you getting along. Good luck!
In case you are confused, although the road signs are hard to see, its the bus stop next to the stadium, not the one in the opposite side of the street.
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