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* ===From East, West===If you find yourself in a car that is passing through Vienna on the eastern ring road, try getting out around the Donau island your driver heads to [[Slovakia]] (German: Donauinsel[[Bratislava]]), close to [[Hungary]] or the eastern [[Balkans]] they'll pass the riverAirport at "Schwechat". From here There is public transportation, of course, but if you can walk are in the departure area there are a lot of drivers emptying their cars before going back to a metro-station that usually heads directly towards the centre of Viennacity.
== Hitchhiking If you find yourself in a car that is passing through Vienna on the eastern ring road, try getting out ===== West around the Donau island (German: ''Donauinsel''), close to the river. From here you can walk to a metro-station that usually heads directly towards [[Linz]], [[Salzburg]], [[Munich]] {{European Route Number|60}}, A1 ===the centre of Vienna.
b)==== Option 2 ====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 the A1. There is a bus stop which is a well known hitching spot. Change cars (if necessary) at the [[rest area]]s ''[[Sankt Pölten|St. Pölten]]'' or ''Ansfelden''. Since a direct ride to Salzburg is possible try to avoid "part-rides" and avoid going to St. Polten at all cost- the traffic there is very low and mostly local.<p>From here you can as well get to option "a)1" by crossing the motorway via the bridge and walk for about 2km to the right.
Personal experience (April 2011): I am from Vienna. I hitchhiked from this spot to get to BRNO very successfully in the last years, but last time I waited for 2 hours=== East towards [[Bratislava]], gave up [[Győr]] and took a bus... I guess since the new motorway (north around the city) is finished many cars don´t pass "Stammersorf" any more. Next time I will try on-ramps from the city but it will be more difficult now. (my ideas are traffic lights "Erdberger Lände" towards the motorway close to U3-stop "Schlachthausgasse" or on-ramps at Kagran (U1Kagran), or traffic lights at Lassallestraße close to U1/U2-stop "Praterstern" - this is the street the bus takes).[[Budapest]] {{Aat|4}} {{European Route Number|60}} ===
Personal experience (There is an OMV [[User:Endrju88petrol station hitchhiking|Endrju88petrol station]]Endrju88 - August 2012): I chose this spot and I had no problems there. I had sign for "Brno" and I've been waiting less than 30 minuteswith a McD on the motorway to Budapest where you can easily find a ride to Bratislava, then car stopped[[Hungary]] or further. I would recommend this spot!
Personal experience ([[User:jurarafal|jurarafal]] - May 2012):I used To get to hitch out of Vienna pretty often till 2010. I always went with the tram 31 to the end. Then walked this petrol station by public transport, take metro line U3 to ''Enkplatz'' and from there you can take a traffic ligths near Billa at Brunerstrasse (later the market has changed its name bus 76A to some another one) ''7.& asked nbsp;Haidequerstraße'' (or showed a sign to a driver who stopped the bus stop is on the other side of the street at a traffic lightthe intersection when you leave the metro station) for a lift till Drasenhoffen or Mikulov. As Be careful because there are two stops with almost the border was a perfect place to same name, ''7. Haidequerstraße'' and ''11. Haidequerstraße'' – get a lift directly to Polandoff at the first one, which was my aimcomes after the stop ''Simmeringer Haide''.Now I only once used this method After the stop, the bus turns right, but I asked a driver to give me a lift get to a Volkersdorf or Mistelbach as on the motorway there is a new, lovely, huge petrol station 5 km , walk straight on on to the north of Volkersdorffor just 200 m. Once there it The petrol station is easy to hitch a ride northwards === East towards on the [[BratislavaA4 (Austria)|A4]]highway towards Bratislava, [[Győr]] and [[Budapest]] {{European Route Number|60}} ===[[File:SDC13249.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The OMV petrol station]]Cultural note: Watch out for Romanian drivers who may attempt to charge you for the ride and/or drop you off in a remote area if you don't pay. Make clear before you sit in a Romanian car that you are not going to pay: ''"Is the lift free? / I can't pay." - "E gratis? / N-am bani sa va dau."''
There is an OMV [[Once you have reached the petrol station hitchhiking|, just wait near the entrance and ask drivers entering the shop. (Hitchhiking from the petrol station]] exit or thumbing at cars on the motorway to Budapest where you can easily find a ride to Bratislava or further into road itself is not advisable.[<<though the experience of [[SlovakiaUser:Movethathoof|Movethathoof]]as explained below militates against the advice not to hitch from the highway entrance]) Cars with foreign number plates regularly pull into the station, and these drivers are likely going abroad.To get Note: Watch out for Romanian drivers who may attempt to this petrol station by public transport charge you for the ride; make sure before you should get to ''Enkplatz'' (by Metro U3) and accept a lift from there a Romanian driver that you can take a bus number 76A are not going to ''7pay by saying e. Haidequerstraße''g. Be careful because there are two stops with the same name, ''7E gratis? / N-am bani sa va dau. Haidequerstraße'' and ''11. Haidequerstraße‘'' – get off at "Is the first one, which comes after ''Simmeringer Haide'lift free? / I can't pay. After the stop, the bus turns right, but to get to the petrol station, walk straight on on ''Haidequerstraße'' to the north for a couple of minutes. The petrol station is on the [[A4 (Austria)|A4]] highway towards Bratislava, Győr and Budapest. ’
There is an internet site with a list of the lines which are going to be checked for black riders (http://apps.vienna.at/tools/schwarzkappler/). Schwarzkappler is an Austrian slang term for the ticket controllers. Although the site takes her information from a reliable source (the "Wiener Linien" herself) there had not been yet a proof how reliable that information is.== Public transport ==
Another website where It is possible to ride the passengers inform where subway, bus, and when did they see controllers: http://schwarzkapplertram system with no ticket, though at your own risk. Buses and trams are almost never controlled (except night buses and in the first month of each semester, e.g.info/ Main Austrian cities October and some German as wellMarch), but checks on the metro are rather frequent. Also they check trams around center. Facebook The fine is '''EUR 103''', but foreigners can give a fake address in their home country and Twitter pagesavoid paying.
:t0ma5 has used There is an internet site with a list of the metro lines which are going to be checked for 2 months black riders (Feb-Mar 2011) following the advice of http://apps.vienna.at/tools/schwarzkappler/ ). Schwarzkappler is an Austrian slang term for the ticket controllers. Although the site takes her information from a reliable source (the "Wiener Linien" itself) there had not been yet proof of how reliable that information is. Another website where the passengers tell of where and when they have seen controllers is http://schwarzkappler.info/, with information for major Austrian cities and some German cities as well, with Facebook and never saw any controlTwitter pages.
:I got checked the very first time I 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,== Sleeping ==
:I got controlled 5 times within 5 months in Take line U3 of the metro to the subway, so I wouldnstation ''Erdberg't say it's quite easy . Exit the station, then walk 300 m southeast to blackride..the pedestrian bridge over the railway tracks. This pedestrian bridge will bring you over the railway tracks, the Danube canal and the fine is 70€motorway. But for buses and tramwaysOn the other side, it's almost never controlled (except night buses!). If you're behind a foreignerfew houses, there is a vast park where you still can give pitch a fake address tent. You can even sleep late, as in your homeland country, the mornings the only passers-by are joggers and you wonriders on horseback. [[File:Vienna-erdberg-sleeping.png|200px|thumb|left|The walk from Vienna't get in troubles U3 metro station Erdberg to a park for camping.]]
→East towards Bratislava, Győr and Budapest {{Aat|4}} {{European Route Number|60}}
__TOC__{{Infobox Location|country = Austria|state = Vienna|pop = 1,794,770 (January 2015)|motorways = {{Aat|1}} {{Aat|2}} {{Aat|4}}|map = <map lat='48.2210033' lng='16.3744363449' zoom='1011' view='3' float='right' />}}'''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.
Most of the traffic going through [[Passau]] is heading East to [[Linz]], [[Vienna]], [[Budapest]] while most of the traffic going through [[Salzburg]] is heading South to [[Trieste]], [[Italy]], [[Slovenia]], [[Balkans]].
You should then seriously consider coming by the {{European Route Number|56}} E56 (even if you come from southern Germany).
You will often find 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)First choice 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 gas stationso 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 (OMV[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 the "/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 ===== West towards [[Linz]], [[Salzburg]], [[Munich]] {{Aat|1}} {{European Route Number|60}} ======= Option 1: OMV petrol station on Wiener Straße" that becomes the national route (A1 shortly after.) ====Get a Take train (S50) to "''Wien Wolf in der Au" then ''. Then cross over the Bridgebridge. You'll see the gas petrol station after about 300m to your left. Cross the bridge and then it's a short walk behind the barrier along the side of the road.
There is as well a big resting area with service station and hotel nearby which doesn't seem to be a good option.
:There were very few cars at the gas station, so I stood myself just next to the off ramp in front of the station so that drivers could see me and stop at the gas station. Howewer, after about 30 minutes, a car stopped right next to me on the highway (not even in emergency lane as there is not any). I think it was a bit dangerous but the rest of the ride was fine. So maybe draw an arrow next to your hh sign so that drivers realize that they can get off the highway. ''(Duffajfka July 2017)''
It's a good spot. I was with sighn "Linz" and car stopped in 3 minutes direction Linz. If you don't want use metro you also can get this option by tram № 49 (it's starts from Volksteatre ring), get out in Rettichgasse stop, and walk by Rettichgasse down direction this spot.(Masha, 24 july 2019)
=== North towards [[Prague]] ===
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 instead.
=== North towards [[Brno]] ([[Czech Republic]]) {{European Route Number|461}} ===
[[File:MrTweek.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[MrTweek]] hitching to [[Vienna]]]]
====Option 1====From central Wien take a tram nr.31 to the last stationstop, ''Stammersdorf''. Continue on your right down the main street, Brünner Str (road nrno. 7); pass go past the "Merkur" supermarket till until you come to another shopping centre, about 300m 300 m further. Hitchhike right after the entrance to the parking lot. All You can use a sign "Brno", but if you don't get a lift after 30 minutes, then just hitchhike without a sign and ask any driver to take you to Wolkersdorf or Mistelbach. There is a huge petrol station 5 km north of Wolkersdorf and from there it is easy to find a lift into the traffic Czech Republic. ====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 Brno passes hereG3 Shopping Center] (verified on April 2019). The Bus starts from the regional buses' stop in front of the "Floridsdorf Bahnhof" train station, although bear they depart in mind 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 many cars leave this road before street. There is a petrol station "Eni" (the border yellow one) and turn eastwards onto some country roads next to get that there is a free, unused lane for cars and trucks to the Slovak motorwaystop easily. [https://goo. In case your driver continues past Brnogl/maps/a9pXqeusHft GoogleMaps Footpath] Verified 23Aug2018: Good option, however at last or end metro station make sure to travel with a ticket because there can be a lot of controllers. Fines are strict. Also when hitch hiking from ENI petrol station close to G3 shoppong point just ask him/her anyone to drop take you off at to highway towards Brno or Mistelbach and beware on this Highway is the "Olimpia" shopping centre which is situated Best Gas Station OMV with MacDonalds. About 10 minutes by car or 13 kms drive on the motorway – from right. Dont miss it. If you reach here dont jump into first car that offers you ride. Take a car that is going almost 50% or atleast 300 kms in your direction. Simply because all long distance cars stop here no matter what direction. If you are heading to Olomouc Brno or Poland get a car that gets you atleast to Poland direct. After this there are very few stops thay can match this one. Dont get into a car hoping to hop off at the next gas station. Be patient and you will find get a free bus very good ride here. April 2019: ''[[user:uncle_sam01]] hitched to central Brnofrom the autobahn on-ramp and waited for almost 2 hours. The spot is not ideal, but probably better than the gas station. There's a side road further on the on-ramp, so do go all the way to where the lanes merge. A sign probably makes sense here, uncle_sam01 had a "CZ" one. LOTS of Polish people.
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". * [[User:Antonopa|Antonopa]] (April 2017) The place is OK, I got a ride from an uber driver pretty quickly who took me to the airport where he was going for a job, from there quite easily got a ride to Bratislava. Not a bad spot. * [[User:Movethathoof|Movethathoof]] in October 2019 had great luck at this spot. There's a recyclables dumpster right there with cardboard if needed, but he didn't even have time to make a sign before he had a ride into Hungary. Despite the above stated misgivings, he stood right at the entrance from the McDonald's and gas station to the highway; there isn't really any place to stop, but the lane is wide and traffic is going quite slowly. Though the flow was steady there was time enough between cars that it didn't seem like it would cause problems. He didn't expect that a truck would venture to stop for him there (as despite being judged fine for a car, a truck stopping did seem like it would obstruct traffic), but it was a kind Ukrainian trucker who stopped for him, horns quickly blaring behind us as an impatient motorist hurried us along. === South towards [[Graz]], [[Slovenia]], [[Zagreb]] {{Aat|2}}===Take the free IKEA bus from the Opera ("Oper" Metro Station Karlsplatz: lines 1,2,4) U6 Siebenhirten 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 anymoreany more, it costs 1.50 euroseuro.
Other option if you want to pay EUR 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 [[slip road|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 [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Triester+Stra%C3%9Fe+2,+Vienna,+%C3%96sterreich&aq=0&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=26.674078,56.513672&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Triester+Stra%C3%9Fe+2,+Favoriten+1100+Wien,+Austria&z=15] (direction South-West). This road is extremely long but it has on-ramps for heading South ([[Graz]]). Try hitching along this road, or ask at the petrol station. If you keep walking down there is a perfect place for hitchhiking where cars take the exit and join the highway. There is a lot of grass and a perfect place with enough room for even a truck to stop.
'''Personal experience''': [[User:T0ma5|T0ma5]] waited for 2 hours on April 2011 before getting a ride to Graz, there is a lot of traffic, but not many cars are leaving the city since this location is not that far from the centre.
Sean and Maria sat at this onramp at the Shopping City for 3.5 hours before we caught a ride (looking at appx approximately 4000 cars). It is a very busy place, but most cars are heading back up to Vienna. We may have had really bad luck (weekday afternoon) but we recommend standing on the inside part of the curve, because the cars have to be in the right lane in order to get on the highway (left lane is to the shopping centre). There is a smaller place to pull over, but it might be worth it. '''Big''' sign might help.
* [[User:MaxHermens]] continued walking along the onroad, towards the highway that went from north to south, and stood on that onramp. This way, you'll always catch traffic going in the right direction. This does mean you have to walk along a patch of onramp with loads of traffic and no room for pedestrians (this is dangerous!). After that bit, the cars go right and up, and there starts a safety lane again where hitchhiking is possible. He waited here for about an hour until he got a ride towards Graz.
If you are okay OK with hitchhiking at traffic lights, you can also just go to "Schönbrunn" with U4 (underground – green line). Cross the street and walk towards the entrance of Schönbrunn-castle. Now you are on "Grünbergstraße". Here you can try to hitchhike from the traffic lights. This street leads to "Altmannsdorfer Straße" which leads to A2 (the motorway leading to the south)
I hitchhiked from the Shopping city for one hour in rain before getting a ride. Next time I discovered the place at the end of ''Triester Straße'' where I got a ride in 20 min. My friend often uses that spot now. I think it is the best spot in direction Graz.
<b>Personal experience</b>* I used that spot in Triester Strasse with Computerstrasse this pass october 2015 right before the petrol station and i was picked up in less that 15 min, made it to Split that day.--[[User:Yeguaerrante|Yeguaerrante]] ([[User talk:Yeguaerrante|talk]]) 12:53, 18 November 2015 (CET)* There is a perfect place at 'Triester Straße' where is crosses with 'Computerstrasse'. Bus 16a goes directly to the spot. It's the last big interception before the Triester Strasse turns into a highway, cars coming from upfront, left and right can see you perfectly and a few steps further there is a petrol station, so drivers can stop for you, or you can just ask people. I never had to ask more than a handful of people to get a ride down south.*[[User:Chillion|Chillion]]: (2018, May, afternoon 1pm) This is an alright spot. I hitched just before the bus stop outside the Petrol station towards Graz with a sign. Waited 2.5 hours. Maybe I was unlucky.== Fare Evading == It's quite easy For everyone going to ride Slovenia or Zagreb, know that there are no petrol station on your side of the subwayroad some 100 kilometres before Graz. The first one is near Leibnitz, bus, and tram system with no ticketsome 15-20 km after Graz. One Vienna's local (who actually did use So if someone offers you a year pass) told sheride to Graz, try to see if they'd been checked once 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 period sign for Maribor on roads going out of over a year despite riding public transport every daythe city towards the highway. The petrol station near Leibnitz is on the way to Maribor.
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