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a)First choice is a gas ==== Option 2: OMV petrol station(OMV) at the "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.
b)Take :There were very few cars at the U4 gas station, so I stood myself just next to ''Hütteldorf'', get the off ramp in front of the station so that drivers could see me and go towards ''Hadikgasse'' (left)stop at the gas station. Howewer, walk left againafter about 30 minutes, then you are a car stopped right next to me on the main road leading out highway (not even in emergency lane as there is not any). I think it was a bit dangerous but the rest of '''Vienna''' towards the A1ride was fine. There is a bus stop which is a well known hitching spot. Change cars (if necessary) at So maybe draw an arrow next to your hh sign so that drivers realize that they can get off the [[rest area]]s ''[[Sankt Pölten|Sthighway. Pölten]]'' or (Duffajfka July 2017)''Ansfelden''.From here you can as well get to option "a)" by crossing the motorway via the bridge and walk for about 2km to the right.
=== East 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 anyone to take you to highway towards [[Bratislava]], [[Győr]] Brno or Mistelbach and beware on this Highway is the Best Gas Station OMV with MacDonalds. About 10 minutes by car or 13 kms drive on the 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 [[Budapest]] {{European Route Number|60}} ===you will get a very good ride here.
If you are okay with hitchhiking at traffic lights, you can also just go to "Schönbrunn" with U4 (underground – green line)I hitchhiked from the Shopping city for one hour in rain before getting a ride. Cross Next time I discovered the street and walk towards place at the entrance end of Schönbrunn-castle''Triester Straße'' where I got a ride in 20 min. Now you are on "Grünbergstraße"My friend often uses that spot now. Here you can try to hitchhike from I think it is the traffic lightsbest spot in direction Graz. 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===Option 3: Grünbergstraße / Altmannsdorfer Straße===If you are OK with hitchhiking at traffic lights, you can also just go to "Schönbrunn" with U4 (underground – green line). Next time I discovered Cross the place at street and walk towards the end entrance of ''Triester Straße'' where I got a ride in 20 minSchönbrunn-castle. My friend often uses that spot nowNow you are on "Grünbergstraße". I think it is Here you can try to hitchhike from the best spot in direction Graztraffic lights.This street leads to "Altmannsdorfer Straße" which leads to A2 (the motorway leading to the south)
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.
The fine There is eur 70an 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" 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, but foreigners can give a fake address in their home country with Facebook and avoid payingTwitter pages.
There is an internet site with a list == Sleeping == Take line U3 of the lines which are going metro to be checked for black riders (http://appsthe station ''Erdberg''.viennaExit the station, then walk 300 m southeast to the pedestrian bridge over the railway tracks.at/tools/schwarzkappler/). Schwarzkappler is an Austrian slang term for This pedestrian bridge will bring you over the railway tracks, the Danube canal and the ticket controllersmotorway. Although On the site takes her information from other side, behind a reliable source (the "Wiener Linien" herself) few houses, there had not been yet is a vast park where you can pitch a proof how reliable that information istent. Another website where You can even sleep late, as in the mornings the passengers inform where only passers-by are joggers and when did they see controllersriders on horseback. [[File: http://schwarzkapplerVienna-erdberg-sleeping.info/ Main Austrian cities and some German as well. Facebook and Twitter pages. Thomas has used the png|200px|thumb|left|The walk from Vienna's U3 metro station Erdberg to a park for 2 months (Feb-Mar 2011) following the advice of http://apps.vienna.at/tools/schwarzkappler/ and never saw any controlcamping.]]
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→Option 1: Triesterstraße, highly recommended
__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.
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 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 ==
=== West towards [[Linz]], [[Salzburg]], [[Munich]] {{Aat|1}} {{European Route Number|60}}======= Option 1: Hadikgasse Busstop, A1 recommended option ====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. From here you can as well get to option "2" by crossing the motorway via the bridge and walk for about 2km to the right.<br>'''Personal experience'''* It's a good spot. I was with sign "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)* I have got rides there at pretty much all times of the day, even in the night. Signs help a lot! Recommended: '''Linz, Passau, Salzburg, München''' depending on where you wanna go. - '''[[User:farben.rausch|farben.rausch]]'''
There is as well a big resting area with service station and hotel nearby which doesn't seem to be a good option.
=== North towards [[Prague]] ===
[[File:MrTweek.jpg|thumb|left|200px|[[MrTweek]] hitching to [[Vienna]]]]
====Option 1====
From central Wien take tram 31 to the last stop, ''Stammersdorf''. Continue on your right down the main street, Brünner Str (road no. 7); go past the Merkur supermarket until you come to another shopping centre, about 300 m further. Hitchhike right after the entrance to the parking lot.
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 Volkersdorf Wolkersdorf or Mistelbach. There is a huge petrol station 5 km north of Volkersdorf Wolkersdorf and from there it is easy to find a lift into the 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 G3 Shopping Center] (verified on April 2019). 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]
April 2019: ''[[user:uncle_sam01]] hitched to Brno from 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. === East towards [[Bratislava]], [[Győr]] and [[Budapest]] {{Aat|4}} {{European Route Number|60}} === There is an OMV [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] with a McDonalds 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.[<<though the experience of [[User: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. 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".
* [[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 ===Option 1: Triesterstraße, highly recommended=== With the completion of the construction site the hitchspot at the [https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2043915283 onramp from Triesterstraße] is open again.* There is a lot of space to stop. On empty streets cars will go 70km/h but they are slower (<50km/h) when there is more traffic (during most of the free IKEA bus day). * There is also street light and a bridge in case of night or rain.* There is even a small section of gras with trees where you can camp* Public transport: '''Badner Bahn''' from Wien Meidling, station '''Wien Inzersdorf''', ~5 min walk. A regular Vienna City Ticket (2,40€ in 2020) is sufficient. There are several places beforehand on Triesterstraße where people tried hitchhiking.* Triesterstraße / Computerstraße, public transport: Bus 16a from U6 Am Schöpfwerk* Triesterstraße / Herta-Firnberg-Straße, you can only ask people - no thumbing, includes a McDonalds and a gas station, public transport: Bus 7B from train station Wien Meidling '''Personal experience'''* I used that spot in Triester Strasse with Computerstrasse this pass october 2015 right before the Opera 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 ("Oper" Metro Station KarlsplatzCET)* 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. Disadvantage: lines people going on the highway are on lane No. 3 and you are on Lane No. 1.*[[User:Chillion|Chillion]]: (2018,2May,4afternoon 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. ===Option 2: IKEA===Take the free IKEA bus from 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 any more, it costs 1.50 euro.
Other option if you want to pay EUR 3.40 euro 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.
* [[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.
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.
== Public transport ==
It is possible to ride the subway, bus, and tram system with no ticket. One Viennese local (who actually did use a year pass) told she'd been checked once in a period of over a year despite riding public transport every day, 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. October and March), but checks on the metro are rather frequent. Also they check trams around center.The fine is '''EUR 103''', but foreigners can give a fake address in their home country and avoid paying.
== Links ==
* [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]])''
== Trashwiki & Nomadwiki ==
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