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===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 ==
=== All From Vienna Airport all directions - [[Bratislava]], [[Budapest]], [[Brno]], [[Linz]] or [[Graz]] === Vienna Airport is the largest one in the region and many people who are leaving or landing are being dropped or picked up there by their friends or family members. You can find rides in all of the directions by asking the drivers there according to their license plates. Departing travelers are often dropped at the Abflugstrasse above the ground floor of the terminals, arriving travelers are picked at the Kurzparkplatz in front of the arrival hall. Chance of getting such ride might be better at the Abflugstrasse as the driver going back has free place, but the with the arriving ones you will surely hear fresh travel stories.
=== West towards [[Linz]], [[Salzburg]], [[Munich]] {{Aat|1}} {{European Route Number|60}} ===
====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]
=== East towards [[Bratislava]], [[Győr]] and [[Budapest]] {{Aat|4}} {{European Route Number|60}} ===
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]].
===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 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 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. 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.
===Option 3: Grünbergstraße / Altmannsdorfer Straße===
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 == * [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 & Trashwiki & Nomadwiki ==
