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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''.
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.
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 ain't gonna pay: ''"Is the lift free? / I can't pay." - "E gratis? / N-am bani sa va dau."''
There is an OMV [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] on the motorway to Budapest where you can easily find a ride to Bratislava or further into [[Slovakia]].
To get to this petrol station by public transport you should get to ''Enkplatz'' (by Metro U3) and from there you can take a bus number 76A to ''7. Haidequerstraße''. Be careful because there are two stops with the same name, ''7. Haidequerstraße'' and ''11. Haidequerstraße'' – get off at the first one, which comes after ''Simmeringer Haide''. 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.
Take the free IKEA bus from the Opera ("Oper" Metro Station Karlsplatz: lines 1,2,4) to the SCS ("Shopping City Süd") 8:30/10:00/11:30/13:00/14:30/16:00/17:30 (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 anymore, it costs 1.50 euros.
Other option if you want to pay 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.
Sean and Maria sat at this onramp at the Shopping City for 3.5 hours before we caught a ride (looking at appx 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 center). 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 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).
