Vienna
Getting There/Around

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Getting There

Air

Vienna International Airport ( VIA ) ( +43 1 7007 0 1300 Wien Flughafen / http://www.viennaairport.com/ ) offers flights provided by 80 international airlines including:

Air Berlin ( +45 30 41 47 75 10 / http://www.airberlin.com/ )
Air Canada ( +1 517 661 7633 / http://www.aircanada.ca/ )
Air Malta ( +356 21 690 890 / http://www.airmalta.com/ )
American Airlines ( +1 800 433 7300 / http://www.aa.com/ )
Blu-Express ( +39 06 6021 4577 / http://www.blu-express.com/ )
British Airways ( +43 17 956 7567 / http://www.britishairways.at/ )
Condor ( +1 800 524 6975 / http://www.condor.com/ )
Delta ( +1 800 221 1212 / http://www.delta.com/ )
Frontier ( +1 800 432 1359 / http://www.frontierairlines.com/ )
Germanwings ( +44 870 252 1250 / http://www.germanwings.com/ )
My Travel ( +870 238 7710 / http://www.mytravel.com/ )
Sky Europe ( +421 2 4850 1111 / http://www.skyeurope.com/ )
Sun Express ( +180 595 9590 / http://www.sunexpress.com.tr/ )
Thomson Fly ( +43 192 89 598 / http://www.thomsonfly.com/ )
US Airways ( +1 800 428 4322 / http://www.usairways.com/ )

From the Airport

Bus/Shuttle Service:
Vienna International Airport has shuttle buses on site for your transporting needs, including the Airport Transfer Service ( +43 1 7007 35910 ). Limousines are available from RCV ( Radio Car Vienna ) ( +43 1 7007 33340 ).


City Airport Train:
City Airport Train takes passengers non-stop from the City Air Terminal ( located at Bahnhof Mitte, 2nd district ) to Vienna International Airport and back; trains leave every 10 minutes. Daily service is provided from 5:38a to 11:38p ( City Air Terminal ), and from 6:05a to 12:05a ( VIA ). From the City Air Terminal, located 1.2 miles from St. Stephan's Cathedral, you have easy access to public transportation.

Taxi:
Taxi Services can be reached via the airport's taxi stand, located north of the arrival hall.

Car Rental:
Europcar ( +43 1 7007 32699 / http://www.europcar.co.at/ )
ATL ( +43 1 7007 33142 / http://www.atlonline.at/ )
Avis ( +43 1 7007 32700 / http://www.avis.com/ )
Budget ( +43 1 7007 32711 / http://www.budget.com/ )
Hertz ( +43 1 7007 32661 / http://www.hertz.com/ )
Thrifty ( +43 1 7007 33220 / http://www.thrifty.com/ )

Train

OEBB ( +43 1 930000 / http://www.oebb.at/ ) is the main railway service throughout Austria. As of June 2007, building measures for Vienna‘s central railway station have begun at the original site of Vienna’s southern railway station ( Südbahnhof ) in order to connect the southern, eastern, and western railway routes. The central station will be opened in parts in 2013. Until then, the original three railway stations, Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof ( 9th district ), Südbahnhof ( 10th district ), and Westbahnhof ( 15th district ) are connecting Vienna to other national and international cities. Visit the website for schedules.

Highway

From the northern Austrian cities, take route B7 south. From the southern cities, take routes B17 north. From the west, follow route B1 east and from the east, take B10 west.


Getting Around

Public Transport

Wiener Linien ( +43 1 79090 / http://www.wienerlinien.at/ ) is Vienna’s public transport company. There are five lines with individual routes that operate throughout Vienna. However one of the lines ( U5 ) is nowhere to be found. Plans to start construction exist, however, building measures have been postponed for years. Existing lines are therefore: U1, U2, U3, U4, and U6.

Car

Traffic in Vienna is comparable to any other metropolitan city: Hectic drivers, on-coming trams, confused pedestrians, and expensive parking. On top: parking in Vienna isn't just expensive, it's also very tricky. Make sure you know where parking time is limited. Restrictions for street parking vary from district to district, even though there are no specific signs put up. In districts 1 through 9, and also the 20th district, only short-term parking ( 2h, Mo-Fr 9a-10p ) is allowed. Before 9a and after 10p, paying a fee is not required. In some areas of the 15th district, short-term parking is restricted to 2h ( Mo-Fr 6p-11p ) from September 1st to June 30th. However, there are a number of parking garages located in the city center.

Taxi

Various taxi stands are scattered throughout the city. Here is just a small selection of the different companies on offer:
Taxi 40 100 Taxifunkzentrale GmbH ( +43 1 614550 / http://www.taxi40100.at/ )
31300 Funk Taxi ( +43 1 313000 / http://www.taxi31300.at/ )
Taxi-Funk 81400 ( +43 1 814000 )
WIHUP Taxiservice ( +43 1 601600 )
Eurotaxi ( Franz Reithmayr ) ( +43 1 3282963 )
A & B Taxi GmbH ( +43 6641 410698 )