Travel information

Vienna is the capital of Austria, located in central Europe. Main language is German, although you should be fine with English in most places. CET, +1h daylight saving time. Phone prefix +43. Currency is the Euro. Prices quoted here as of April 2024.

Arriving by train

Vienna is very accessible by train from many cities in Europe; especially convenient night-trains connect various other European cities, like . Austrian public rail network provider ÖBB focuses heavily on sleeper trains as competition to flights. Available booking classes are sleeper and couchette/mini cabin.

Direct overnight destinations include:

Roma, Genova, Milano, Venezia, Zurich, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, Prague etc. See the whole network (pdf).

Arriving by plane

Vienna International Airport VIE is located in Schwechat, approx. 25km south-east of the city center.

You can reach the city center by train, bus or taxi.

Trains (Schnellbahn, S-Bahn, blue) go to the city, i.e. "Landstraße-Wien Mitte" at least every 30 minutes; the ride takes 19 - 23 minutes, full price ticket one way is € 4,40 - If you also buy or have a ticket for Vienna public transport, the additional price for one-way from/to airport is € 2.-, see "getting around" below. 

Direct trains (CAT, City Airport Train, green) also go to the city, i.e. "Landstraße-Wien Mitte" every 30 minutes; the ride takes 16 minutes, full price ticket one-way is € 14,90.

Buses (Vienna Airport Lines) go to the city center ("Schwedenplatz/Morzinplatz"), main train station ("Hautbahnhof") or west train station ("Westbahnhof") every 30 minutes, one-way € 10,50. If you like to go on to the Venue Schloss Mauerbach, go to "Schwedenplatz/Morzinplatz" and change to green line U4.

Taxi: Ride time from the airport to the Venue Schloss Mauerbach is about 60 minutes. more

Please check your options of transport if you arrive very early or late at night. Trains and buses do not operate 24/7.

Arriving by car

If you arrive by car, please note that street parking is limited to a maximum of 2 hours for non-residents and costs € 2,50 per hour. In general, public transport is probably your best choice of transport within Vienna.

There's a toll on Austrian highways, which you can pre-pay here.

Public transport

Vienna has an extensive and very good public transport network. A single journey costs € 2,40. You can get travel passes for all of Vienna (excluding the Airport, see above!):

• 24h for €  8,00
• 48h for €  4,10
• 72h for € 17,10

Please double check if your ticket is already validated when you buy it. Usually you will have to insert your ticket once into one of the blue boxes at the entrance gates at the metro, or inside buses or tramways immediately after boarding. This machine will then mark a timestamp on your ticket. Going without it can cost you around € 100.-.

Don't be confused, most people here have an annual pass, so they don't need to do that and just walk by.

Visa requirements

The entry formalities for Austria vary according to the country of origin. There are no visa requirements for EU passport holders. Other congress delegates are asked to address enquiries about entry and vaccination requirements to the travel agent or to their local Austrian Embassy / Consulate / Representation in the home country. All foreign citizens must be the holder of a valid passport.

You may need a visa to come to Austria: check this list, if the first column for your country is marked with an "x" you'll need a visa to enter Austria.

 Please check this on the Government of Austria website for more information. If you need to apply for a visa find more information here. Please pay attention to the visa processing time. If you need a visa, we will send you an invitation letter for the application after you successfully registered for the conference and we received the conference fee. To request the letter, send an e-Mail to carina.artner@univie.ac.at. 

Please note that invitation letters can only be issued to particpants who have registered for the conference and paid the conference fee.