Venue & Travel Information

The following website may also help you with directions inside the building: https://maps.tuwien.ac.at/

Visa information

Austria is part of the Schengen area. Nationals of the EU member states, the European Economic Area and Switzerland do not require visa. There are certain other nationals that can enter without visa based on certain bi- or multilateral agreements (more details here and here).

By plane

Vienna is connected to many cities worldwide by Vienna International Airport (IATA code VIE). The airport is located outside the city borders, but directly connected to the railway system. We recommend against using the City Airport Train (CAT) in the green area of the airport train station. Regular trains commute between the city centre and the airport at a much cheaper rate (4.60 EUR per trip, 3.70 EUR for seniors of age 65+) and are only slower by about 7 minutes. The relevant lines include S1, S2, S7, and regional trains R xyzuv; directions from the airport: Wolkersdorf, Gänserndorf, Floridsdorf, Laa/Thaya; all of them go through “Wien Mitte Landstraße”, which is connected to underground lines U3 and U4. You can plan your journey here by entering “Bahnhof, Flughafen Wien” into the “Start location:”-field.

By train

There are two stations that you are likely to arrive to: “Wien Hauptbahnhof” (Vienna main station) or “Wien Westbahnhof” (Vienna Western station). Both are connected to the underground: Hauptbahnhof is connected to U1 (direction “Leopoldau” to get to the centre); Westbahnhof is connected to U3 (direction “Simmering” to get to the centre) or to U6 (both directions bypass the city centre).

By bus

International bus lines stop at the Vienna International Bus Station (VIB). Across the street there is the stop “Erdberg” of underground line U3; take the direction towards “Ottakring” to reach the city centre.

By car

We recommend against travelling to Vienna by car since there may be difficulties with finding parking spots. Note that over the whole city of Vienna parking is severely restricted (at least from Monday to Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 22:00 (10:00 p.m.) for a maximal duration of up to 2 hours against payment of a parking voucher, see here). Between 22:00 and 9:00 a.m. parking is free, but spots are usually scarce. On Saturday and Sunday, parking is usually free, but be aware that in some places additional (stronger) restrictions apply, possibly also on Saturdays. TU Wien is located in the 4th district of Vienna, details can be found here and here. Under these links you'll find interactive maps that upon clicking display the concrete parking conditions.

Parking tickets need to be bought in advance (details in English can be found here), usually in tobacco shops, some tobacco vending machines also sell parking tickets.

TU Wien offers on-site parking in an underground three-storey car park (Operngasse 13, 1040 Wien). The rates are 4.50 EUR per hour, 9.90 EUR daily maximum, see here. If you are using this option, it is perhaps desirable to park the car in level -3, as the green part of the building is accessible by lift only from this floor.

Using public transportation is very convenient in Vienna. Plan your journeys here or here. Using the underground offers a particularly fast possibility to reach your destination. A map of the underground network can be found here.

If you are planning to do some additional sight-seeing in Vienna, there are single tickets (one direction, switching lines without break is permitted, valid up to 80 minutes, 3.20 EUR), 24 hour (9.70 EUR), and 7 days (28.90 EUR) (more information). Prices are cheaper on the moblie app of Wiener Linien (3 EUR single, 25.20 7 days). The very first time you use the app you may need few minutes to create an account.

Something good to keep in mind is that most businesses are closed on Sunday in Vienna. So, if you need to buy anything from a shop or supermarket, we recommend you do this before Sunday.

Each morning and each afternoon of the conference we will have a 30 minutes coffee break.
Coffee breaks will be in the Seminar room in the 5th floor of the green area of Freihaus, Sem.R. DA grün 05.  
We thank Johanna Brunar, for helping with the design of coffee breaks with delicious Viennese specialties. 

There will be no pre-reserved contingents of hotel rooms. The participants are asked to find a place of their own liking via platforms such as booking.com