#1 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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genetravelling says:
This is AWESOME!
A totally free audio tour guide to Vienna.
Do it at your own pace.
Go to this site:
http://www.your-friend.info/vienna/map.html
Print out the map
And download the MP3 to your MP3 player.
And there you have it!
you own free tour guide of this beautiful city!
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#2 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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genetravelling says:
Here is a sample of websites that might help you getting information about and in Vienna (Most sites are in English):
Vienna Info:
http://www.wien.gv.at/english/
http://www.virtualvienna.net/
Government Info:
http://www.help.gv.at/Content.Node/HELP-FC.html
Government Ministy of Finance (…
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#3 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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Devika1985 says:
The Vienna Card is ideal for short cityvisits.
This card costs you €18,50 and in return you can travel around the city by public transport for free during the next 72 hours. Included to this are the underground, tram, busses and night busses. Next to that it gives you discounts on several differe…
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#4 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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Martin_Austria says:
Vienna has compared to other cities an excelent public transport system. Most you will reach your targets with the underground. also late at night there are a quite good night buses. Most attractions/places are quite close in Vienna, with a good plan you maybe dont need public transport at all.
H…
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#5 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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lauro says:
Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station, or Vienna Western Station) is a major Austrian railway station, the starting point of the Austrian Western Railway (Westbahn) for trains to (Salzburg, Munich, Frankfurt, Zürich, Budapest, Bucharest, Belgrad etc). As well as long-distance routes, local trains (…
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#6 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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cvanzoen says:
The flight to Vienna and back to Amsterdam was my first using this company. We flew with a Fokker 100 type machine and both the schedule that was met and the plane were good. Of course on such a short flight you cannot expect meals and such that you would get on long flights but my overall feeling a…
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#7 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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Martin_Austria says:
The Billa at Praterstern is one of two supermarkets which are allowed to open everyday in Vienna. There is a second one at Franz Josephs-Bahnhof but the one at Praterstern is easier to reach. From fresh meat to fresh baked bred you will find everything you need there.
Billa is the second biggest…
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#8 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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genetravelling says:
Ok, So people keep asking how to get to Vienna from the airport.
There are a number of ways.
If you have money expect a taxi to cost around E60.
If you want the quickest, cheapest way then catch the train!
But BEWARE!
There are two trains that go and the more expensive one is that one…
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#9 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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Martin_Austria says:
Austria's opening times for supermarkets might seem to many of her backpacker visitors quite inconvenient. I cannot deny that sometimes I wish they would have open a bit longer. Usually Supermarkets close between 6pm and 9 pm from Monday till Friday and close between 5 and 6 pm on Saturday. On Sunda…
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#10 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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cax says:
Vienna Sightseeing is offering city tours of 1 to 4 hours throughout the city. The duration is between one and four hours and the busses leaves every hour.
All tours start at even hours from the stats Oper (state opera house) but you can hop on and off dureing the tour. Tickets are sold rght out…
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#11 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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Devika1985 says:
When I was in Vienna Stefan told us to buy a subway ticket for a certain period of time instead of buying just independant tickets all the time. We bought a ticket wich was valid for 72 hours. It was very cheap it was just a little over 13 euro's and it allowed us to travel with all the different ki…
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#12 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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semih says:
don't miss out on 'haus der musik' i.e. house of music,such a nice experience about sounds...
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#13 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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cvanzoen says:
I had never been to the airport of Vienna until this citytrip in August 2009. The thing I can say about this airport is the fact that I like the size of it. Even though it is an international airport it is not too big. While waiting on your flight you can easily walk up and down the entire waiting a…
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#14 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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andrewmarshall says:
Vienna was a nice city, but getting there and back was an exhausting excursion, based solely on the fact that I work during the week in Italy. I left Friday night, but my train car was the only car on the train that didnt have electricity, and since it was like 90 deg. F, I was sweating most of the …
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#15 of 18 general tips & advice in Vienna
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yadilitta says:
When you visit Vienna and want to see more than one attraction, take your time and study the different kind of tickets they offer. Maybe you'd find one that would work better for your budget.
In my case I didn't have much time to visit all the attractions of the city, but wanted to visit as much …
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