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Vienna is a city you want to stay in: it has beautiful architecture, delicious food, friendly locals and good transport links. Crowds of tourists, of course, are attached, but they add color, and if you are open to communication, you can make a couple of useful acquaintances and practice spoken German or English, which everyone here understands perfectly. Fasten your seat belts everyone: the journey to Austria begins!

Transportation

Airplanes arrive at Vienna International Airport, and getting to the city from there is most convenient and cheapest by train from the ÖBB company, so a ticket from the airport will cost only 4.20 euros. The same trip on the CAT (City Airport Train), a more popular and well-known form of transport among travelers, will cost you 12 euros. The choice is obvious, right?

The city is easy to navigate on foot, but the subway is very developed here. The ticket costs 2.40 euros, you can buy passes for a week or several days, but the sights are relatively close to each other, so this will most likely not be profitable in the end. There are five metro lines in Vienna: U1, U2, U3, U4 and U6. U5 was never built, although it was planned more than once. Although at first glance it may not seem so to you, Vienna is a city of contrasts. Here you can hear dozens of languages ​​of the world, try not only local but also oriental cuisine, get lost among the beautiful old streets and suddenly find friends. Sticking to a plan is great, but always give a chance to spontaneous events to break into your life, because maybe this is exactly what you need most: the opportunity to get lost in a new city and discover not only places that are not marked on the tourist map i.e like riding on dune buggy offroadadventurefun.com, but also a part of yourself, which you never thought of before. No wonder James Baldwin once said: “I met a lot of people in Europe. I even got to know myself." So go ahead, meet new acquaintances!