Vienna, Austria: Student Housing - summer rooms

An electronic city map of Vienna

If you want to find a certain address in Vienna, there is an electronic city map (new version) (or old version) available on a server run by the city of Vienna. Just enter the street name in the first (larger) box and the number in the second (smaller) box, then click on the grey/red box "Start" (or "Suchen" if you use the old version of the electronic city map).
The older version of the server is frequently overloaded, so try the new version first. However, the new version does not include information on tram and bus lines automatically. So after you get your first electronically generated map, you have to mark the little box "Öffentliche Verkehrsmittel" (you find it on the bottom part of the page) as "on" and then click on the red box "Neu zeichnen" to get info on buses (blue) and trams (red).

Some information on Public Transport

Public transport in Vienna is very well developed and one of the good things about the city. One of the cheapest possibilities is buying an "8-day-pass" which costs ATS 300,- (around 20 US dollars), so this is around ATS 38,- per day (around 2 US dollars 50 cents). The pass is also called "Unweltstreifenticket" or "green ticket", as its colour is green. It is a multi-ride ticket consisting of 8 stripes. You simply validate one of the stripes the first time you use public transport on a day by stamping the stripe e.g. in the tram or bus. The ticket is valid for the whole day of validation.

In addition there are also weekly passes (price around ATS 155,-), monthly passes (price around ATS 560,-) or yearly passes (price around ATS 5200,-). Students can obtain a "semester ticket" (valid from october to january or from march to june) for ATS 2120,-

The shortest distance & the fastest way by public transport: How long does it take to go to ... from the "House Doebling"?

You can use the server named above to find out the fastest way by public transport or the shortest distance from one place in Vienna to another:

For instance, if you want to know the fastest way from the "House Doebling" to another place of your interest (e.g. your university, working place etc.), klick here (route by public transport) and enter "gymnasiumstr" and "85" into the first two boxes ("Startadresse" = the address of the "House Doebling"). Then enter the street name and number of the address you want to go to in the other two boxes ("Zieladresse") and klick "Route suchen" to see the result. You will receive information on the fastest way by public transport to your address of interest, including information which kind of tram, bus or underground you have to use, where you have to change or get off etc., the total time including how long you have to walk and finally a city map showing the destination.

You can also search for the shortest distance between two places in Vienna. This will be interesting for you e.g. if you have an own car.

Unfortunately, the server run by the city of Vienna is frequently busy. However, there is another possibility to find your route on a server run by the public transport company of the city of Vienna. The respective form is somewhat more complicated to fill in: First, klick on the word "Go" close to the two words "Wien". A form pops up. Then uncheck/deselect the two boxes called "Haltestelle" and choose "Straße/Hausnummer" instead. Then, you can enter "Gymnasiumstr. 85" in the upper free field ("Start") and the street name and number of your address of interest in the lower field ("Ziel" means "destination"). You can select the time ("Uhr") and the date (day.month.year) e.g. when you would like to find out if there is public transport in the late evening. Finally click on "anfordern" to start the search. You get the exact times and number of buses trams etc. including where you have to get off, change the tram/bus etc.