Visitor Information IQOQI Vienna
Complete address:
IQOQI, Institut für Quantenoptik und Quanteninformation
ÖAW, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften
Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Wien
Arriving by train at Westbahnhof station:
By taxi:
Journey time approx. 10 minutes.
By tram (direct):
From Westbahnhof take the tram number 5 (direction Praterstern) and
get out at the station Währingerstrasse/Nußdorferstrasse. Walk along
Währingerstrasse (with the park on your right-hand side) and take the
fist street to the left (Strudelhofgasse). At the first corner turn
right into Boltzmangasse. The entrance to the Institute is at
Boltzmanngasse 3, on the right-hand side of the street. Journey time
approx. 25 minutes.
By underground/tram:
From Westbahnhof take the underground line U6 (direction
Floridsdorf) and get out at the station Währingerstrasse/Volksoper.
From here you may either walk or take a tram for one station down
Währingerstrasse (tram lines 40, 41 or 42, direction Schottentor) to
the station Währingerstraße/Nußdorferstraße. Continue over the
crossroads along Währingerstrasse (with the park on your right-hand
side) and take the first street to the left (Strudlhofgasse). Then turn
right again into Boltzmanngasse. The entrance to the Institute is at
Boltzmanngasse 3, on the right-hand side of the street. Journey time
approx. 15 minutes.
Arriving by plane at Vienna Airport Schwechat (19km from city centre):
By taxi:
Journey time approx. 20 minutes (cost approx. EUR 25,00).
By Vienna Airport Lines bus service:
Take bus from outside arrivals terminal. There are two services, one
to the train station Westbahnhof (stopping first at station
Südbahnhof), and the other to the stop Landstrasse/City Terminal/Vienna
Hilton Hotel. Tickets are available from the driver (EUR 5,80 for a
single journey, EUR 10,90 return, valid for 30 days). Journey time
approx. 25-30 minutes.
From Westbahnhof take taxi or travel as indicated above.
From Landstrasse/City Terminal take taxi or the underground line U4
(direction Heiligenstadt) to the station Schottenring, change to the
line U2 (direction Karlsplatz) and get out at Schottentor/Universität.
From there take a tram up Währingerstrasse for 2 stops (lines 37, 38,
40, 41 or 42), to the station Währingerstraße/Nußdorferstraße. Walk
along Währingerstrasse (back in the direction from which the tram has
come, the park on your right-hand side) and take the first street to
the left (Strudlhofgasse) and then turn right. The entrance to the
Institute is at Boltzmanngasse 3, on the right-hand side of the street.
Buying Tickets for Public Transport
Free subway maps are available at information counters.
Ticket vending machines take 10, 20 and 50 bank notes as well as coins, but it is advisable to have some small change with you.
?Zone 1? covers all of Vienna; the other zones apply to lines to nearby
towns, or to Vienna Airport. To buy a single ticket (Einzelfahrkarte)
at a vending machine you should press the yellow button no. 1 under the
?Einzelfahrkarte? table for adults. The following tickets are available
at underground station vending machines, tobacconists (Trafik), or
ticket offices at railway stations.
1. A single ticket
(Einzelfahrkarte) costs EUR 1,60. Each single ticket allows travel for
one person on a single trip in a well defined direction with arbitrary
interchanges (e.g. you may change from the underground to a tram on the
same ticket). The ticket should be stamped once at the beginning of the
journey at a blue ?Entwerter? machine found at the entrance to
underground stations and in buses or trams.
2. An 8-day strip
ticket (Umweltstreifenkarte) costs EUR 24,00 for a total of 8 (not
necessarily consecutive) days of travel (at a vending machine press the
green button U? to obtain such a ticket). One of the eight strips has
to be stamped for each day used. After that you just have to carry the
ticket with you. These tickets can also be used for several persons
travelling together, provided that one field is stamped for each person
once for each day and person.
3. A weekly ticket (Wochenkarte)
costs EUR 12,50 and is valid specifically from Monday to Sunday (not
for arbitrary seven day periods).
All these tickets are transferable, but if two people travel together, you must be able to show two tickets!
For further information, please, visit the website of the Wiener Linien.
