The city operates 80 different bus routes. Services are frequent and punctual, and fares reasonably priced. There are also regular services to the airport.

Special services include sightseeing in a taxi, Airport Express, taxis for women, a ‘caller-collection taxi’ of the Vienna public transportation, a special taxi to the train and a taxi for the hearing impaired. Within Vienna there are no additional charges for luggage. A tip of 10 percent, or rounding to the nearest euro is common.

Pedestrian tourists will appreciate the many small streets in the Innerestadt, but motorists will find it a nightmare during the day; even at night it is almost impossible to find a parking space on the street. However, car parks are located underneath squares. Parking costs some 5,00 EUR per hour. Out of Vienna’s 23 districts, short-term street parking is available in districts one to nine, designated by a blue line on the road and marked at the short-term parking zone entrance. Tickets, valid for 30, 60 or 90 minutes, are available at news agents and vending machines. Hourly parking is strictly policed and fines are high, especially if the car is towed. Trams are the most popular form of public transport in Vienna. The city is crisscrossed by tramlines. But since Vienna is not a large city, walking is also very popular.

The modern underground network of Vienna was created in the 19th Century, when a system of urban steam railway lines was built to connect the mainline railways serving the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Between 1898 and 1901, three Stadtbahn lines opened in stages; two of which were later modernised to become today’s U4 and the central section of U6. The third, a suburban line, was converted into the Schnellbahn (S45) in the 1980’s. The first two rapid tramway lines, along the Gürtel (U6), received electricity in 1925, and also ran along the Danube Canal and Wien River.

The trams of Vienna wind through the city and are an efficient and pleasant way to get from one site to another. They also serve outlying areas. For tourists, the best trams to take is tram 38, which goes to Grinzing, with a lovely view of suburban Vienna; and tram 1 or 2, which travel around the Inner Ring that encircles Vienna.