Travel to and in Vienna

Vienna lies in the east of Austria and the centre of the new Europe and is the largest city in Austria. Vienna has established an outstanding reputation as a conference city.

Vienna has a long history of scientific and medical research.

The city offers a wild range of theatres, music and art. It has been home of many famous musicians as Haydn, Strauss, Schubert, Mozart, van Beethoven and Schönberg. Classical concerts are performed at well known venues such as the Wiener Musikverein, home of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. For more information on Vienna, refer to www.wien.info

Vienna has a very good public transport system with waiting times that are generally short. The best way to reach the venue of the congress and to visit the sights of Vienna is by public transport with metro, trams and buses. For more information see www.wienerlinien.at

A free all-inclusive public transportation ticket can be collected at the registration desk.

By railway
The two main train-stations in Vienna are
Wien – West and Wien – Süd.
Both railway stations are located near to the city centre. All hotels are easy to reach from the stations by public transport. You can take a tram, the metro or a taxi.

By motorway

• Highway A1 (Western Europe)
• Highway A2 (Southern Europe)
• Highway A4 (Eastern Europe)

By plane
Vienna International Airport is located 16 km east of Vienna city centre.
From the Airport you can reach Vienna

• with the City Airport Train (CAT). For more information see www.cityairporttrain.com Here you can find all CAT tariffs at a click. The CAT ends at railway station Wien-Mitte.
• Of course, you also can reach the city of Vienna with taxis. A transfer with a taxi cost approximately EUR 30,- to 40,-.

Bratislava Airport
The M.R.Stefanik Airport in Bratislava is the principal international airport of Slovakia. It is located within a one-hour drive to Vienna. Between Vienna city and Bratislava Airport, trains and buses run on a regular basis.

Travel within Vienna to the conference venue
The Medical University of Vienna/General Hospital of Vienna (Allgemeines Krankenhaus - AKH) can easily be reached by metro U6, tram #5, #43, #44 and bus #13A.

For instance

• from railway station Wien-West you can take the metro U6 to direction Floridsdorf and get out at the station Michelbeuern-AKH
• from railway station Wien-Meidling you can take the metro U6 to direction
  Floridsdorf and get out at the station Michelbeuern-AKH
• from the railway station Wien-Süd, take the bus 13A to the end station AlserStraße
• from the railway station Wien-Mitte you can take the metro U3 to direction Ottakring, change at railway station Wien-West to metro U6 to direction Floridsdorf and get out at Michelbeuern-AKH station.
• form the airport you can also take a bus which ends Schwedenplatz. There, you change to metro U4 to direction Heiligenstadt, change at station Spittelau to metro U6 to direction Siebenhirten and get out at Michelbeuern-AKH