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Transport

Austria has a well-developed public transport system. Within cities there are buses and tramways, only the capital Vienna has a metro. The main airport is located south of the capital Vienna in Schwechat, there are smaller ones near Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz, Linz and Klagenfurt.

Riding a bike is common in Austria and a cheap means of transport for short distances. In some bigger cities like Vienna, Salzburg or Graz you can hire public bikes for very little money:
Vienna: citybikewien.at/en/
Graz: bicycle.at/en/rent/
Salzburg: citybikesalzburg.at/

Railway
National railway company ÖBB: oebb.at/en/
The first private train company in Austria is Westbahn: westbahn.at/

Bus
Buses can be used for transport within Austria or for transport to other European countries.
National bus company Postbus: postbus.at/en/
For international bus connections see Eurolines or Flixbus: eurolines.it or flixbus.it/autobus/austria

Boats
You can take a boat on Austria’s biggest river, the Danube: ddsg-blue-danube.at/

Airline
National airline company Austrina Airline: austrian.com/at/en/homepage