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All long-distance trains and most of the regional trains in Austria are included - for details see below.

You can even use the highspeed trains without additional fees, reservations are optional. The only exceptions are night trains and long-distance trains to Italy via Brenner/Brennero (between Innsbruck and Bozen/Bolzano) and Tarvisio (between Villach and Udine) if you cross the border.

In general, check this page to see in detail which trains/railway companies accept the Interrail pass in each country.

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The Franz-Fischer-Hütte in the state of Salzburg, famous for its incredible vegetarian and vegan cuisine

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As a member, sleeping at mountain huts run by one of the alpine associations is generally inexpensive, as you get a discount. If you are a member of an alpine association in a foreign country, you might still be eligible for the discount (see below).

Alpenverein (ÖAV/DAV, Austrian/German Alpine Club)

Together, the Austrian and German Alpenverein run hundreds of mountain huts across all of the Austrian alps, also in the higher alpine regions.

Use this website to find their mountain huts.

The same discount applies for members of ÖAV or DAV itself and for members of the domestic and foreign associations listed here. You must carry your membership card with you, and it must have the icon printed on it.

As a member, very inexpensive:

At most 15 € for a night in a dormitory/mattress room (12 € if you're under 25 years).

There's at least one cheap dinner option (called "Bergsteigeressen") for at most 11 €.

There are no rules for breakfast prices, but that's usually well below 20 € as well, meaning you can get by with less than 50 € per night in total.

Naturfreunde Österreich (Friends of Nature)

Also across all of Austria, but not as much in the high alpine regions as the Alpenverein.

Use this website (only in German!) to find their mountain huts.

The same discount applies for members of Naturfreunde, the other Austrian alpine associations, German Alpenverein, the international Friends of Nature associations and apparently also the Slovenian PZS (but not for members of AVS, SAC, CAI, FFCAM etc.)

No general pricing rules, but usually similar to the huts run by Alpenverein.

Österreichischer Touristenklub (ÖTK, Austrian Tourist Club)

Mainly in the eastern part of the Austrian alps, but a few in the west as well.

Use this website to find their mountain huts.

The same discount applies for members of ÖTK, the other Austrian alpine associations, German Alpenverein and PZS (but not for members of AVS, SAC, CAI, FFCAM etc.)

General overview over all staffed mountain huts

Use this website, it looks bad, but seems to be quite up to date (only in German though).

If you know where you want to go: Check on the official topographic map of Austria (you need to zoom in far enough), on OpenStreetMap, Outdooractive etc.

Double-check whether the hut is open and who runs it, some mountain huts are also run privately and can be quite expensive.

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Included in the Interrail pass

All trains operated by ÖBB, the state-run railway company. ÖBB offers trains in all of Austria, including many international trains, e.g. to Germany, Italy, Switzerland and Slovenia.

Westbahn is a private railway company operating on the routes Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck, Vienna - Salzburg - Munich and Vienna - Graz - Villach (see here).

Included, but probably not relevant for your Yoalin trip

Regiojet operates trains from Vienna to Prague, Budapest and Bratislava. Reservation is mandatory!

GySEV/Raaberbahn operates some regional trains in the southeast of Vienna.

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Trains not included in the Interrail pass

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Trains not included in the Interrail pass

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A bunch of regional and touristic trains operated by smaller local railway companies are not included. Here are some you might be tempted to take. You can check the prices, some are not so expensive after all. Tickets can also be bought via the ÖBB ticket shop.

Mariazellerbahn (between St. Pölten in Lower Austria and Mariazell in Styria)

Pinzgauer Lokalbahn (between Zell am See and Krimml in Salzburg)

GKB (S-Bahn lines S6, S61 and S7 around Graz in Styria)

StB (S-Bahn lines S11 and S31 in Styria, and the local trains between Feldbach and Bad Gleichenberg and between Unzmarkt and Tamsweg)

Achenseebahn (cog railway between Jenbach and Achensee in Tyrol, tickets cannot be bought via ÖBB).

Zillertalbahn (between Jenbach and Mayrhofen im Zillertal)

Stubaitalbahn (between Innsbruck and the Stubaital in Tyrol)

Vorchdorferbahn (Lambach - Vorchdorf) and Traunseetram (Vorchdorf - Gmunden) at the Traunsee lake, and Atterseebahn (Vöcklamarkt - Attersee) at the Attersee lake. These trains are all operated by Stern & Hafferl, you can buy tickets from ÖBB. Both lakes are also reachable with ÖBB trains where the Interrail pass is accepted (Traunsee via Gmunden, Altmünster, Traunkirchen or Ebensee, Attersee via Kammer-Schörfling).

Montafonerbahn (between Bludenz and Schruns in Vorarlberg)

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- Lichtsee

-Obernbergersee

- Achensee

- Piburgersee

- Möserer See

- Hintersteinersee

- Walchsee

- Schwarzsee

- Grünausee

- Mutterbergsee

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Buy once, get 50% on every train ticket within the country

Costs: 21 € (up until 25 years of age), 73 € if you're older

On your birthday, you can travel for free with all OEBB trains in Austria

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- Frauenmuseum, Hittisau, Vorarlberg
- Jüdisches Museum, Hohenems, Vorarlberg
- Kunsthaus Bregenz, Vorarlberg
- Textile museum/center, Haslach im Mühlviertel, Upper Austria
- well and at least a 100 museums worth seeing in Vienna: e.g. "Waschsalon" in the Karl-Marx-Höfe; Architekturzentrum in MQ, Museum; museum of contraception and abortion...

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Programm Vermittlung Museum Öffnungszeiten & Preise Über uns Team Auszeichnungen Nachhaltigkeit Architektur Wohin in Hittisau Barrierefreiheit Führungen Schule und Kindergarten Museum und Familie Kalender Mediathek Blog Starke Frauen Pforte im Frauenmuseum Frauenkonferenz 2021 Orange the World Courage

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The situation in Austria is a little complicated (rules differ for every state), in general I would recommend to sleep in mountain huts instead

Some information from the Austrian Alpenverein: Zelten und Biwakieren in Österreichs Bergen

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-innsbruck is overall a nice starting point, as many places can be reached from here
-Adlerweg (Hike)
-Inntaler Höhenweg (Hike)

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Frödischschlucht, Vorarlberg  Offensee, At Zirmtaler See, Südtirol Martelltal, Südtirol

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Frödischschlucht, Vorarlberg  Offensee, At Zirmtaler See, Südtirol Martelltal, Südtirol

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Grundlsee und Ausseersee sind wunderbar - und agree: generell das Salzkammergut!

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Grundlsee und Ausseersee sind wunderbar - und agree: generell das Salzkammergut!

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-Kärnten
-Salzkammergut

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Inntaler Höhenweg oder  Adlerweg ist auch gut erreichbar

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Inntaler Höhenweg oder  Adlerweg ist auch gut erreichbar

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Murradweg - von der Quelle bis zur Mündung in die Drau

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Murradweg - von der Quelle bis zur Mündung in die Drau

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Wienerbruck/Mariazell mit den Ötschergräben mit der Panoramabahn von St. Pölten aus

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Wienerbruck/Mariazell mit den Ötschergräben mit der Panoramabahn von St. Pölten aus

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Karnischer Höhenweg (long distance hiking) Carinthia/Eastern Tyrol

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Karnischer Höhenweg (long distance hiking) Carinthia/Eastern Tyrol

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Berliner Höhenweg, Ötztaler Alps, Tyrol (long distance hiking) 

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Berliner Höhenweg, Ötztaler Alps, Tyrol (long distance hiking) 

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Gesäuse is also amazing! and apparently you are allowed to kayak there: https://www.kajakschule.at/anfahrt/ 

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Gesäuse is also amazing! and apparently you are allowed to kayak there: https://www.kajakschule.at/anfahrt/ 

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Lienzer dolomites, East Tyrol (beautiful hiking and climbing destination)

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Lienzer dolomites, East Tyrol (beautiful hiking and climbing destination)

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Lienz is also worth visiting

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Buy "Vorteilscard Youth" for 21 €/year

Buy "ÖBB Sommerticket" for 41 € (until 19 years) or 62 € (20-25 years) - only valid together with the Vorteilscard!

Valid for all OEBB trains within Austria, for 30 consecutive days within the summer period of July 4th to September 13th, 2026

Attention: On weekdays (Monday to Friday), it is only valid from 8:00 am onwards

On Friday, Saturday, Sunday and on public holidays, you apparently must buy seat reservations for long distance trains (IC, EC, RJ, RJX, IR, D, ICE)

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Hinweis: Reservierungspflicht

Bei Fahrten mit dem Sommer-Ticket in allen Fernverkehrszügen gilt an Frei-, Sam-, Sonn- und Feiertagen eine Reservierungspflicht. IC-Busse können ausschließlich mit einer Reservierung benutzt werden. Tipp: Bei Kauf des ÖBB Sommer-Tickets über das ÖBB Kund:innenkonto sind 5 Reservierungsgutscheine dabei!

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Gönn' dir: Das Sommerticket ist wieder da!

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Hinweis: Reservierungspflicht Bei Fahrten mit dem Sommer-Ticket in allen Fernverkehrszügen gilt an Frei-, Sam-, Sonn- und Feiertagen eine Reservierungspflicht. IC-Busse können ausschließlich mit einer Reservierung benutzt werden. Tipp: Bei Kauf des ÖBB Sommer-Tickets über das ÖBB Kund:innenkonto sind 5 Reservierungsgutscheine dabei!

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hiking, swimming, cycling, sailing,...

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https://www.schauaufsland.com/

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accessible from Golling-Abtenau train station

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https://www.austria.info/en/wellbeing-nature/forests-nature/best-places-to-stargaze

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99% of the American and European populations no longer experience complete darkness at night. "A Dark Sky Park is a night landscape protection area in which light pollution is reduced to enable a clear view of the darkness and the beauty of the night sky." DI Clemens Schnaitl, managing director of the nature park and coordinator for the Attersee-Traunsee Dark Sky Park, is passionate about the sparkling project that revolves around darkness.

You can still enjoy the darkness of the natural night in this region in the heart of the Salzkammergut, meaning clear views of the sky. Light pollution is hardly a problem here, thanks to numerous measures. The locals are encouraged to use "better light" which means: "Outdoors, light is directed to where it is needed, thus preventing upward radiation", Schnaitl explains. "Gscheites Licht für eine naturnahe Nacht" (smart light for a natural night) is the motto of the project that Dr. Stefan Wallner, astrophysicist at the University of Vienna, scientifically supports.

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99% of the American and European populations no longer experience complete darkness at night. "A Dark Sky Park is a night landscape protection area in which light pollution is reduced to enable a clear view of the darkness and the beauty of the night sky."

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- Poolbar Festival, Feldkirch, Vorarlberg
- Acoustic Lakeside Festival, Carinthia
- Wetterleuchten (electro festival on the mountain), Innsbruck, Tyrol
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Use the ÖBB Scotty app to check your connections, it includes practically all public transport there is in Austria.

It also has delay notifications.

Also available as a website: fahrplan.oebb.at

Tickets are sold at a separate website: shop.oebbtickets.at (you can also buy tickets for buses, city transport etc. there).

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Seat reservations are generally not required in Austria (except for night trains!)

For ÖBB trains/international trains: Check your train connection (with exact date and time) on fahrplan.oebb.at, if it says "ACHTUNG: Starker Reisetag" ("ATTENTION: Peak travel day") for your train, it might be advisable to book seat reservations. If it does not show the warning, you should be fine without. Either way, if you book seat reservations, book them directly via the ÖBB shop (check "seat reservation only"), it's way cheaper than booking it via Interrail.

For Westbahn trains: The Vienna - Salzburg route can be very crowded with lots of reserved seats, especially during peak hours. You can use this website to buy a seat reservation and to check before departure how many seats are already reserved.

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ÖBB also offers night trains to and from Austria, e.g. to Italy, Germany and Zurich in Switzerland (see here). These can come in handy, as you don't need to pay for accomodation for the night.

With the interrail pass, it's even better: Only the day you board the train counts as travel day! If you travel throughout the day and then by night train right after, you could even cross the entire alps using just a single travel day.

You still need to pay an additional fee: When selecting the number of passengers on the website, add the Interrail pass as discount card.

Prices are usually lower the earlier you book.

The available options are seating cars (cheap), couchettes (medium expensive) and sleeping cars (expensive).

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Many long-distance trains (ÖBB RJ/RJX/IR, Westbahn) and even some local trains offer free WiFi.

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Not directly in the alps, but if you can go, it's absolutely worth it!

Reachable from Graz via Feldbach

Hundreds of amazing chocolate creations, and you can eat as much as you want

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Bahn zum Berg is an NGO advocating for travelling sustainably to the mountains. They run a blog with lots of nice hikes reachable by public transport.

Zuugle is Bahn zum Berg's search engine, just enter the station you're starting from and what you're looking for and it will return suitable hikes (works in the entire alps!).

This tool (specifically for Vienna) is useful to find regions that are well connected, or if you know where you want to go, but not how to get there

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rent a bike from the train station Klagenfurt to get to the lake Wörthersee, in general you can visit the city by bike;

"Kaschuta" for hiking

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take the train via Semmering (famous old mountain train railway)

train station "Payerbach Reichenau" as base for hiking, reachable in ~1h by a direct train from Vienna

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Take a bus directly from Salzburg to Heiligenblut

Or take a train from Salzburg or Villach to Mallnitz-Obervellach

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Check out a Bergsteigerdorf (mountaineer's village)!

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Check out a Bergsteigerdorf (mountaineer's village)!

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Experience pilot villages of sustainable tourism: https://eng.bergsteigerdoerfer.org

These places are a good starting point if you want to see "authentic alpine villages"

Some Bergsteigerdörfer in Austria that are reachable by train: Grünau im Almtal, Johnsbach im Gesäuse, Mallnitz, St. Jodok, Gschnitztal

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Hochschwab-region (for hiking)

Schladming (for hiking) --> better off season, otherwise it can be very crowded; direct connections from Vienna on weekends!

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Schafberg (Salzburg/Upper Austria): for hiking or take a mountain railway (Schafbergbahn, Zahnradbahn), wonderful, multi-lake view!

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Schafberg (Salzburg/Upper Austria): for hiking or take a mountain railway (Schafbergbahn, Zahnradbahn), wonderful, multi-lake view!

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https://www.nextbike.net/en/

very cheap

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Linkliste Öffentliche Anreise Alpenverein

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for mountain-lake experiences

Attersee

Traunsee

Mondsee

Fuschlsee

Wolfgangsee

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Filmfestival Rathausplatz: Screenings of concert movies, operas etc. directly in front of the city hall

Volxkino: Free movie screenings in public locations, outdoor (check for the movie's language!)

Musik am Fluss: Concerts from local artists

The Wien Museum has free entry for its exhibition about Vienna's history (recommendation for rainy days!)

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Hall is cheaper for accommodation than the city center of Innsbruck and it is still well-connected (or airbnb or hospitality list)

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This map, which is published by the state of Austria, is available online for free

If you zoom in far enough, it displays the terrain with contour lines, hill shading and quite many details

You can also switch to an aerial image instead ("Orthophoto")

It also displays peaks, hiking trails and mountain huts

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If you plan to do longer (maybe even multi-day) hikes in the mountains, consider joining an alpine association (Alpenverein, Naturfreunde or ÖTK) if you haven't already in your home country

A membership offers insurance in case of emergencies, discounts for sleeping at mountain huts and other benefits like the possibility to rent equipment or guide books

For the hut discounts, memberships from other associations are mutually recognized (see the post in "accomodations"), so your main reason for choosing one of the associations is probably the price - ÖTK has a discount for memberships, available until end of August!

Memberships are yearly and renewed automatically, you need to cancel until end of October!

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"Discover picturesque pitches & accommodation for your outdoor adventure with private hosts"

https://nomady.camp

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If you want to take your bike onto a train, select "Bicycle transport"/"Fahrradmitnahme" when searching for trains in ÖBB Scotty or the ÖBB trip planner. Here are some things to consider:

You always need a ticket to take your bike on a train! Tickets for ÖBB trains are sold via the ÖBB online shop, after selecting your route, you need to remove the human passenger and add a bike instead to see the tickets. Alternatively, you can also buy bike tickets at ticket machines in bigger train stations.

For regional trains (S, R, REX, CJX): The ticket is valid for all regional trains on the selected route, but there is no guarantee that there is space for your bike. The train conductor can refuse to let you board if all the space is already taken. In that case, wait for the next train.

For ÖBB long-distance trains (RJX, RJ, ICE, EC, IC, D, IR): You can only take your bike onto a long-distance train if you have a reservation! This reservation guarantees there is space (it also tells you exactly in which train car to put your bike), but it means you cannot take a different train. When buying the bike transport ticket online, the reservation will automatically be added.

For Westbahn trains: You can buy bike transport tickets for a specific train in advance to have a guaranteed spot. If there is still space available, you can also buy a ticket on board.

Get to the train station some time before departure! For long-distance trains, check where on the platform the train car you need will stop (on the screens on the platform, on ÖBB InfoToGo or ÖBB Live). The trains can be quite long, and you don't want to be running across the entire platform to get to your car!