Bike & Viennabike, Vienna

Vienna is covered by an extensive network of bike paths. Check out the first website below for special bike routes, transportation of your bike in the public transport, laws regarding cyclists, mountain bike routes and other useful biking information.

Don't have a bike with you?
In the Prater Park (U1)there is a chance to rent bikes, scooters, tandems, rickshaws? amongst others. Costs range from 2 Euro per hour up to 29 per day depending on what you take. See the website below.

On the Danube Island there is also a possibility to rent out bikes, tandems, family bikes (4 wheels) and electric scooters. There are literally kilometers of bicycle paths, in fact it is only around a 30km ride to Slovakia and the other way is a great ride out along the Danube past Nussdorf. The company is located at the U1 Donauinsel stop (not the island side) just at the top where the permanent covered snack restaurants are. You need to leave a passport as deposit. Rates are hourly for electric scooters and daily or half daily for bikes and rollerblades.

If you fancy a day trip out then talk to the Austrian rail staff at Sud or West bahnhof, there are many summer offers and trips to places such as Greifenstein.

There is also a city bike scheme in Vienna (see www.citybikewien.at) but you need to have an Austrian debit card to rent one out.

THIS is a funny way to explore Vienna !
All you have to do is
REGISTER with an Austrian Bancomat-card (ATM-card), registry is just 2 Euros.

the 1st hour is free
2 hours = 2 Euros
3 hours is 4 Euros
4 hours is 8 Euros
every extra hour is 4 Euro afterwards.

Get your bike at one of the many bike-stations ( most of them are close to tourist-attractions in the centre ) and give it back at ANY station, so you need NOT go back, where you started.

When your bike is stolen - you have to pay 600 Euros.

The link below is just in German, BUT the way I understand it, it will not work with a foreign ATM-card !!
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Last year a similar company started with bikes that you could rent for a DEPOSIT of 1 Euro and get back the money...

...BUT 99% of the customers did not return the bike and lost that 1 Euro that way.

;-)) I could have told them in advance !!

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Vienna is a city which the cycling routes are well established in the city area and bicycle rental is very convenient. More information is at the webpage below.

When my wife and I were in Vienna, we saw many cyclists using the many routes especially in the central Vienna area. If you like cycling, then you will have a good time exploring the city :-)

Vienna also waits to be discovered by bicycle! There are 53 bikestations all around Vienna. One of them is at the Opera house for example and can't be overseen. Below a picture of a bikestation close to the IBIS Hotel in Schoenbrunnerstrasse. Find details of the rental conditions at the webpage of Citybike.

The first stand of yellow bikes I saw made me thinkthat this was a similar system to Copenhagen where you can ride bikes free around the city. Well it's not quite so uncomplicated as that but worth considering nonetheless. The deal is: you must purchase a Tourist Card which costs EUR 2 per day; this can be purchased by visa or mastercard or by contacting Royal Tours travel agency at Herrengasse 1-3 . At the terminal select one of the available bikes on the screen; enter your password and confirm your entry by pushing 'NEXT. The number of a bikebox will then appear on the screen and you make a note of it and at the box in question, push the green illuminated button to release your bike. Bikes can be returned to any of the 50 stations around the city.
Sounds unbelievably complicated ? it certainly seems complicated to me but would be worth pursuing if cycling is your favourite way to get about. The slogan 'City Bikes for Free' is definitely misleading as you have to pay a daily fee to register, but after that, if you're clever you can cycle for free. This would involve changing bikes every hour, as the first hour is always free. Complicated ? Well personally, I couldn't even begin to get my head around it but if you're interested all details are available from citybikewien.at

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I think it most be great to experience a sightseeing tour around the historical part of Vienna in such a bike-taxi or why not cal it the modern version of the rickshaw.

I have no idea what it costs.

But going with such a bike-taxi has some advantages :
- You do not have to cycle yourself, no painful feet from the ling walking
- If it starts to rain, you are covered, so you will stay dry.

So this might be a tip for my next Vienna city trip.

But of course there are also the City Bike Tours.

Pedal Power is one of the bike companies which deliver several services:
- First they rent bikes, they even deliver the bike (and collect it afterwards) at your hotel.
- They also organise guided tours
Prices can be found on their website (see below)

At several places, you see these City Bike stands (C B sign).

In fact it is a great system; you can pick up a bike at one bike stand, drive to the other part of the city, and leave it at another bike stand.
After you have done your sightseeing, you go back to the bike stand pick another bike and continue your journey.

At their website you can see where the bike stands are located, and you also can see the number of available bikes.

To use such a bike you need a City Bike Tourist Card, which you can get from :
- Royal Tours, Herrengasse 1-3, 1010 Vienna (open : daily 9:00-11:30 a.m. and 1:00-6:00 p.m.)
- Pedal Power, Ausstellungsstrasse 3, 1020 Wien (open : daily 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)
- or in your hotel

What does it cost:
Fee for the card : 2 euro (per day)
Bike :
1st hour : free
2nd hour : 1 euro
3rd hour : 2 euro
4th - 120th hour : 4 euro

A Useful tip:

As the first hour is free, and after a waiting period (time for a beer), you can take another bike and it is again free for the first hour. Like this you can drive 1 hour for free, rest for 15 minutes, drive 1 hour for free, rest 15 minutes, drive 1 hour for free, . . . .

Loosing your City Bike Card will cost you 10 euro

Loosing your City Bike will cost you . . . . . 600 euro

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To use this service you need a city bike card ,that you can get at your hotel
You are charged 1 euro for every use of the city bikes and as following:
the first hour is free,the second hour - 1 euro,third hour 2 euros per hour,4th till 120 hour - 4 euros per hour. To end up the renting period ,you need to return the city bike to any of the city bike stations indicated on the map of Vienna city bike.
By loss of the bike you will be charged 600 euros.