arrival tips winter holidays in Austria

We want you to arrive safely and safely at your holiday destination! Austria is an ideal country to discover by car thanks to an excellent motorway, expressway and federal road network. We give you the necessary tips for a good and safe ride:

Winter equipment requirement - which regulations apply to cars?
For passenger cars, passenger cars with light or heavy trailers and for small trucks, a weather-dependent winter equipment requirement applies from 1 November to 15 April. Anyone driving on winter road conditions without winter tires risks a penalty of 60 euros. If other road users are endangered, theoretically even up to 5,000 euros may be punishable.

In Austria tolls are required on all motorways and expressways:
The vignette for motor vehicles up to 3.5 t is available both in digital form and as a classic adhesive sticker.
OUR TIP: The digital vignette! No sticking, no scratching: the digital vignette is bound to the license plate. So you do not have to stick the vignette on the windshield or scratch it off.

NEW: The Digital Section Toll FLEX service allows you to pay the route tolls through all ASFINAG toll stations without cash and with minimum effort. To do so, simply register under "My Account" and activate the Digital Section Toll FLEX service

Special toll roads / toll roads
Regardless of the vignette is charged for certain tunnel passages or mountain roads a road toll, tolls are u.a. to pay for the following important toll roads: Arlberg road tunnel, Brenner motorway, Dachstein road, Felbertauern road, Gerlos Alpine road, Grossglockner-Hochalpen road, Maltatal-Hochalm road, Nockalm road, Pyhrn highway (Gleinalm tunnel), Pyhrn highway (Bosruckunnel), Silvretta High Alpine Road, Tauern Motorway (Tauern and Katschberg Tunnels), Timmelsjoch High Alpine Road, Villach Alpine Road - Dobratsch, Karawankentunnel. Further information under ASFINAG and ÖAMTC