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Foto: Holding Graz/Helge O. Sommer
PUBLIC TRANSPORT- CARS AND PARKING- BICYCLES Graz is a “City of Short Distances“: You can run most errands on foot, especially in the inner city. In this way you not only save money, but also safeguard the environment and stay fit! If you cannot walk or do not want to walk, you have the following options:
Public Transport – Buses and Trams Graz has a tightly knit network of means of public transport- please see the Public transport- network map included in your Welcome – Box. The “Graz Lines” are taking you by bus and tram to every corner of the city from 5AM to 12PM. On Friday and Saturday the busses of the “Nightline” will take you safely back home even after midnight. On the bus you may buy your 1 hour- or 24 34
hour- ticket (in cash) with the driver. In trams you may buy tickets valid 1 hour, 24 hours, 1 week or 1 month at the ticket machine. At the tobacco store you can buy tickets in advance: tickets valid for 1 hour, 24 hours,
Information Mobilitäts- und Vertriebscenter Jakoministraße 1, 8010 Graz
Open hours: Monday through Friday from 8AM to 6 PM, Saturday from 9AM to1 PM.
+43 316 887 42 24 +43 316 887 43 50 +43 505 67 89 10 www.holding-graz.at/linien www.mobilzentral.at
1 week, 1 month. Tickets valid for 6 months or a full year may only be bought at the Mobility Center (Mobilitätszentrum) (see below). The tickets cost the same, no matter whether you buy them on the bus, in the tram or at the tobacco store. There are reduced ticket options for pupils, students and apprentices, as well as for senior citizens (60 years and older); depending on your income; for details see chapter “Senior Citizens”. Students who register their main residence in Graz are granted a mobility check (Mobilitätsscheck) worth 30 to 40 Euro per semester. Information on any other requirements students have to meet in order to be eligible for the mobility check, where to apply for it and how to use it can be found online at www.graz.at – Traffic (Verkehr). More detailed information online at www.holdinggraz.at/mobilitaetsscheck and at the „Mobility Center“.
Bicycle Riding Graz has an excellent network of bicycle paths (about 120 km). The “Graz Bicycle Map” (Radkarte Graz) showing all bicycle paths and bicycle routes is included in your Welcome Box. Further bicycle maps can be picked up free of charge at “Mobil Zentral”, Jakoministraße 1, at the Graz Tourist Center (Graz Tourismus), Herrengasse 16, at the Bicycle Station at the Central Train Station (Hauptbahnhof) and at the Department for Traffic Planning (Abteilung für Verkehrsplanung), Europaplatz 20. Tel. +43 316 8722882, E-Mail verkehrsplanung@stadt.graz. at, www.graz.at/radkarte. At the Bicycle Station at Graz Central Train Station (south of the main entrance) you can leave your
bicycle in a secured area or rent a bike to explore the city (Tel. +43 664 61 73 874, www.graz.at/radstation). Further information can be found at www. graz.at and at the Department for Traffic Planning.
Driving Driver’s License: in order to drive in Austria you need to hold a valid driver’s license. If your driver’s license was issued in an EUmember state or in an EEA- country, it is valid in Austria, too. You do have the option of having it reissued as Austrian driver's license. If you are a third country national and you have registered your main residence in Austria, you have to have your driver's license reissued within the period of six months. In the process you may have to take the practical driving test again. You may need a certified German translation of your driver’s license or an international driver’s license. Tip: in Austria the international driver’s license is valid only for a period of one year from the date of issue!
Information Abteilung für Verkehrsplanung
Europaplatz 20, 7. Stock, 8020 Graz +43 316 872-2881 verkehrsplanung@stadt.graz.at www.graz.at/verkehrsplanung
Landespolizeidirektion Graz
Führerscheinstelle, Parkring 4, 8010 Graz Office hours: Monday through Friday from 8 AM to1PM. +43 316 888 65 52 50 lpd-st-verkehrsamt@polizei.gv.at
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