Klagenfurt Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Postbus services depart outside the Hauptbah­n­hof, where there’s an information office (543 40; 7am-5pm Mon-Fri) with a timetable board outside.

Car & motorcycle

The A2/E66 between Villach and Graz skirts the north of Klagenfurt. Car rental offices:

Avis (559 38; Klagenfurt Airport)

Denzeldrive (5 01 05 41 40; Klagenfurt Airport)

Hertz (561 47; St Ruprechter Strasse 12)

LaudaMotion (0900 240 120; Klagenfurt Airport)

Train

Frequent direct IC/EC (InterCity/EuroCity) trains run from Klagenfurt station to Vienna (€44, four hours) and Salzburg (€31.70, 3¼ hours). Trains to Graz depart every one to two hours (€32, two to three hours); these go via Bruck an der Mur (€25, 2¼ hours). Trains to western Austria, Italy, Slovenia and Germany go via Villach (€7.60, 30 to 40 minutes, two to four per hour).

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Boat

The departure point for boat cruises on the lake is a few hundred metres north of Strandbad.

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Air

Klagenfurt’s airport (415 00-0; www.klagenfurt-airport.com; Flughafenstrasse 60-66) is 3km north of town. Ryanair connects Klagenfurt with London Stansted, TUIfly (Hapag-Lloyd Express) does a handful of northern German cities, and Austrian Arrows (Austrian Airlines) flies to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.

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