Directions & Accommodation
MuseumsQuartier
Vienna
In preparation of the International Digital Security Forum 2025 and in concord with the conference’s motto “Balancing Sovereignty and Solidarity in the Digital Age”, the IDSF organizers would like to maximize their efforts of hosting this event as green as possible.
Green Event
We aim at organizing the IDSF event according to the Austrian Ecolabel for Green Events. Accompanied by numerous measures, from choosing a regional caterer to resource saving at the venue of the event. We would like to invite you to support our efforts by means of environmentally friendly travel and waste avoidance.
How to get to Vienna by train
Vienna is easily accessible by railway from all directions. Numerous international and national train services guarantee a quick and easy way to get there from all over Europe. Vienna’s train stations are centrally located and have good connections to the public transport network.
Train schedules can be found on the ÖBB website.
Accessibility for participants with special needs:
– Austrian Airlines
– Train: ÖBB
– Public transportation in Vienna (only in German): Wiener Linien
– Hotels & general information: wien.info
Travel by air
Vienna Airport is well connected to the public transportation network and can be reached quickly, comfortably and cheaply by train or bus. We encourage you to compensate for your flights here: Compensating for your flight – atmosfair
Connections from the airport
The City Airport Train (CAT) connects the airport with the transportation hub Wien Mitte in just 16 minutes without a stopover and offers numerous additional services such as City Check-In with baggage check-in directly in the city. It’s the fastest connection from the airport to Vienna’s city center (Wien Mitte, connection U3, U4, S-Bahn) and runs daily at 30-minute intervals between the airport and the city center from 5:37 to 23:38 and vice versa.
Information on connections by railway, bus or with the Vienna City Card can be found here.
How to get to Museumsquartier Vienna (MQW)
The venue is easily accessible by public transport. The following public transport connection is within walking distance:
Subway
U3 (station Volkstheater)
U2 (station MuseumsQuartier)
Timetable information for public transport is available at oebb.at & wienerlinien.at
Bus
48A (station Volkstheater)
City Bus 2B (station MuseumsQuartier)
Streetcar: 49 (Volkstheater)
Airport bus and the Twin City Liner with a fast and direct connection to the center of Bratislava.
If you are traveling by car, we recommend carpooling to reduce your ecological footprint.
You can offset the resulting CO2 emissions with compensation payments: myclimate.org, klimaneutralität.boku.ac.at, climateaustria.at, atmosfair.de
Accommodation certified with the Austrian Ecolabel, please click here
Click here to find more infos about the City Airport Train
Green hotels in walking distance
Hotel recommendations
Here you find hotel recommendations that have good public transport connections to the event location and are certified with the Austrian eco-label.
♿ For barrier free accommodations please refer to the list of accomodations and on the left hand side you can filter accommodation type ‘Wheelchair accessibility’ (proving you with 80 accommodations full wheelchair accessibility). The team from Wien Hotels & Info is happy to seek out the right hotel in Vienna for guests with disabilities and special needs: www.wien.info / phone number: +43124555
Waste avoidance and waste separation
Please make sure to avoid waste and to separate and dispose of unavoidable waste accordingly.
Accessible event
Barrier-free accessible. We will also have people on site in case of assistance required.
Click here to download our accessibility statement.
For further clarifications do not hesitate to contact us at idsf@ait.ac.at who will be happy to assist you if you have any questions.
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