Postal Adress
Austrian Research Institute for Artificial IntelligenceFreyung 6/6, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
How to Find Us
OFAI is located in the city centre, in Vienna's first district.
Below is a map of the region (click to enlarge).
The institute is in the inner yard of the Schottenhof building.
There are two main accesses to the yard, marked "1" and "2" on the map.
(C) STADT WIEN
This is access 1 coming from the south (e.g. from the city centre or the U3 metro stop Herrengasse, marked as H1 in the map):
This is what access 2 looks like when you come from the north (e.g. from the metro/streetcar stop Schottentor, marked as H2 in the map) along Schottengasse:
This is the entrance to the main site of OFAI, with paths from accesses 1 and 2.
OFAI is located on the third floor (no elevator!).
(OFAI's Language Technology Group can be found at stair flight
("Stiege") nr.3 at ground level, marked as B on the map).
Reaching OFAI by Public Transport
From Vienna international airport (VIA) you can take buses to "Schwedenplatz" in the first district, the rail terminals "Südbahnhof" and "Westbahnhof", or you can go to Vienna by train (CAT - city airport train) to the "Wien Mitte" terminal where you have connections to the metro lines U3 and U4.
To proceed to OFAI, take the train and change to metro line U3 at "Wien Mitte" (direction "Ottakring") and get out at stop "Herrengasse" (location H1 on the map). Or, take the bus to "Schwedenplatz" and take metro lines U4 (direction "Heiligenstadt") for one stop until "Schottenring", and U2 (direction "Karlsplatz") for one stop until "Schottentor" (location H2 on the map).
The metro line U2 stop Schottentor is at location H2 on the map. This is also the final stop of several streetcar lines coming from the north (37-44), as well as of the lines 1, 2, and D.
The metro line U3 has its stop Herrengasse at location H1.
From there, you can follow the detailled step-by-step guide
for directions to OFAI's second location (in the same building as the main offices).
More Information
About public transport:
Vienna is part of a the VOR which provides a single public transport system for the eastern regions of Austria, with common ticket prices. The whole region is divided into zones and you buy tickets based on how many zones you travel across, no matter which kind of transport you use (with a few exceptions). The whole city of Vienna counts as a single zone.
- Search for a public transport connection (use the address "Freyung 6" for OFAI)
- Google Maps also knows about Vienna's public transport system
- The WienerLinien offer several maps and tourist folders for download. Especially helpful for sightseeing in the first district is the map "Public Transport in the City".
Leaving us:
In Schottengasse, close to H2, there is a taxi stop where you
you should be able to take a cab at any time.
Please note that airport cabs are
significantly less expensive than regular cabs!
Other information: