Is a vignette needed to go to Bratislava for a day trip from Vienna?
My girlfriend and I are going to drive to Vienna from Germany tomorrow to visit some friends. We bought a vignette to drive in Austria for 10 days so it's all good. We would also like to visit Bratislava for a few hours since it's so close but my question is, can we go there without a vignette?
From what I read, you need a vignette (around 10€) to drive in the motorways but since we are coming from Vienna and from the border to city is only a few kilometers, I'm not sure if that count as motorway or toll road.
I wouldn't mind paying the 10€ but I would really want to be sure that is needed (specially because it would only be a few hours).
Best Answer
The Motorway Patrol has a comprehensive map of what roads are considered charged or not on their site (roads in Orange are charged (i.e you need the vignette))
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