{"id":2587,"date":"2016-03-02T08:40:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T07:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=2587"},"modified":"2025-12-15T11:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:25:18","slug":"einbahnstrasse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/einbahnstrasse\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an Einbahn or Einbahnstra\u00dfe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/einbahn.jpg\" alt=\"No entry sign\" class=\"wp-image-14384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/einbahn.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/einbahn-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Einbahn means one way. And an Einbahnstra\u00dfe is, quite simply, a one-way street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Very common on Vienna side streets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Careful: some two-way cycle routes use one-way roads<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovercars.com\/austria\/vienna?a_aid=VisitingVienna\" rel=\"sponsored\">Compare car hire options<\/a>* for your trip<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/travel-and-weather\/driving\/\">Driving in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Not a street name<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/einbahnstreetsign.jpg\" alt=\"Einbahn street sign\" class=\"wp-image-44413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/einbahnstreetsign.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/einbahnstreetsign-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The sign shows the direction of the Einbahn)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A sign like the photo above indicates one-way traffic and shows you the direction of that traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some visitors fall into the trap of thinking Einbahn is the <strong>name<\/strong> of the street. Sadly, you&#8217;ll have a tricky time trying to find your accommodation again if you look for Einbahnstra\u00dfe (&#8220;Einbahn&#8221; street) on a map, as Vienna has hundreds of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Street names usually appear on signs mounted on the sides of buildings. Like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/streetsign1010.jpg\" alt=\"Street sign in first district\" class=\"wp-image-43361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/streetsign1010.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/streetsign1010-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Rotenturmstra\u00dfe leads away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/stefansdom\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"294\">the cathedral<\/a> in Vienna&#8217;s city centre)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two related signs to the Einbahn are, of course&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The no entry sign to prevent people going down the one-way street the wrong way:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/noentrysign.jpg\" alt=\"No entry sign\" class=\"wp-image-44414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/noentrysign.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/noentrysign-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The international standard no entry sign)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The oncoming or two-way traffic sign, with its opposing arrows. This indicates that the one-way regulation is ending, and you can expect traffic to approach from the opposite direction, too:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/twowaytrafficsign.jpg\" alt=\"Two way traffic ahead sign\" class=\"wp-image-44415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/twowaytrafficsign.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/twowaytrafficsign-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The lower sign is the two-way traffic one. The upper sign warns of bumps in the road)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of streets in Vienna use a one-way system to keep traffic flowing, so expect to see all these signs a lot when driving around the city (particularly down side streets).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One word of caution: although one-way street rules generally apply to all traffic, some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/cycling-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30922\">cycle routes<\/a> may allow cyclists to travel against the flow of vehicles on an Einbahnstra\u00dfe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such examples should be clearly signposted so you can take appropriate care, especially when merging onto such a street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more helpful tips for car drivers in Vienna, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/travel-and-weather\/driving\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2619\">see my overview<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Einbahn means one way. And an Einbahnstra\u00dfe is, quite simply, a one-way street. Not a street name (The sign shows the direction of the Einbahn) A sign like the photo above indicates one-way traffic and shows you the direction of that traffic. Some visitors fall into the trap of thinking Einbahn is the name of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14384,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-transport","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2587"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87525,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2587\/revisions\/87525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}