Vienna Airport
Lasting Impressions....
"there is a little room/corridor where you can sleep alone, quiet, and not even recognized by anyone." (P)
"No, I would NOT recommend it to anyone to stay there for the night! Pricewise it's a lousy deal." (?)
"I've slept in many airports, Vienna is the very best." (?)
"when bars close down you can actually sleep on their armchairs until 5 am or so (when they open.)" (Gabriel)
"During those hours, ghostly sighing and howling continually emanated from the sound system, and some idiot rode a floor polishing machine for the entire time, passing by us again and again and again and waking us up repeatedly. " (Richard Rosichan)
Quick Reference Airport Guide
Here is some information that we've picked out of from your reviews. Be sure to read the review pages for the most up-to-date info:
- 24 hours McDonalds and bakery
- limited seating
- metal chairs
- smoking area
- WiFi
- metal benches
- cold
- bag storage
- security doesn't bother you
- smoking in the terminal
- frequent announcements
A few airport reviews from the archives
by trancient
I knew this airport would be small but was surprised with it's offerings. I stayed there for 12 hours on a Friday night. Clean, well lit, and lots of bathrooms. Seemed very safe as I saw many police and one with an automatic weapon.
They have two places that are open 24hrs (Mcdonalds and Strock) on the arrivals level. Save money and buy your coffee at McDonalds and buy other drinks/snacks at Strock. They also have a supermarket (open till 10p) on the lower level towards the train station.
Seating is all metal benching except at one restaurant near arrivals. When it closes you can sleep on their padded seating. Room for only a few bodies.
Cleaners finish around Midnight or so. Airport gets busy again at 5am. Lots of flights in and out but the foot traffic clears out quickly. Airport is adding another terminal so hopefully it will bring additional comforts.
by John
"I stayed in the Vienna airport overnight waiting for a connecting flight to Moscow. We actually had a hotel booked, but couldn't get there due to the travel agent telling us we didn't need visas when in fact we did. The airport is very cold, even in the middle of July. The only type of seating were hard iron-mesh benches which were uncomfortable to sleep on. The staff was horrible. Impolite and absolutely of no help. When I was talking with them, they would frequently look away and just stare into space, like I wasn't there. To top it all off, a few of the other euro-trash passengers walking by (did I mention that all the benches were in busy, noisy hallways?) gave me nasty stares. In some small way, I think that after the experience I could start to see why Hitler was so angry..."
