Austria vignette online

To use the motorways in Austria, you will need a vignette for vehicles that weigh less than 3500 kg. It is best to buy a digital vignette. This vignette is valid immediately and will be automatically linked to your registration number. It is no longer necessary to affix a physical vignette to your windscreen. You do not have to pay for additional toll products for trailers and caravans. For vehicles that are heavier than 3500 kg, you must use the so-called toll box (Go-box). You can choose a 1-day, 10-day, 2-month or a yearly vignette.

The most important points at a glance:

1. The vignette is required for all motorways in Austria.
2. The vignette is required for motor vehicles that weigh less than 3500 kilos.
3. No separate vignette is required for trailers and caravans.
4. The physical adhesive vignette is no longer necessary.
5. The digital vignette is valid immediately.
6. Additional toll charges must be paid for the main tunnels.
7. This is checked via an automatic camera system.
8. For vehicles heavier than 3500 kg, you must pay toll charges via the Go-box.
9. You can order the vignette for 10 days, two months or one year.
10. The 1-day vignette will be available from 2024.

The sticker or digital vignette for Austria?

The adhesive or sticky sticker that was used as a vignette in previous years and that had to be stuck behind the windscreen is almost a thing of the past. As well as the fines that Dutch people received because they had not stuck the Austrian vignette behind the window in accordance with the guidelines. These vignettes still exist, but since the introduction of the digital road vignette, they are used less and less.

How does the digital vignette for Austria work?

From the introduction of the online vignette in 2018, your license plate will be registered in the Austrian database of Asfinag (Autobahnen- und Schnellstraßen Finanzierungs- Aktiengesellschaft). Since 1982, this Austrian toll administrator has been responsible for registering your license plate and issuing digital vignettes. Once you cross the border from Germany to Austria, your license plate is scanned by the camera system and your license plate is compared with the database and it is checked whether you have complied with the vignette requirement. After you have applied for the vignette, it can no longer be transferred to another license plate.

How long is the digital motorway vignette valid?

Austria has four digital road vignette you can choose from:

• A 1-day vignette for Austria (available from 2024)
• A 10-day vignette for Austria
• A 2-month vignette for Austria
• A yearly vignette for Austria
• Digital route toll

Where is the vignette required?

Your digital vignette is valid for the whole of Austria when you drive with a car, motorcycle or motorhome on the motorways (A) of expressways (S). Travelling through Austria without paying toll is virtually impossible.

Toll roads Austria on map

The vignette requirement applies to the roads shown in orange. The parts in green are subject to the special toll. A vignette is not required here. However, to reach these toll roads, you use motorways where the vignette is required.

The digital route toll

There are also roads for which you must pay additional toll charges. The vignette for Austria is not valid here. These are roads with many tunnels, which means that these roads have high maintenance costs. These costs are recovered from the motorist who uses these roads. You can apply for the toll in the same way as applying for a vignette. These 6 so-called 'Sondermautstrecken' are:

• A9 Pyhrn motorway (Bosruck tunnel)
• A9 Pyhrn motorway (Gleinalm tunnel)
• A10 Tauern motorway (Tauern-Katschberg)
• A11 Karawanks motorway (Karawanks tunnel)
• A13 Brenner motorway (Gleinalm tunnel)
• S16 Arlberg expressway (Arlberg tunnel)

Additional toll charges for mountain passes

Additional toll charges also apply for a number of mountain passes. If you want use these, please inform yourself well in advance because there are many specific conditions and restrictions. For example, you cannot enter every mountain pass with a caravan. Different rules apply here, especially in winter. These mountain passes are:

Tyrol: driving ban on shortcuts

The final point in this chapter is that during the summer months it is prohibited in the state of Tyrol to leave the toll road at weekends and drive through Austria via mountain passes and shortcuts. This ban applies to passenger cars, trucks and motorcycles. The authorities believe it is necessary to protect their residents against too much traffic and thus prevent major traffic jams.

There are additional rules applicable to a number of mountain passes. You can buy the toll on the mountain pass at the toll booths.

Roads without a vignette requirement

Your digital toll vignette is valid for the whole of Austria when you drive on the motorways (A) or expressways (S). The car vignette is required in the whole of Austria but there are routes and roads that are not subject to the toll requirement. So you will not need a road vignette for these. These exceptions are:

• The A1 West autobahn at the Walserberg border crossing
• The A12 Inntal autobahn at the Kiefersfelden border crossing
• The A14 at the Hörbranz border crossing
• A26 the Linzer Westring

Applying for a vignette for Austria – for which vehicle is this required?

If you want to use the Austrian motorways (A) and expressway (S) with your motorised vehicle (car, motorhome, commercial vehicle, motorcycle) with a mass of up to 3500 kg, you can request and purchase a digital vignette for Austria online from us. Your vehicle must meet this 3500 kg requirement! The following vehicles must have a valid vignette:

Trailers and caravans

You do not have to purchase an additional vignette for your trailer or caravan.

What is a Go-box and when should I buy it?

Motor vehicles (or motorhomes) heavier than 3500 kg must be equipped with a GO-Box on the motorways. With a Go-Box, you will automatically pay toll charges per kilometer driven on the motorway. The amount of the toll charges depends on the EURO emission class of the vehicle, the number of axles and the number of kilometers driven. You affix the GO-Box behind the windshield. The amount to be paid is automatically debited when passing a toll booth.

Our application process – this is how you apply for the vignette for Austria

• Apply for your immediately valid vignette within a few minutes without an 18-day consumer waiting period.
• Select your vehicle category and the vignette of additional toll charges.
• Select the validity of your vignette.
• Enter the correct license plate and email address.
• Pay securely with Sofort, Klarna, Ideal, PayPal, bank transfer, creditcard and many more.

Where can you purchase the vignette for Austria?

You can obtain the Austria vignette through various sales points. We will explain the options for you.

Asfinag

You can purchase the vignette for Austria through the official road authority of Austria Asfinag. Please note that you must wait 18 days before you can use the vignette.

Can I purchase a vignette at the border?

You can still buy a vignette along the motorway or in the border area from Germany to Austria. Please note that points of sale along the border are not always open or that the usual payment options are not available.

Simply online via i-vignette.com

You can use the vignette straight away via i-vignette.com, it is immediately valid. The 18-day waiting period will no longer apply.

• Apply for your e-vignette in only two minutes via our website.
• Secure payments via iDeal, Bankcontact, Mister Cash of PayPal and many more.
• The digital vignette is immediately valid after you received the digital vignette by email.
• With a digital vignette, your license plate will be immediately registered.
• You can drive faster through the checkpoints of the toll roads.

How will you receive your digital vignette for Austria?

After you have applied for the digital vignette for Austria, you will receive a purchase confirmation. After your payment has been received, we will process your inline vignette application. If you indicated that it concerns an urgent delivery when applying for the digital toll vignette for Austria, your application for the road vignette for Austria will be processed quickly. You will receive the digital vignette for Austria by email.

Costs

The price for the digital vignette for Austria depends on how long you want to use the motorways in Austria. The price of a vignette via i-vignette.com is slightly higher than at Asfinag, the Austrian road authority. The advantage is that a vignette via our website is immediately valid and the 18-day consumer cooling-off period is not applicable. You can use the Austrian motorways immediately after receiving the digital vignette.

Price of a vignette for Austria

Price of digital route toll

Driving without a valid vignette

As soon as you cross the border from Germany to Austria, you must be in possession of a valid vignette. If you drive on the Austrian motorways without a valid vignette, you can expect a high fine or other sanctions. Driving without a valid vignette for the car will cost you 120.00 euros. Driving a motorcycle without a vignette will cost you 65.00 euros. Asfinag checks with police and customs officials to ensure compliance with the vignette requirement

Frequently asked questions about the vignette Austria

Where can you buy a vignette for Austria?

You can purchase the vignette for Austria through the official road authority of Austria Asfinag. Please note that you must wait 18 days before you can use the vignette. You can use the vignette straight away via i-vignette.com, it is immediately valid. The 18-day waiting period will no longer apply.

Is my vignette for Austria immediately valid?

Yes, the vignette via i-vignette.com is immediately valid, the 18-day waiting period does not apply with us. We will immediately apply for your vignette so that you can drive into Austria within 15 minutes!

How does the digital vignette for Austria work?

After paying for your digital vignette, your license plate is automatically registered in the database of the road authority Asfinag. Smart cameras along the highways in Austria scan your license plate to check whether a valid vignette has been applied for.

When do I require a vignette for Austria?

If you use the motorways in Austria, you must be in possession of a valid vignette for Austria. Motor vehicles must have a digital vignette or a adhesive vignette attached to the window. For a number of motorways and tunnels you must pay additional toll charges in addition to the vignette. Our smart systems automatically calculate which additional tolls charges you need to pay based on your route.

Is my vignette valid immediately?

As soon as you receive the confirmation email from us that the vignette is valid, you can immediately use the toll roads in Austria. You can even purchase the digital vignette on route or at the Austrian border with your mobile telephone. Our systems will immediately deal with your request to ensure a fast processing of your order.

Vignette for rental cars

Rental cars that are registered abroad often do not have a vignette for Austria, but they do in the country where you rent them. Please contact the rental company in advance so that you are not faced with unpleasant surprises.

On your way to another destination?

Austria borders 8 European countries: Germany, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovenia, Switzerland, Slovakia and Liechtenstein and is not only a holiday country but also a 'transit country' with travellers on their way elsewhere.

In addition to Austria, other countries also use an e-vignette. You also need a digital vignette in some other countries if you are going to use the road network. We offer all these electronic vignettes. The following countries, like Austria, use an e-vignette: Czech Republic, Slovenia, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia.

You can apply for all electronic vignettes via our website within a few minutes. Do you have any other questions? Send us an email with your question. Our support staff will be happy to contact you!