Do I need a vignette from Austria to Germany?

Tolls: While Germany has no tolls, you'll need a toll vignette to drive on Austrian motorways (called 'Autobahn'). You can get a sticker directly at the car hire desk when you pick the car up, or at any major border crossings into Austria and at larger petrol stations. Or you can buy a digital vignette online.



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Driving without a vignette is quickly fined, usually €120. The price is €9.60 for a 10-day motorway stamp in Austria. Austrians are pretty strict and uncompromising when it comes to complying with laws and traffic regulations, so don't get caught out!

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The vignette can be bought in Germany as well, but costs 38.50 Euros. Special tolls: Road tunnel at the Big St.

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You don't normally need to show your passport or ID when crossing the internal borders of the Schengen area.

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Vignettes are required for driving along certain roads, like motorways and autobahns in the following European countries: Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. If you are caught driving in any of these countries without a vignette you will be fined.

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Although Germany began charging an autobahn toll for trucks in 2003; passenger car drivers can still drive the Autobahn without any extra charges (so far). But neighboring Austria and Switzerland (plus France and other European countries) charge a toll, for using their high-speed, limited access highways.

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The Eurovignette is a system to charge and control road user charges in Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden. The vignette applies to HGVs with a total permissible weight of more than 12 tonnes on motorways and selected A roads.

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