Walking !
Innsbruck is small. Many of its landmarks are within walking distance. Besides, is there a better way to explore a city than walking?
Public Transport
Disclaimer: This section is meant to give you an overview and keep things easy for you. Therefore the information here is incomplete and simplified. It’s intended to help you with your most frequent practical needs.
How to find your way?
Ask your hotel or ask the venue you want to visit (restaurant, museum, …) how to get to your destination. Ask people on the street, people waiting at bus stations for instance.
There are several websites or apps to help you out, too. We recommend:
The website of the Innsbruck public transport company
The website of the Austrian railway company. Use the menu to switch to other languages. This service works both locally and nationwide, even internationally. Because of this you have to add “Innsbruck” to the address you are searching for.
The mobile app “Wegfinder”. This also works nationwide and internationally. To our knowledge there’s only a German version available.
Tickets
Get your ticket before entering the bus or tram. When entering validate your ticket. 24h-tickets are validated only at their first use. You don’t have to show the ticket to anybody when entering the bus or tram. Only if a ticket inspector comes along during the ride you have to present your validated ticket (or your welcome card or Innsbruck card).
Unfortunately the local transport companies join the international competition to make getting the right ticket as complicated and confusing as possible.
Free public transport
Innsbruck-Card and Welcome Card both include public transport – more info on our page about discounts.
The funicular
In order to use the funicular to Hungerburg you need a special ticket. Neither the 24h tickets nor the Welcome Card include the funicular. The Innsbruck Card does as it includes one trip to the very top of the northern mountain range using the funicular for the first section.
You can also reach the Hungerburg with the bus J direction “Nordkette”, using a regular bus ticket or the 24h ticket or the Welcome Card. The view from the bus is just as nice as from the funicular (some say it’s even nicer), you can start your journey at one of the many bus stops in the city and the bus ride takes about as long as the funicular.
From the airport to the city
Arriving by plane in Innsbruck is a spectacular thing. We hope you had a window seat.
Getting from the airport to the city is extremely easy. The bus stop is directly in front of the exit. The bus F runs every 15 minutes and takes you directly into the city plus further to the eastern parts of town. These buses have a little extra space for luggage.
You have to buy your ticket from the vending machine (see section above about tickets) nearby. You cannot buy the ticket on the bus. A single ticket costs 3,20 € (as of August 2025). With that ticket you can also change over to other lines.
There are also lots of taxis waiting for you. We recommend to take the bus, though.
From the train station to the city
When you exit the main train station you are in the city already. Check with your hotel beforehand how to get from there to them.
Parking
Everywhere in the city you have to pay for parking. Sundays and nights are free. Parking spaces on the streets are marked with blue lines. Beware of white lines! There only local residents may park. Foreigners must not use these sections, never.
You have to buy a parking ticket from one of the vending machines nearby. Many of these serve both for parking tickets and for bus/tram tickets. Alternatively you can use one of the apps that are listed on the ticket machines.
There are some 20 parking garages, most of them near the center. We can’t name the cheapest one as the prices are being changed without informing us.
Park and ride
Probably the best option if you are staying outside of Innsbruck and coming for a one day visit. For 18 Euros (as of August 2025) you can leave your car at the parking and up to 5 people can use all of Innsbruck’s public transport.
More information on the IVB’s website.
Car rental
Inside Innsbruck you really don’t need a car. Also, visiting the towns and villages nearby can be easily done by public transport.
The only car rental we know of is located at the airport.