End of Holidays and Major Events Cause Traffic Jam Weekend
This weekend marks the end of the summer holidays in six Austrian federal states: Carinthia, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg. At the same time, schools are also starting again in the German federal states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and Schleswig-Holstein. The World Cup qualifying match in Linz, the European Bike Week at Lake Faak, the Dolomitenmann, and the Dornbirn Autumn Fair are expected to "extend" the anticipated traffic jams according to ARBÖ.
Saturday Will Be the Main Traffic Jam Day
The return journey of around 1.17 million students from the six Austrian federal states and about 1.1 million from the German federal states will make Saturday the main traffic jam day, but will also cause some delays on Sunday afternoon. The travel wave will partially start as early as Friday.
According to ARBÖ traffic experts, the most significant impacts of the travel waves will affect the following routes:
- Brennerautobahn (A13), vor der Baustelle Luegbrücke und zwischen Schönberg und Innsbruck
- Fernpassstrecke (B179), im gesamten Verlauf, mit Blockabfertigung vor dem Grenztunnel Vils/Füssen und dem Lermooser Tunnel
- Inntalautobahn (A12), im Großraum Innsbruck
- Pyhrnautobahn (A9), im Großraum Graz, vor den Tunnelketten bei Gratkorn und Klaus sowie vor den Tunnelportalen des Bosruck- und Gleinalmtunnels
- Südautobahn (A2), rund um Villach, Klagenfurt und Graz
- Tauernautobahn (A10), zwischen Villach und Spittal/Drau, zwischen Knoten Pongau und Werfen sowie zwischen Kuchl und dem Knoten Salzburg, mit wahrscheinlicher Blockabfertigung vor dem Katschberg- und Tauerntunnel
- Westautobahn (A1), im Großraum Salzburg und rund um Linz
At the borders, the weekend will also "test the patience" of those entering. When entering Austria, long waiting times, especially before the Karawanken Tunnel on the Karawanken Motorway (A11 or A2), at the Spielfeld/Sentilj border on the Slovenian A1, and on the Hungarian M1 before the Nickelsdorf/Hegyeshalom border, will be unavoidable. "Please wait" - and for quite a long time - will be the case when exiting at the Kufstein/Kiefersfelden, Walserberg, and Suben borders towards Germany.
World Cup Qualification Brings Up to 16,500 Spectators to Linz
Next Saturday, at 8:45 PM, the Austrian national football team will face the Cyprus team on the 5th matchday of the 2026 World Cup qualification. The venue is the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz. Many of the up to 16,500 spectators will travel by their own vehicle despite the limited parking situation. Together with the arrival for the Klangwolke, also taking place on Saturday in the Danube Park from 8:30 PM, traffic jams are expected according to ARBÖ's experience on the Mühlkreis Motorway, especially at the A7 Union junction, as well as around the stadium "Auf der Gugl", Roseggerstraße, Unionstraße, Waldeggstraße, and Ziegeleistraße before the start and after the final whistle.
"Our tip for football fans: Travel to the stadium using tram line 27 and bus lines 17, 19, 46, and 45a if possible. The ticket is valid on Saturday from 3:45 PM to midnight in the Linz core zone as a travel pass," says ARBÖ traffic expert Thomas Haider.
European Bike Week attracts up to 100,000 bike fans to Lake Faak
From Tuesday to Sunday, 02-07.09.2025, the "European Bike Week 2025" takes place around Lake Faak. Up to 100,000 bikers and fans are expected. The highlight is the big Harley parade on Saturday. The assembly of participants starts at 10:00 AM at the Pogöriacher Cross. The start is at 12:00 PM, and the route leads from Lake Faak via Finkenstein through Villach around Lake Ossiach and via Wernberg and Rosegg back to the start.
"During the parade, the Lake Faak shore road (L53) and the Lake Faak road (B84) as well as the Villach-Ossiacher See junction on the Tauern motorway (A10) and the Wernberg exit on the southern motorway will be closed," reports Thomas Haider further.
Autumn Fair attracts around 55,000 visitors to Dornbirn:
On Wednesday, 03.09.2025, at 10 AM, the 77th Autumn Fair starts at the exhibition grounds in Dornbirn. Until Sunday, 07.09.2025, around 300 exhibitors will present a variety of information and products on the topics of family, enjoyment, health, household, lifestyle, and living daily from 10 AM to 6 PM on approximately 48,000 square meters. Many of the around 55,000 visitors will travel by their own vehicle. Therefore, longer delays on the Rhine Valley motorway (A14) before the Dornbirn West exit and the Lustenau road (L204) as well as around the exhibition road are very likely. The approximately 1,300 parking spaces will fill up quickly.
ARBÖ recommends traveling by public transport, such as the regional bus lines (lines 50, 52, and 351) from Dornbirn station and line 14 from Bregenz station or from the Dornbirn/Stöckenstraße stop to the fair. The Dornbirn city bus operates with lines 1, 5, and 10.
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