"Pickerl" will be more expensive: Vignette for Austria will cost more from 2023
Created: 11/24/2022, 3:58 p.m
By: Simon Mones
A toll often has to be paid abroad if you want to use the autobahn – including in Austria.
In the coming year, the "Pickerl" will be more expensive.
Update from November 24, 2022, 4:01 p.m .:
If you are planning a holiday trip abroad, you should not forget to include the cost of tolls in the holiday fund.
In contrast to Germany, a toll fee is due in many European countries.
Among other things, also in the neighboring country Austria - and there the "Pickerl" will be more expensive from 2023.
From 2023 Austria will charge more for the “Pickerl”.
(Iconic image) © Sven Simon/Imago
"Pickerl" will be more expensive: Vignette for Austria will cost more from 2023
As the ADAC reports, the annual car vignette will cost 96.40 euros in 2023 – that is 2.60 euros more than before.
The two-month "Pickerl" costs 29 euros, an increase of 80 cents.
And the 10-day vignette will cost EUR 9.90 (plus 30 cents) from 2023.
According to the automobile club, the increases are 100 percent higher than in the previous year (2021 to 2022).
After all, the annual vignette for Switzerland still costs 40 francs (equivalent to around 41 euros, as of the end of November 2022).
And there are no price increases in Slovenia either: the annual car vignette costs 110 euros there, the monthly vignette 30 euros and the 7-day vignette 15 euros.
The ADAC warns against buying from dubious online providers: these call for more than twice the real price.
First report from July 07, 2022, 8:52 a.m .:
In recent years there has been a debate in Germany about a
motorway toll
.
The attempt to introduce this in 2016 ultimately failed.
In the neighboring countries of
Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic
there has been a toll for many years.
If you want to use the Autobahn in these countries, you need a
vignette
.
Anyone who travels without one risks high penalties.
Toll abroad: how much does the vignette cost in Austria in 2022
Motorists who want to drive their
car to Austria
in 2022 will have to dig deeper into their pockets than in the previous year.
The new price for the annual car vignette is EUR 93.80 (+ EUR 1.30), for two months EUR 28.20 (+ 40 cents), and the 10-day sticker now costs EUR 9.60 (+ EUR 10 Cent).
Motorcyclists
also
have to dig deeper into their pockets: the annual vignette now costs 37.20 euros (+ 50 cents), the two-month vignette 14.10 euros (+ 20 cents) and the 10-day vignette 5.60 euros ( + 10 cents).
In Austria, the vignette has become a lot more expensive compared to the previous year.
© Manfred Segerer/Imago
However, there are also some motorway sections in Austria on which you can drive without a vignette.
The following sections are important for German travelers:
Inntal autobahn A12 (between the state border near Kufstein and the Kufstein-Süd junction)
Westautobahn A1 (between the state border at Walserberg and the Salzburg-Nord junction)
Rheintal/Walgau-Autobahn A14 (between the state border near Hörbranz and the Hohenems junction)
Linz Autobahn A26 (still under construction)
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Toll abroad: vignette costs in Switzerland and digital vignettes in the Czech Republic
Similar to Austria, German tourists will also have to pay more for the vignette in
Switzerland
in 2022.
However, the price increase to 39 euros (+ 50 cents) is due to the exchange rate; in Switzerland it still costs 40 francs.
In the
Czech Republic
, the annual vignette costs 1,5000 crowns (about 56.80 euros).
The monthly vignette costs 440 crowns (approx. 16.70 euros), the 10-day sticker is 310 crowns (approx. 11.70 euros) in 2022.
However, a sticker no longer has to be on the windshield.
Since 2021, a
digital vignette
has been used , which can be purchased in advance via the German-language online portal of the Czech state vignette distributor (SFDI).
Drivers in Austria and Slovenia now also have the opportunity to purchase a digital vignette.
The Czech Ministry of Transport also warns against unauthorized sales outlets, where excessive prices and fees are often charged.
