Contact

INSTITUTE FOR HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING AND HYDROMETRY (BAW)
Am Brigittenauer Sporn 3
1200 Wien
AUSTRIA

Phone: +43 1 4026 802

eMail: office.iwb@baw.at

Our institute is located on the 1st floor. If the entrance to the building is closed, ring "BAW" on the intercom.

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You can reach us

by tram / bus:

take tram D (direction Nußdorf) to the stop "Sickenberggasse", then walk about 10 minutes to the institute (across the Schemerl bridge). On the graphic the way is dashed green.

take bus 400 (runs between Wien Heiligenstadt ⇔ Klosterneuburg-Kierling Bhf. / Maria Gugging) and get off at the stop "Wien Nussdorf Bahnhaltestelle". also about 10 minutes walk to the institute (under the railroad bridge and over the Schemerl bridge).

by rail:

from Wien-Meidling or Wien-Westbahnhof take the U6 (direction Floridsdorf) to the stop "Spittelau", there take the tram D (direction Nußdorf) to the stop "Sickenberggasse". Then walk about 10 minutes to the institute (under the railroad bridge and over the Schemerl bridge). On the graphic the way is dashed in green.

Take the S40 (runs between Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof ⇔ Tulln Stadt or St. Pölten HBF) and get off at the stop “Nussdorf Bahnhof”, also about 10 minutes walk to the institute (under the railroad bridge and over the Schemerl bridge).

from Schwechat airport:

take the rapid transit line S7 or regional train from Schwechat to "Wien Mitte / Landstraße" (direction Wien Praterstern or Floridsdorf), then the subway line U4 (direction Heiligenstadt) to "Spittelau", continue with the tram D (direction Nußdorf) to the stop "Sickenberggasse". Then walk about 10 minutes to the institute (under the railroad bridge and over the Schemerl bridge). On the graphic the way is dashed in green.

by car:

Enter "Vienna" or zip code "1200" in the navigation system and "Am Brigittenauer Sporn 3" as the street.
We have few private parking spaces available and the Vienna short-term parking zone does not apply here.

by truck:

The arrival with a truck to us is ONLY possible via the Handelskai. As soon as you see the building on the left side behind the Nußdorfer Schleusen bridge, turn left into the downward sloping access road, see also some pictures below. On the other access via Sickenberggasse there is a height and weight restriction (3.4 m / 25 t) - see picture below.

Front of the main building (coming from Schemerl bridge), red marked area is the current main entrance behind the visible barrier.

The signpost in front of the main entrance (northern side, coming from Schemerl bridge).

The signpost for deliveries with trucks (southern side, direction Schemerl bridge).

Photo coming from Heiligenstädter Straße via Sickenberggasse shortly before railroad bridge with indications of restrictions for trucks.

Graphic representation of the site plan