# Hotel for Red Bull Air Race + a week in Vienna? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 23, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-for-red-bull-air-race-a-week-in-vienna/699365 "2014-09-23T19:13:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-for-red-bull-air-race-a-week-in-vienna/699365/1 "2014-09-23T19:13:34Z")
I’m thinking about going to the Red Bull Air Race in Spielberg in Austria at the end of October. It’s rather a long way to go from Aberdeen just for a day out, so I thought I’d make a week of it in Vienna. I’ve never been to Vienna and there’s masses to see there. I’d appreciate recommendations for a hotel in Vienna. Reasonably central so I don’t have to walk too far for the good stuff and 3 or 4 stars. Is there a reasonable express train from Vienna to Spielberg? I’m probably clicking the wrong thing but it looks like there’s no rail service on the Sunday, and the Saturday service takes 3 hours - it’s 200 km away - so I guess I’d be overnighting in Spielberg, so hotel recommendations there would also be appreciated. I have found that they did put on a special train for the DTM race but whether that will be repeated is something I have not found out. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hotel-for-red-bull-air-race-a-week-in-vienna/699365/2 "2014-09-23T20:42:53Z")
I’m sorry to say that I have no information about Vienna transportation, or lodgings. But I wanted to state that the Red Bull Air Race is badass. Have fun!