D-Wagen / Tram D

The Challenge

Bad weather? Be tired of walking through Vienna all day? Anyway, a multi cache over 10 kilometres in length is waiting for you! Go by tram D from Südbahnhof (south station) to Nußdorf and respond some questions on the way. You will pass the magnificent buildings along the Ring, the bourgeois district of Alsergrund and the Gemeindebauten (community-subsidized tenement buildings) in Heiligenstadt before you arrive in pastoral Nußdorf with his Heurigen (wine taverns) and vineyards (more genuine than the tourist-traps in Grinzing!). To determinate the final coordinates you need the values of 10 variables. Maybe you miss a stage during your ride; therefore all variables can determinate two times (except c and x, you can find them aboard the tramway).

Please note!

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• You need a valid ticket.
• Operating hours Tram D between 5.10am and 11.50pm, normally trains depart every 6 to 10 minutes, after 10.20pm and on Sunday until 7.50am every 15 minutes (time table).
• Avoid rush hours (Mon-Fri 7-9am, 4-7pm).
• If the Ring is closed in case of events as soon as in June 2008, there may be no tram service between Schwarzenbergplatz and Börse. It is possible there is a diversion via Stubentor and Schwedenplatz. Please look for notes at tram stops or visit the website of Wiener Linien.
• Approx. every 4th tramway is low floor. Call +43 1 7909-100 (Mon-Fri 6am-10pm, Sat-Sun 8.30am-4.30pm) if you want to know when next low floor train departs.
• Persons in wheel chairs and persons of short stature need help to grab the cache.
• Use daytime for this cache. At darkness it is not easy to recognize all objects outside the tramway.

The Map

Below you can download a map split in 4 parts with sights and traditional caches along the route and also some interesting caches in the target area. The numbers in yellow squares references the following questions.
Map 1   Map 2   Map 3   Map 4

Get on, please!

Your tram starts the tour in the loop at N 48° 11.230', E 016° 22.970'. You are not allowed to trespass this area, so wait at the tram stop (N 48° 11.280', E 016° 22.900') and pay attention that your tram terminates at "Nußdorf".

1 Tour – 18 Questions

Endstation. Bitte alle aussteigen!

Get off at terminal stop "Nußdorf, Beethovengang" (N 48° 15.590', E 016° 21.760') and be prepared for a short walk.

The Cache The cache is hidden at N 48° ab.cde', E 016° vw.xyz'. Search for a 2-litres plastic box (approx. 10×7×25 cm). If you have problems to find the box: When The Little Prince looks down at you, go thirty metres southwards and consider the famous quote: ‘It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye’. Hint: 100 metres southwards of the hiding place: