From 2027 only Digital: This Change Affects Millions of German Holidaymakers

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Austria is modernising its toll system: from 2027 on, there will be only digital vignettes. The classic "Pickerl" will be abolished.

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For many holidaymakers the partly hated, partly beloved adhesive tradition ends: 2026 will be the last year for the pickerl. At the end there is a signal for the windshield.

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The last picker for 2026 will be "fire red". The price for the annual Vignette rises to 106.80 euros.

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From 2027 onwards, the vignette will only be digitally available. Minister of Mobility Peter Hanke (SPÖ) sees the path paved "in the direction of user-friendliness and calms down, the analogue form of the purchase will also remain. The colorful toll adhesives soon belong to the past. They are to be completely replaced from 2027 by a digital registration, both the gluing and the scraping of the old vignettes should thus be eliminated. "We make ev…

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If you're driving a motorway in Austria, you need a vignette. This shows that you paid for the toll. In the future, you can only buy it in digital form. This article has been sorted under Technology, Mobility.

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The pickerl at the windshield goes on a farewell tour: For Austria's motorways, there will be an adhesive vignette for the last time in 2026, and from 2027 onwards, the toll certificate will only be available digitally. What drivers need to know about this: When exactly is it going to happen? All those who have so far been diligently glued for ski holidays in Austria or the passage through the Alpine Republic towards Lake Garda or the Mediterran…