Buses are also available.
International connections from Austria are possible on the Danube which flows into the Black Sea, and is also linked with the Rhine and the Main. The most convenient route to the Slovak Republic from Western Europe is via Vienna or Prague. Slovakia's network also provides direct connections with Hamburg, Berlin, Warsaw, Krakow, Budapest, Bucharest, Moscow, Lviv, Vilnius, St Petersburg and Kyiv. The Slovak Republic can be entered via the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Hungary or Austria. There is a motorway from Bratislava via Brno to Prague.