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Arrival brief · Austria
Casino Bregenz
Forty minutes from St. Gallen, tables from 15.00 and doors open until 5.00 at the weekend — the shortest serious drive out of eastern Switzerland.
Austria18+EUREntry: free
- Address
- Platz der Wiener Symphoniker 3, 6900 Bregenz
- Phone
- +43 5574 45127
- drive
- Eastern Switzerland (St. Gallen, Rhine Valley) 37 min · 38 km
Arrival brief
This drive in four stages.
Everything between your own front door and the gaming floor, in the order it happens.
- 01
Leave
Car: A1 to St. Margrethen, then the A14 with an Austrian vignette or the toll-free main road via Höchst — five minutes more, no sticker. Rail: 40 min from St. Gallen, about 1 h 40 from Zurich HB, then ten minutes on foot along the lake.
- 02
Cross
You are leaving the Swiss customs territory: carry your document, checks can happen at any hour. Cash from CHF/EUR 10,000 has to be declared. The Austrian motorway (A14) needs a vignette; the main road from Lustenau or Höchst needs none.
- 03
Park
Underground car park under the house, paid by the hour.
- 04
Enter
Smart casual: tidy clothes, nothing sporty. 18 and over, original document at the door. Entry: free.
Drive time from each starting point
| From your location | min | |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Switzerland (St. Gallen, Rhine Valley) | 38 km | 37 min |
| Graubünden (Chur) | 89 km | 63 min |
| Thurgau (Frauenfeld) | 84 km | 70 min |
| Zurich | 121 km | 93 min |
| Schaffhausen | 118 km | 94 min |
| Central Switzerland (Lucerne) | 181 km | 133 min |
| Basel | 202 km | 152 min |
| Bern | 242 km | 176 min |
| Ticino (Lugano) | 233 km | 177 min |
| Vaud (Lausanne) | 342 km | 242 min |
| Valais (Sion) | 393 km | 274 min |
| Geneva | 396 km | 279 min |
Road distances and drive times from an OSRM routing, as of 2026-09-10, without traffic or waiting time at the border.
What the door asks for
- Minimum age
- 18 and over, original document at the door
- ID at the door
- Austria: passport or identity card, the original. Copies, photos on a phone and driving licences are refused.
- Enter
- Smart casual: tidy clothes, nothing sporty.
- Cash at the tables
- EUR · The tables run in euro; ask at the cashier whether francs are exchanged, and bring euro to be safe.
- Entry
- free
Editorial verdict
Speaks for the drive
- Shortest drive from St. Gallen and the Rhine Valley
- Tables until 5.00 on Friday and Saturday
- Station within walking distance, so nobody has to drive home
Speaks against it
- Vignette needed on the A14
- Tables run in euro
- Car park is paid
No user ratings — a verdict from the facts of the drive and the door.
Checked against the operator's own pages on 2026-09-10. Operator's site ↗
Facts taken from the operator's own pages and regional tourist offices, as of 2026-09-10. Door times, games, dress code and door rules can change at short notice; what the house says on the day prevails.
Why people make this drive
Casino Bregenz stands on the lake beside the festival house, a ten-minute walk from the station, and is the closest full table house for everyone east of Zurich.
The drive is short, the last train back is realistic, and the tables run longer at the weekend than anything on the Swiss side of the Rhine.
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