What different parts of Vienna are like to live in — character, transport, green spaces, housing and honest trade-offs.
Vienna is described here by its districts and the localities inside them. This page currently covers 8 districts and 0 localities.
There is no “best neighbourhood”: what suits you depends on your work, budget, family and lifestyle. We describe places — we do not score them.
Larger pins are districts, smaller ones localities. Every place is also listed below.
Map of neighbourhoods in Vienna
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A compact, dense inner district north of the centre, shaped by the University of Vienna and the Vienna General Hospital (AKH). Mostly pre-1919 buildings and private rentals, with the U6, U4 and U2 on or near its streets.
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A green district in the north of Vienna, rising from the Danube to the Kahlenberg, with vineyards and Heuriger wine taverns in Grinzing, Nussdorf and Sievering, some of the city's most expensive residential areas and also the Karl-Marx-Hof.
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Vienna's largest and fastest-growing district, across the Danube, with the UN's Vienna International Centre, the Danube Island and the Old Danube, the Lobau, the new Seestadt Aspern quarter and a high share of cooperative and municipal housing on the U1 and U2.
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One of Vienna's two most populous districts, south of the centre, with the main railway station, the U1 line, a high share of municipal and cooperative housing, a diverse population and large green areas such as the Wienerberg and the Laaer Berg.
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A large, dense inner district south-east of the centre, between the Vienna River and the Danube Canal. Mostly older apartment buildings and private rentals, the Belvedere and Rochusmarkt, and good connections on the U3 and U4.
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The 2nd district on the island between the Danube Canal and the Danube, home to the Prater and the Augarten. Mixed old and new housing, the Praterstern transport hub on U1, U2 and the S-Bahn, and new quarters around the former Nordbahnhof.
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A small, very dense inner district west of the centre, between Mariahilfer Straße and Lerchenfelder Straße. Shops, cafés and the MuseumsQuartier, mostly 19th-century buildings and private rentals, very little green space and the U3 through its middle.
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A district stretching from the dense streets along the Gürtel up to the green slopes of the Wilhelminenberg. A working-class history, the Brunnenmarkt, a diverse population, and the U3 terminus with the U6 on its eastern edge.