Vienna Hiking / Wanderbares Wien – Vienna has created a series of hikes to do right within the city. A great way to see Vienna like a local.
Vienna Hiking / Wanderbares Wien
Vienna, Austria
Website: www.wien.gv.at
Vienna Hiking Paths
All of the hiking paths laid out by the Municipal Department 49 – City’s Forestry Office (MA 49) are well signposted and accessible by public transport. They are properly kept and secured regularly, disposing of a high level of infrastructure for your convenience. There are children’s playgrounds along the way, as well as picnic tables and seating with fabulous views or nearby wood glades.
The city hiking paths can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Useful tips for Vienna Hiking
- Use of the hiking paths is at your own risk. There is no winter clearance service.
- The city’s hiking paths were laid out in keeping with natural conditions. Walking on them may be difficult at the best of times. Proper walking boots and clothing are recommended at all times. Don’t forget to bring along rain gear.
- Please keep your dog on a leash. This helps to protect your dog and the environment.
- Stick to the marked paths.
- Try not to pick flowers.
- Don’t touch any young animals you may find on the way. Fellow animals can smell your scent and reject the animal you have touched.
- Refrain from smoking in the woods. Woods burn easily.
- Stick to public barbecue sites for your outdoor cooking adventures.
City Hiking Path 1 – Kahlenberg
Starting point and end of hike: last stop of tram line D (Nußdorf)
Distance: 11 kilometres
Hiking time: approximately 3 and a half to 4 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: Josefinenhütte – Die Hütte am Weg
Address: 1190 Vienna, Josefsdorf 47
Phone: +43 1 320 39 75
Opening hours: depending on the season, see Öffnungszeiten (opening hours) on the website of Josefinenhütte
Useful tips for hikers
An uphill walk through vineyards and wooded hills rewarded by a marvelous view of Vienna and the Danube.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Last stop of tram line D – Zahnradbahnstraße – Beethovengang – Wildgrubgasse – Wildgrube – Sulzwiese – along Höhenstraße – Sender Kahlenberg – Josefinenhütte – Eiserne Hand – Eisernenhandgasse – Kahlenberger Straße – Eichelhofweg – Eichelhofstraße – Nußberggasse – Bockkellergasse – Last stop of tram line D
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Café Restaurant Kahlenberg
- Bistro in the former waiting hall of bus line 38A
- Heurige (wine taverns) in Wildgrubgasse, Kahlenberger Straße and Nußdorf
Vienna Hiking Path 1a – Leopoldsberg
Starting point and end of hike: Nußdorfer Platz
Distance: 11 kilometres
Hiking time: 3 to 4 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: Josefinenhütte – Die Hütte am Weg
Address: 1190 Vienna, Josefsdorf 47
Phone: +43 1 320 39 75
Opening hours: depending on the season, see Öffnungszeiten (opening hours) on the website of Josefinenhütte
City hiking path 1a is unique for the Nasenweg with spectacular fauna and flora and many views of the Danube.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Nußdorfer Platz – Donaustrandpromenade – Kahlenbergerdorf – Nasenweg – Leopoldsberg – along Höhenstraße to Kahlenberg – Kahlenberger Straße – turn off on Eichelhofweg – northbound (dirt track, then forest track) to Waldbachsteig – Kahlenbergerdorf – Donaustrandpromenade – Nußdorfer Platz
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Restaurant, cafe and takeaway at Kahlenberg
- Heuriger Sirbu (Kahlenberger Straße)
- Heuriger Hirt (Eiserne Hand-Gasse)
- Heurige and restaurants at Kahlenbergerdorf and Nußdorf
Vienna Hiking Path 2 – Hermannskogel
Starting point and end of hike: last stop of bus line 39A (Sievering)
Distance: 10 kilometres
Hiking time: about 3 to 4 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: Gasthaus zum Agnesbrünnl
Address: 1190 Vienna, Jägerwiese 221
Phone: +43 1 440 13 00
Opening hours: depending on the season, see Öffnungszeiten (opening hours) on the website of Gasthaus zum Agnesbrünnl
The route takes you through a popular day-trip destination with a variety of leisure-time facilities.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Last stop of bus line 39A – Agnesgasse – Salmannsdorfer Höhe – Häuserl am Stoan – Grüass-di-a-Gott-Wirt – Hermannskogel – Jägerwiese – Bei der Kreuzeiche – Cobenzl – Am Himmel – Gspöttgraben – Sieveringer Straße – last stop of bus line 39A
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Häuserl am Stoan
- Häuserl am Roan (short detour required)
- Grüass-di-a-Gott-Wirt
- Stadtheuriger Cobenzl
- Häuserl am Himmel
- Numerous Heurigen taverns in Sievering
Vienna Hiking Path 3 – Hameau
Starting point and end of hike: last stop of tram line 43 (Neuwaldegg)
Distance: 10.5 kilometres
Hiking time: approximately 3 to 4 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: Häuserl am Roan
Address: 1190 Vienna, Am Dreimarkstein
Phone: +43 1 440 13 52
Opening hours: depending on the season, see Öffnungszeiten (opening hours) on the website of Häuserl am Roan
City hiking path 3 takes you from Neuwaldegg to the wooded peak of Hameau. A good opportunity for an extensive walk through the Vienna Woods.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Neuwaldegg, tram line 43 – Dornbacher Straße – Waldegghofgasse – Schwarzenbergallee – Schwarzenbergpark – Hameauweg – Hameau – Dreimarkstein – Waldrandweg – Kleeblattweg – Keylwerthgasse – Michaeler Wald – Geroldgasse – Schwarzenbergallee – last stop of tram line 43
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Waldgasthaus “Zur Allee”
- Bistro Café & Restaurant Marswiese
- Inns and Heurigen taverns around Dornbach – Neuwaldegg, Neustift
Vienna Hiking Path 4 – Jubiläumswarte
Starting point and end of hike: tram line 49 stop Rettichgasse
Distance: 7.2 kilometres
Hiking time: approximately 2 and a half to 3 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: The stamp is located on the terrace of the Waldschule Ottakring.
Address: 1160 Vienna, Johann-Staud Straße 80
The route takes you through the Dehnepark to Jubiläumswarte. From there you can see as far as the Schneeberg on a clear and sunny day.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Tram line 49 stop Rettichgasse – Dehnegasse – Dehnepark – Silberteich – Steinböckengasse – Satzberg – Wickengasse – Seglerweg – Waldschule, Jubiläumswarte – Kreuzeichenwiese – Steinbruchwiese – Loiblstraße – Kleibersteig – Rosental – Dehnepark – tram line 49 stop Rettichgasse
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Rosental (großes Schutzhaus)
- Zlamal (kleines Schutzhaus)
Vienna Hiking Path 4a – Ottakring
Starting point and end of hike: last stop of underground line U3 (Ottakring)
Distance: 10 kilometres
Hiking time: approximately 2 and a half to 3 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: The stamp is located at the terrace of the Waldschule Ottakring.
Address: 1160 Vienna, Johann-Staud Straße 80
The route takes you from Ottakring centre right into the Vienna Woods.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Last stop of underground line U3 (Ottakring) – Thaliastraße – Gallitzinstraße – Funkengerngasse – Rolandweg – Johann-Staud-Straße – Pelzer Rennweg – Andergasse – Eselstiege – Savojenstraße – Sprengersteig – Paulinensteig – Wilhelminenstraße – Kollburggasse – Erdbrustgasse – Ottakringer Straße – Weinheimergasse – last stop of underground line U3 (Ottakring)
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Restaurant Schloss Wilhelminenberg
- Heurigen taverns in Gallitzinstraße and in Alt-Ottakring
- Gasthaus Starchant
Vienna Hiking Path 5 – Bisamberg
Starting point and end of hike: last stop of tram line 31 (Stammersdorf)
Distance: 10.3 kilometres
Hiking time: approximately 3 to 4 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: Restaurant Magdalenenhof
Address: 1210 Vienna, Senderstrasse 127
Phone: +43 1 292 03 95
Opening hours: depending on the season, see Öffnungszeiten (opening hours) on the website of Magdalenenhof (German)
The route takes you from Stammersdorf to Falkenberg (Bisamberg) with ten hectares play area for children to romp around.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Last stop of tram line 31 (Stammersdorf) – Josef-Flandorfer-Straße – Luckenschwemmgasse – Liebleitnergasse – Clessgasse – Neusatzgasse – Steinernes Kreuz – Parkplatz Hagenbrunner Straße – Senderstraße – Unterer Senderrundweg – Magdalenenhof – Eichendorff-Höhe – Promenadeweg Falkenberg – Herrenholz – Schießstätten – Luckenholzgasse – Clessgasse – last stop of tram line 31 (Stammersdorf)
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Heurigen taverns in Stammersdorf and Strebersdorf
Vienna Hiking Path 6 – Zugberg-Maurer Wald
Starting point: last stop of tram line 60 (Rodaun)
Distance: 12.5 kilometres
Hiking time: approximately 4 to 4 and a half hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: Liesingtal Stub’n
Address: 2384 Breitenfurt bei Wien, Liesingtalstraße 57/1
Phone: +43 2239 3561
Open daily
This extensive walk through the woods starts out at Rodaun, passing Zugberg and Wiener Hütte on the way to Maurer Wald. Along the way there are St. Georgen-Berg, the Wotruba church and Sterngarten, an open-air planetarium: Freiluftplanetarium Sterngarten Georgenberg.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Last stop of tram line 60 (Rodaun) – Ketzergasse – Willergasse – Rodauner Kirche – Zugberg (Mitzi-Langer-Wand) – Wiener Hütte – Roter Stadl – via the Eichwiese and Gütenbachtal – Jägerhaus – Antonshöhe – Schießstätte (from here one can hike in the direction of Mauer to reach tram line 60) – Georgenberg – Pappelteich – Kalksburger Straße – In der Klausen – Kalksburg – Mackgasse – Promenadeweg – Ketzergasse – last stop of tram line 60 (Rodaun)
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Numerous Heurigen taverns around Kalksburg, Rodaun and Perchtoldsdorf
Vienna Hiking Path 7 – Laaer Berg
Starting point and end of hike: underground line U1 and bus 15A stop Altes Landgut
Distance: 15 kilometres
Hiking time: approximately 4 to 5 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: Brückenwirt Biergasthaus
Address: 1100 Vienna, Unter-Laaer Straße 27
Phone:+43 1 688 38 83
A colorful hike through Vienna’s southern parts, past Kurpark Oberlaa, the Laaer Wald and the Böhmischer Prater.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Underground and bus stop Altes Landgut – Horrstadion – Theodor-Sickel-Straße – Laaer-Berg-Straße – Urselbrunnengasse – Laaerwald – Böhmischer Prater – Löwygrube – Amarantgasse – Goldberg – Kurpark Oberlaa – Mittelweg – Rotes Kreuz – Unter-Laaer Straße – Liesingpromenade – Per-Albin-Hansson-Straße – Holeyplatz – Heuberggstätten – underground and bus stop Altes Landgut
Where to eat and drink along the way
- In the Böhmischer Prater
- Restaurants in Kurpark Oberlaa
- Heurigen taverns in Ober- and Unterlaa
Vienna Hiking Path 8 – Sofienalpe
Starting point and end of hike: bus stop Kasgraben of bus line 450
Distance: 11 kilometres
Hiking time: approximately 3 to 4 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: Gasthof Mostalm
Address: 1140 Vienna, Hainbach 20
Phone:+43 1 979 27 31
Opening hours: Saturday to Thursday, from 9.30 am, closed on Fridays
A walk on the wooded plateau of Sofienalpe is a good opportunity to get plenty of fresh air and take in unspoilt nature.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Bus stop Kasgraben – Greutberg – Mostalm – Franz-Karl-Fernsicht – Sofienalpe – Abzweigung Kolbeterberg – Laudon-Grab – bus stop Kasgraben
Vienna Hiking Path 9 – Prater
Starting point and end of hike: train station Praterstern
Distance: 13 kilometres
Hiking time: approximately 3 to 4 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: Gösser Bierinsel
Address: 1020 Vienna, Freudenau 555
Phone: +43 1 7289571
Opening hours: see website of Gösser Bierinsel
From Praterstern to Freudenau – a rewarding walk for all the family through the Prater recreation park.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
Praterstern – Hauptallee – Rustenschacherallee – Stadionallee – Wasserwiese – Lusthaus – Poloweg – Krebsenwasser – Hauptallee – Oberes Heustadl-Wasser – Liliputbahn – Konstantinhügel – Praterstern
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Schutzhaus Wasserwiese
- Lusthaus
- Jägerhaus
- Gasthaus Stumpf
- Buffet and boat rental Reichl
- Numerous inns in the Wurstelprater
Vienna Hiking Path 10 – Franz-Karl-Effenberg-Wanderweg
Starting point and end of hike: bus stop of lines 24A and 85A: Breitenlee Friedhof
Distance: 7 kilometres
Hiking time: about 1 hour and 45 minutes
Stamping point for hiking pass: The stamp is located at Zwerchäckerweg at the passage of the S2
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
The route leads along a newly designed footpath towards Rautenweg, past several ponds in the reforestation area of Norbert-Scheed-Wald, and on along fields and wild rosehip bushes at the back of the Rautenweg landfill. It then joins the rundumadum distance hiking path through a natural landscape, passing a lake (Paischerwasser) before leading back to the start.
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Dorfheuriger Breitenlee (wine tavern)
- Fabelhaft zum Seeblick (restaurant and café)
Vienna Hiking Path 11 – Municipal housing development in Vienna
Starting point: Bruno Kreisky Park, near U4 underground station Margaretengürtel
End of route: Amalienbad public indoor pool, near U4 underground station Reumannplatz
Distance: 4 kilometres
Hiking time: about 2 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: directly in the MANN bakery café, at route station 3
Vienna’s municipal housing estates are the largest protected social housing habitat in Europe. The fascinating flora and fauna of this habitat make for the special appeal of this urban hiking route.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
The route leads right through the heart of the municipal housing habitat along the Vienna Gürtel road, taking you deep into the mesmerizing world of social housing. Nine info stations along the way offer detailed information on the flora and fauna to be found in municipal housing estates – a once visionary and exotic biotope that is now home to almost 500.000 people.
Stations along the way
- Bruno-Kreisky-Park
- Haydnhof housing estate
- Leopoldine-Glöckel-Hof
- Rumannhof/Metzleinstaler Hof
- Herweghof/Julius-Popp-Hof
- Leopld-Rister-Gasse 5/Matzleinsdorfer high rise building, Theodor-Körner-Hof
- Julus-Ofner-Hof
- Zürcher Hof
- Amalienbad public indoor pool
Vienna Hiking Path 12 – Wienerberg
Starting point and end of hike: tram line 11 stop Frödenplatz
Distance: 22,9 kilometres
Hiking time: about 5 to 6 hours
Stamping point for hiking pass: MA 2412 gate and mailbox of Gasthof Weinknecht
The route takes you through one of Vienna’s most famous recreation areas, the Wienerberg. About 1.8 million people visit this area every year. The city hiking path 12 also takes you to Vösendorf, a beautiful little village with an old castle.
The city hiking path can also be found on the online Vienna city map for mobile devices. While you are walking, enable location access on your mobile phone to show your current location on the map.
Route
The city hiking path 12 is the second city hiking path of the City of Vienna that leads through a neighbouring municipality. The route is as follows:
Frödenplatz (tram line 11) – Neilreichgasse direction south – through the skate park Frödenplatz – Per-Albin-Hansson-Straße over the A23 – southwards through the park – along the Liesingbach back to Neilreichgasse – Hans-Dunkl-Park – Toscanigasse – Traviatagasse – lefthand through the park – Dr.-Helmut-Zilk-Wald – over Vorarlberger Allee – cycle path “Thermenradweg” – Wienerstraße – Prof.-Peter-Jordan-Straße to the east – Vösendorf castle – along S1 and A2 back to Vienna – turn right before city border – Vera-Schwarz-Gasse – Vorarlberger Allee – Richard-Strauss-Straße – Draschestraße – Liesingbrücke – Anton-Balzer-Weg – over Triester Straße – along the railway through park – Gutheil-Schoder-Gasse – through the sport facility Eibelsbrunnergasse – on Wilfried-Kirchner-Weg through the Wienerberg recreation area and back to the starting point
Where to eat and drink along the way
- Gasthaus Koci
- Sporttreff Pachler
- Schlossheuriger Vösendorf
- Fleischhauerei Hausenberger
- Gasthof Hausladen
- Gasthof Weinknecht
- Müller Bräu
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