Alsergrund
Last updated: November 2026
Alsergrund is Vienna's 9th district, with a Living Score of 77. It is strongest on Public transport and Safety, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Alsergrund, Vienna's 9th district, has a Living Score of 77 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Public transport 8.1 and Safety 8.0 out of 10, weakest Affordability 1.9. Rent about €23/m², purchase about €6,096/m².
In Alsergrund most things are done on foot: cafés in the morning, small shops along the way, a bar around the corner at night. Much plays out right on the doorstep. The centre is close, but for quiet here you have to dig a little deeper into your pocket.
Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape.
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Greenable roofs in Alsergrund
The roofs here are mixed, leaning towards steep ones. Of 146 hectares of roof area in the 9th district, 72 hectares are flat enough for greening — 49.3 %, of which 61 hectares lie up to 5°, where a deeper build-up with beds would also work. Greened, that area would hold back on the order of 140,000 cubic metres of rain a year that otherwise runs into the sewer.
Own calculation of roof pitch per roof face from the City of Vienna’s official roof model (LOD2.1, CC BY 4.0), suitability thresholds of 5° and 20° as in the City’s green-roof potential cadastre. Whether a roof is already green is unknown to a geometry model; plant rooms and chimneys are not subtracted, and the statics have a say. The retention is a model built from 626.3 mm of annual rainfall (Hohe Warte, 1991–2020) and the runoff coefficients of ÖNORM B 2501. All districts compared → What a single roof may still carry — an attic conversion or an added storey — is calculated from the zoning plan on Attic conversion in Vienna.
Parking in Alsergrund: short-stay zone 1090
In the 9th district the short-stay parking zone applies as everywhere in Vienna: Monday to Friday (working days) from 9 am to 10 pm, for at most two hours, €3.40 an hour with a parking voucher or mobile parking. Residents park with the Parkpickerl (€13 a month) without a voucher. There are 13 public car parks in the district (4.4 per km²), plus one Park & Ride site. Parking in Vienna: short-stay zone, Parkpickerl, all car parks →
Rules as of September 2026, City of Vienna; car parks from the City’s open garage register.
Neighbourhoods in this district
Alser Straße Nußdorfer Straße Porzellangasse Spitalgasse
Metro and S-Bahn in Alsergrund
U4 U6 R40 REX4 REX41 S40 · Spittelau R40 REX4 REX41 S40 · Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof U6 · Alser Straße U4 · Friedensbrücke U6 · Michelbeuern-AKH U6 · Nußdorfer Straße U4 · Roßauer Lände U2 · Schottentor U6 · Währinger Straße-Volksoper
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Transit reach from Alsergrund
From a stop in Alsergrund you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 23.3% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 6.5% within 20 — well above the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 6 of 23). You get furthest from Nußdorfer Straße (29.5% in 30 minutes), least far from Lichtentaler Gasse (15.6%).
Median over the district's 23 stops, computed with the timetable router (GTFS of Wiener Linien, Badner Bahn and ÖBB S-Bahn, departures 8:00–8:20, up to three rides, walking up to 1.2 km from the last stop). Counted in building addresses of the City of Vienna, not residents. Timetable, not real time. All 23 districts ranked ›
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Is Alsergrund a good district to live in?
Alsergrund is a solid place to live (Living Score 77/100): strong on Public transport and Safety, weaker on Affordability. Whether it is "good" depends on your priorities.
How safe is Alsergrund?
Safety in Alsergrund: Excellent (8.0/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Alsergrund dangerous?
Alsergrund is considered very safe: it ranks above average in the official police crime statistics (safety 8.0/10). An orientation value for the area, not a statement about a single address.
How good is public transport in Alsergrund?
Public transport in Alsergrund: Excellent (8.1/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Alsergrund noisy?
Quiet in Alsergrund: Average (5.9/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 38% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is Währinger Gürtel. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Währinger Gürtel (~29,269/day), Alserbachstraße (~24,273/day), Roßauer Lände (~19,765/day). Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Alsergrund get in summer?
In summer Alsergrund is rather warm — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 61 of 100 (Vienna average 56), modelled. Dense, enclosed building form stores the day's heat and releases it slowly at night; there is little green to cool it. This is a MODELLED index (from building form, density, green space, street trees, water and elevation, checked against the City of Vienna's climate analysis map), not a measured temperature and not a count of hot days. Within one area it varies a lot: a green courtyard and a treeless street a few metres apart are not the same place.
How green is Alsergrund?
Green space in Alsergrund: Limited (3.8/10), about 17% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Alsergrund a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value short trips by public transport and a safe area. Less ideal if good value for money is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Alsergrund expensive?
Guide prices for Alsergrund: rent around €22.7/m², buying around €6,096/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Value for money in the Living Score: Low.
What is Vienna's 9th district called?
Vienna's 9th district is called Alsergrund (postal code 1090).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 9th district?
The 9th district (Alsergrund) has the postal code 1090.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 9th district (1090)?
Yes. In Alsergrund, as everywhere in Vienna, the short-stay zone applies Monday to Friday (working days) from 9 am to 10 pm, for at most two hours; residents park with the Parkpickerl. There are 13 public car parks in the district (4.4 per km²), plus one Park & Ride site. As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Alsergrund in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Alsergrund, a median 23.3% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Nußdorfer Straße it is 29.5%. Computed from the timetable with transfers and walking up to 1.2 km — not real time, and counted in addresses, not residents.
What kind of buildings shape Alsergrund?
In Alsergrund: Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 66% of the residential buildings here are Gründerzeit apartment houses (1848–1918). How a single flat is laid out still depends on the individual building.
How much roof area in Alsergrund could be greened?
72 of the 146 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 49.3 %. The roofs here are mixed, leaning towards steep ones. The figure comes from an own calculation of the pitch of every roof face in the City of Vienna’s official roof model, and says nothing about which roofs are already green.