Hernals
Last updated: November 2026
Hernals is Vienna's 17th district, with a Living Score of 82. It is strongest on Green space and Air quality, while Public transport is more of a trade-off.
In short: Hernals, Vienna's 17th district, has a Living Score of 82 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Green space 8.2 and Air quality 8.2 out of 10, weakest Public transport 5.0. Rent about €17/m², purchase about €5,222/m².
Hernals has a quiet, almost rural character, shaped by its many green spaces and fresh air. Distances are mostly shorter here, and much plays out right on the doorstep. Nightlife and going out, though, are rather limited.
Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks.
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Greenable roofs in Hernals
The roofs here are largely steep, the way the Gründerzeit built them; a build-up would not stay on. Of 159 hectares of roof area in the 17th district, 65 hectares are flat enough for greening — 41.1 %, of which 47 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 120,000 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 Hernals: short-stay zone 1170
In the 17th 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 7 public car parks in the district (0.6 per km²). 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
Hernals Zentrum Dornbach Neuwaldegg Hernalser Gürtel
Metro and S-Bahn in Hernals
U6 · Alser Straße S45 · Hernals U6 · Josefstädter Straße
Every vehicle in the district on the map, by timetable ›
Transit reach from Hernals
From a stop in Hernals you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 9.1% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 3.2% within 20 — below the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 20 of 23). You get furthest from Alser Straße (29.7% in 30 minutes), least far from Schottenwald (0%).
Median over the district's 57 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 ›
Similar districts
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Is Hernals a good district to live in?
Hernals is among Vienna's most sought-after residential districts (Living Score 82/100), especially for Green space and Air quality. The honest trade-off is Public transport.
How safe is Hernals?
Safety in Hernals: Good (7.8/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Hernals dangerous?
Hernals is considered safe overall (safety 7.8/10 by the crime statistics). As everywhere there is more going on around big squares and stations; the residential streets are calmer. An orientation value, not an address statement.
How good is public transport in Hernals?
Public transport in Hernals: Average (5.0/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Hernals noisy?
Quiet in Hernals: Good (7.8/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 15% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is Hernalser Hauptstraße. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Hernalser Gürtel (~20,726/day), Ottakringer Straße (~19,287/day), Hernalser Hauptstraße (~19,028/day). The district also contains the officially designated quiet area “Landschaftsschutzgebiet Hernals”. Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Hernals get in summer?
In summer Hernals is rather warm — cooler than the Vienna average. Heat index 52 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 Hernals?
Green space in Hernals: Excellent (8.2/10), about 48.9% green cover. Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Hernals a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value lots of greenery at the doorstep and clean air. Less ideal if short trips by public transport is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Hernals expensive?
Guide prices for Hernals: rent around €16.9/m², buying around €5,222/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Value for money in the Living Score: Average.
How is the natural light in Hernals?
It varies a lot by Grätzl: Neuwaldegg is low and openly built — plenty of free sky — while Hernals Zentrum is much tighter, with light falling narrow into the lanes. How bright a single flat is also comes down to floor, orientation and courtyard vs. street side.
What is Vienna's 17th district called?
Vienna's 17th district is called Hernals (postal code 1170).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 17th district?
The 17th district (Hernals) has the postal code 1170.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 17th district (1170)?
Yes. In Hernals, 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 7 public car parks in the district (0.6 per km²). As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Hernals in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Hernals, a median 9.1% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Alser Straße it is 29.7%. 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 Hernals?
In Hernals: Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks. (City of Vienna building typology.) How a single flat is laid out still depends on the individual building.
How much roof area in Hernals could be greened?
65 of the 159 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 41.1 %. The roofs here are largely steep, the way the Gründerzeit built them; a build-up would not stay on. 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.