Innere Stadt
Last updated: November 2026
Innere Stadt is Vienna's 1st district, with a Living Score of 75. It is strongest on Safety and Air quality, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Innere Stadt, Vienna's 1st district, has a Living Score of 75 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Safety 8.0 and Air quality 7.2 out of 10, weakest Affordability 1.0. Rent about €29/m², purchase about €11,576/m².
The morning light catches in the old façades as the first coffee machines start up in the cafés of the old town. Viennese life plays out here, tightly packed and always in motion. Quiet is hard to find.
Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape.
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Greenable roofs in Innere Stadt
The roofs here are largely steep, the way the Gründerzeit built them; a build-up would not stay on. Of 141 hectares of roof area in the 1st district, 55 hectares are flat enough for greening — 39.2 %, of which 38 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 100,000 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 Innere Stadt: short-stay zone 1010
In the 1st 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 28 public car parks in the district (9.8 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
Graben/Kohlmarkt Schottenring Stephansplatz
Metro and S-Bahn in Innere Stadt
U1 U2 U4 · Karlsplatz U2 U4 · Schottenring U1 U4 · Schwedenplatz U1 U3 · Stephansplatz U2 U3 · Volkstheater U3 · Herrengasse U2 · Museumsquartier U2 · Rathaus U2 · Schottentor U4 · Stadtpark U3 · Stubentor
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Transit reach from Innere Stadt
From a stop in Innere Stadt you reach, on a weekday at 8 am, a median 26.5% of Vienna's building addresses within 30 minutes and 6.5% within 20 — well above the Vienna median of 12.6% (rank 1 of 23). You get furthest from Schwedenplatz (37.1% in 30 minutes), least far from Rudolfsplatz (19.1%).
Median over the district's 39 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 Innere Stadt a good district to live in?
Innere Stadt is a solid place to live (Living Score 75/100): strong on Safety and Air quality, weaker on Affordability. Whether it is "good" depends on your priorities.
How safe is Innere Stadt?
Safety in Innere Stadt: 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 Innere Stadt dangerous?
Innere Stadt 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 Innere Stadt?
Public transport in Innere Stadt: Good (6.9/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Innere Stadt noisy?
Quiet in Innere Stadt: Average (6.0/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. 45% of the district area sits above the 55 dB threshold, the loudest edge around 75 dB. The strongest single source is Franz-Josefs-Kai. The busiest named axes here, by official annual traffic volume: Karlsplatz (~34,174/day), Franz-Josefs-Kai (~30,872/day), Burgring (~21,876/day). Below 55 dB the official map records nothing, so “not mapped” never means “silent”.
How hot does Innere Stadt get in summer?
In summer Innere Stadt is heat-prone — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 70 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 Innere Stadt?
Green space in Innere Stadt: Limited (3.6/10), about 16.4% green cover. Larger parks are a bit further away.
Who is Innere Stadt a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value a safe area and clean air. Less ideal if good value for money is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Innere Stadt expensive?
Guide prices for Innere Stadt: rent around €29/m², buying around €11,576/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 1st district called?
Vienna's 1st district is called Innere Stadt (postal code 1010).
What is the postal code of Vienna's 1st district?
The 1st district (Innere Stadt) has the postal code 1010.
Does the short-stay parking zone apply in Vienna's 1st district (1010)?
Yes. In Innere Stadt, 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 28 public car parks in the district (9.8 per km²). As of September 2026, City of Vienna.
How far do you get from Innere Stadt in 30 minutes by public transport?
From a stop in Innere Stadt, a median 26.5% of Vienna's building addresses are reachable within 30 minutes on a weekday morning (Vienna median 12.6%); from Schwedenplatz it is 37.1%. 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 Innere Stadt?
In Innere Stadt: Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 53% 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 Innere Stadt could be greened?
55 of the 141 hectares of roof area are greenable by pitch, that is 39.2 %. 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.