Breitensee

What is it like to live in Breitensee?

Breitensee reaches a Living Score of 85 out of 100 (Very good place to live). It is strongest on Air quality (Excellent), followed by Public transport; Quiet is more of a trade-off. The score combines six dimensions from open data (City of Vienna OGD, OpenStreetMap, Wiener Linien, Statistics Austria).

Where is Breitensee?

Breitensee is in Vienna's 14th district (Penzing), postal code 1140.

How safe is Breitensee?

Safety in Breitensee: Excellent (8.3/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.

Is Breitensee dangerous?

Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Breitensee sits at 8.3 out of 10 on the safety dimension (Excellent). One thing worth knowing when reading such figures: crime statistics count offences where they HAPPEN, not where those affected live. Districts with major stations, nightlife and many visitors therefore collect more reports without a residential street a few corners away being any different. Within a district, the gap between a busy hub and a quiet side street is usually larger than the gap between two districts.

How good is public transport in Breitensee?

Public transport in Breitensee: Excellent (8.5/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).

Is Breitensee noisy?

Quiet in Breitensee: Excellent (8.0/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. Part of the area sits along Reinlgasse; a few streets further in it gets noticeably quieter. Right there traffic is clearly present; on a balcony behind it, it recedes. At night it calms down noticeably — the level drops below the threshold at which mapping begins. The busiest named axes nearby, by official annual traffic volume: Johnstraße (~15,884/day), Hütteldorfer Straße (~12,833/day), Reinlgasse (~12,711/day).

How hot does Breitensee get in summer?

In summer Breitensee is rather warm — cooler than the Vienna average. Heat index 53 of 100 (Vienna average 57), 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 Breitensee?

Green space in Breitensee: Excellent (8.5/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.

Who is Breitensee a good fit for?

Most of all for people who value clean air and short trips by public transport. Less ideal if quiet is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.

Is Breitensee expensive?

Guide prices for Breitensee: rent around €17.5/m², buying around €7,200/m² (indexed orientation). Value for money in the Living Score: Excellent.

How is the natural light in Breitensee?

Breitensee is densely and tall built — light falls narrow between the facades, and the lanes turn shady earlier in the day. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 12.3 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 3.8 in December. How bright a single flat is comes down to floor, orientation and courtyard vs. street side — the measurement is for the Grätzl centre.

What kind of buildings shape Breitensee?

In Breitensee: 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.