Last updated: September 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 20th district. Strongest on Public transport and Affordability, while Safety is more of a trade-off.
Along the Danube, where new residential buildings meet the traffic artery, you get everywhere fast. Cafés and small shops shape the area and keep everyday life busy. It doesn't get entirely quiet here, though.
The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses.
This Grätzl is strongly shaped by the Gemeindebau — municipal housing estates from Red Vienna define many of its streets.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Handelskai 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 13.7 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 5.1 in December. The evening sun stays long. How bright a single flat is comes down to floor, orientation and courtyard vs. street side — the measurement is for the Grätzl centre.
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The roofs above Handelskai
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 15 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 74.5 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 27,700 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 65 out of 100.
The radius is a fixed reference area, not a neighbourhood boundary, and the circles of adjacent neighbourhoods overlap — so these figures cannot be added up. Whether any of these roofs is already green is unknown to a geometry model; whether it carries the build-up is for a structural engineer to say. Geometry as of 2016. All districts compared →
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Frequently asked about Handelskai
What is it like to live in Handelskai?
Handelskai reaches a Living Score of 61 out of 100 (Solid place to live). It is strongest on Public transport (Excellent), followed by Affordability; Safety 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 Handelskai?
Handelskai is in Vienna's 20th district (Brigittenau), postal code 1200.
How safe is Handelskai?
Safety in Handelskai: Average (5.8/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Handelskai dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Handelskai sits at 5.8 out of 10 on the safety dimension (Average). 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 Handelskai?
Public transport in Handelskai: Excellent (9.0/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Handelskai noisy?
Quiet in Handelskai: Good (6.7/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. Part of the area sits along Dresdner Straße; a few streets further in it gets noticeably quieter. Right there you raise your voice to talk, and a phone call on the pavement gets tiring (calculated above 70 dB by day). Traffic drops off at night, though it never fully disappears along the loud edge. The busiest named axes nearby, by official annual traffic volume: Dresdner Straße (~18,374/day), Hellwagstraße (~14,084/day), Innstraße (~13,107/day).
How hot does Handelskai get in summer?
In summer Handelskai is heat-prone — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 65 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 Handelskai?
Green space in Handelskai: Good (7.0/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Handelskai a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value short trips by public transport and good value for money. Less ideal if a safe area is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Handelskai expensive?
Guide prices for Handelskai: rent around €14.5/m², buying around €5,800/m² (indexed orientation). Value for money in the Living Score: Excellent.
How is the natural light in Handelskai?
Handelskai 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 13.7 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 5.1 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 Handelskai?
In Handelskai: The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 97% 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 around Handelskai could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Handelskai, around 15 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 74.5 % of the roof area there. The figure comes from the City of Vienna’s Generalised Roof Model LOD2.1: for every roof face the official area and the official pitch are read and sorted by the thresholds of the City’s green-roof potential cadastre (up to 5° intensive and extensive, up to 20° extensive, minimum 5 m²). It says nothing about which of those roofs is already green, and nothing about statics.