Last updated: September 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 17th district. Strongest on Public transport and Air quality, while Quiet is more of a trade-off.
The Hernalser Hauptstraße is a busy axis of restaurants and shops that shape everyday life. You live in Gründerzeit buildings and get everywhere quickly. Evenings, though, are not always quiet.
Social housing shapes the area — big courtyards, solid blocks.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Hernals Zentrum is mid-density: open stretches alternate with tighter street blocks. The slope holds back the low morning sun. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 13.9 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 5.2 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.
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The roofs above Hernals Zentrum
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 9 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 39.6 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 17,200 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 57 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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Meidlinger HauptstraßeSonnwendviertelReumannplatzKeplerplatz
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Hernalser Gürtel, 17th districtDornbach, 17th districtNeuwaldegg, 17th district
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Frequently asked about Hernals Zentrum
What is it like to live in Hernals Zentrum?
Hernals Zentrum reaches a Living Score of 79 out of 100 (Good place to live). It is strongest on Public transport (Excellent), followed by Air quality; 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 Hernals Zentrum?
Hernals Zentrum is in Vienna's 17th district (Hernals), postal code 1170.
How safe is Hernals Zentrum?
Safety in Hernals Zentrum: 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 Hernals Zentrum dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Hernals Zentrum sits at 8.0 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 Hernals Zentrum?
Public transport in Hernals Zentrum: Excellent (8.8/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Hernals Zentrum noisy?
Quiet in Hernals Zentrum: Average (6.3/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. Part of the area sits along Lidlgasse; 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). 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: Lidlgasse (~21,418/day), Hernalser Hauptstraße (~16,784/day), Gersthofer Straße (~14,877/day).
How hot does Hernals Zentrum get in summer?
In summer Hernals Zentrum is rather warm — about the Vienna average. Heat index 57 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 Hernals Zentrum?
Green space in Hernals Zentrum: Excellent (8.0/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Hernals Zentrum a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value short trips by public transport and clean air. Less ideal if quiet is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Hernals Zentrum expensive?
Guide prices for Hernals Zentrum: rent around €16/m², buying around €6,400/m² (indexed orientation). Value for money in the Living Score: Excellent.
How is the natural light in Hernals Zentrum?
Hernals Zentrum is mid-density: open stretches alternate with tighter street blocks. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 13.9 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 5.2 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 Hernals Zentrum?
In Hernals Zentrum: 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 around Hernals Zentrum could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Hernals Zentrum, around 9 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 39.6 % 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.