Last updated: September 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 10th district. Strongest on Public transport and Green space, while Quiet is more of a trade-off.
The Sonnwendviertel, a young quarter behind the main station, runs on the modern momentum of its planning and the large Helmut-Zilk-Park. Short distances shape daily life, and much is done on foot. Still, it's no place of quiet — it's lively and modern.
The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Sonnwendviertel is densely and tall built — light falls narrow between the facades, and the lanes turn shady earlier in the day. The slope takes part of the low evening sun early. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 11.9 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 0.9 in December. The low winter sun (only ~18° at noon in Vienna) mostly stays behind the rooftops here. 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 Sonnwendviertel
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 13 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 45.2 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 24,400 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 60 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 Sonnwendviertel
What is it like to live in Sonnwendviertel?
Sonnwendviertel reaches a Living Score of 80 out of 100 (Very good place to live). It is strongest on Public transport (Excellent), followed by Green space; 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 Sonnwendviertel?
Sonnwendviertel is in Vienna's 10th district (Favoriten), postal code 1100.
How safe is Sonnwendviertel?
Safety in Sonnwendviertel: Good (7.3/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Sonnwendviertel dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Sonnwendviertel sits at 7.3 out of 10 on the safety dimension (Good). 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 Sonnwendviertel?
Public transport in Sonnwendviertel: Excellent (9.0/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Sonnwendviertel noisy?
Quiet in Sonnwendviertel: Average (6.3/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. Part of the area sits along Gudrunstraße; 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: Laxenburger Straße (~22,734/day), Sonnwendgasse (~21,259/day), Gudrunstraße (~18,868/day).
How hot does Sonnwendviertel get in summer?
In summer Sonnwendviertel is rather warm — about the Vienna average. Heat index 60 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 Sonnwendviertel?
Green space in Sonnwendviertel: Excellent (8.0/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Sonnwendviertel a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value short trips by public transport and lots of greenery at the doorstep. Less ideal if quiet is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Sonnwendviertel expensive?
Guide prices for Sonnwendviertel: rent around €14.5/m², buying around €5,800/m² (indexed orientation). Value for money in the Living Score: Good.
How is the natural light in Sonnwendviertel?
Sonnwendviertel 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 11.9 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 0.9 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 Sonnwendviertel?
In Sonnwendviertel: The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 90% 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 Sonnwendviertel could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Sonnwendviertel, around 13 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 45.2 % 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.