Last updated: November 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 9th district. Strongest on Public transport and Safety, while Affordability is more of a trade-off.
In short: Spitalgasse, a neighbourhood in Alsergrund (9th district), has a Living Score of 85 out of 100 (Vienna Living Map, as of November 2026). Strongest: Public transport 9.2 and Safety 8.5 out of 10, weakest Affordability 6.0. District asking rent: about €23/m² (median, carried forward).
Spitalgasse runs on the university campus and the nearby AKH hospital — there's always something going on and daily life has pace. By day much is within walking distance; in the evening people meet at the bars around the corner. It doesn't get entirely quiet here, though.
Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Spitalgasse is mid-density: open stretches alternate with tighter street blocks. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 9.7 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 1.8 in December. The low winter sun (only ~18° at noon in Vienna) mostly stays behind the rooftops here. In the evening the sun disappears early behind the buildings. 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 Spitalgasse
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 12 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 44.1 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 22,000 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 62 out of 100, and with 756 street trees in the same radius the neighbourhood sits below the median of 760 — three figures side by side, not a recommendation.
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 →
Public transport around Spitalgasse
Metro and S-Bahn within walking distance of the centre of the neighbourhood — walking minutes estimated from the straight-line distance (× 1.3, 80 m a minute).
U6 · Michelbeuern-AKH · 11 min U6 · Währinger Straße-Volksoper · 12 min U6 · Alser Straße · 14 min U2 · Schottentor · 14 min U2 · Rathaus · 16 min R40 REX4 REX41 S40 · Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof · 17 min
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What is it like to live in Spitalgasse?
Spitalgasse reaches a Living Score of 85 out of 100 (Very good place to live). It is strongest on Public transport (Excellent), followed by Safety; Affordability 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 Spitalgasse?
Spitalgasse is in Vienna's 9th district (Alsergrund), postal code 1090.
How safe is Spitalgasse?
Safety in Spitalgasse: Excellent (8.5/10), based on official police crime statistics. A non-binding orientation value for the area, not a statement about any single address.
Is Spitalgasse dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Spitalgasse sits at 8.5 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 Spitalgasse?
Public transport in Spitalgasse: Excellent (9.2/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Spitalgasse noisy?
Quiet in Spitalgasse: Average (6.1/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. Part of the area sits along Spitalgasse; a few streets further in it gets noticeably quieter. Right there, traffic drowns out a conversation with the window open (calculated above 75 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: Nußdorfer Straße (~26,275/day), Währinger Straße (~18,235/day), Spitalgasse (~16,250/day).
How hot does Spitalgasse get in summer?
In summer Spitalgasse is heat-prone — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 62 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 Spitalgasse?
Green space in Spitalgasse: Good (7.5/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Spitalgasse a good fit for?
Most of all for people who value short trips by public transport and a safe area. Less ideal if good value for money is at the very top of your list — that's the trade-off here.
Is Spitalgasse expensive?
Guide prices for Spitalgasse: rent around €22.7/m², buying around €6,096/m² (rent: asking rent, carried forward; purchase: median of prices paid in 2025, Statistics Austria). Value for money in the Living Score: Average.
How is the natural light in Spitalgasse?
Spitalgasse is mid-density: open stretches alternate with tighter street blocks. Measured at the Grätzl centre: about 9.7 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 1.8 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 Spitalgasse?
In Spitalgasse: Gründerzeit apartment houses shape the streetscape. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 60% 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 Spitalgasse could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Spitalgasse, around 12 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 44.1 % 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.