Last updated: September 2026
A neighbourhood (Grätzl) in Vienna's 18th district. Strongest on Public transport and Air quality, while Quiet is more of a trade-off.
Between tall old façades and the Volksoper you get around quickly, with cafés and small shops shaping the day. Evenings rarely turn completely still. For quiet and plenty of green, you'll need to plan a short walk.
The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses.
The six dimensions
Light & built form
Volksoper Umgebung 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 10.3 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 0.3 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 Volksoper Umgebung
Within 450 m of the centre, buildings carry around 11 hectares of roof that would be greenable by pitch — 34.4 % of the roof area there, calculated from the City of Vienna’s official roof model. On that area roughly 21,600 m³ of rain a year would stay up top instead of entering the sewer, by the model. The modelled heat index here is 61 out of 100, and with 711 street trees in the same radius the neighbourhood sits below the median of 808 — 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 →
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Frequently asked about Volksoper Umgebung
What is it like to live in Volksoper Umgebung?
Volksoper Umgebung reaches a Living Score of 86 out of 100 (Very 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 Volksoper Umgebung?
Volksoper Umgebung is in Vienna's 18th district (Währing), postal code 1180.
How safe is Volksoper Umgebung?
Safety in Volksoper Umgebung: 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 Volksoper Umgebung dangerous?
Short answer: no — Vienna consistently ranks among the safest large cities in the world, and that holds across all 23 districts. Volksoper Umgebung 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 Volksoper Umgebung?
Public transport in Volksoper Umgebung: Excellent (9.2/10) – based on proximity to metro, tram and bus (Wiener Linien).
Is Volksoper Umgebung noisy?
Quiet in Volksoper Umgebung: Average (6.4/10), based on traffic-noise exposure. Part of the area sits along Währinger Gürtel; 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: Währinger Gürtel (~29,269/day), Nußdorfer Straße (~26,275/day), Währinger Straße (~18,235/day).
How hot does Volksoper Umgebung get in summer?
In summer Volksoper Umgebung is rather warm — warmer than the Vienna average. Heat index 61 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 Volksoper Umgebung?
Green space in Volksoper Umgebung: Good (7.8/10). Parks and greenery shape everyday life here.
Who is Volksoper Umgebung 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 Volksoper Umgebung expensive?
Guide prices for Volksoper Umgebung: rent around €19.5/m², buying around €8,200/m² (indexed orientation). Value for money in the Living Score: Good.
How is the natural light in Volksoper Umgebung?
Volksoper Umgebung 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 10.3 hours of direct sun on the longest day, about 0.3 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 Volksoper Umgebung?
In Volksoper Umgebung: The streetscape is almost solidly Gründerzeit apartment houses. Per the City of Vienna building typology, around 74% 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 Volksoper Umgebung could be greened?
Within 450 m of the centre of Volksoper Umgebung, around 11 hectares of roof are greenable by pitch — 34.4 % 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.