Vienna’s city hiking trails (Stadtwanderwege)
Eleven marked trails lead from the city’s edge straight into the Vienna Woods, up the vineyards and into the floodplains — and show how green you can live in Vienna.
Few big cities have the forest as close as Vienna. The official Stadtwanderwege are signposted, reachable by public transport and run right through the green residential areas on the edge — from the Kahlenberg through the Lainzer Tiergarten to the Bisamberg. We show each trail with the district it starts in, so you can see what living there feels like.
The trails at a glance
On the map you can switch on the “City hikes” layer — every trail with its route, start point and a short description. Real route geometry from the City of Vienna (CC-BY).
See the city hikes on the map →Frequently asked
How many city hiking trails does Vienna have?
There are eleven official, fully marked Wiener Stadtwanderwege (plus a few variants like 1a and 4a). Most run through the Vienna Woods in the west and the vineyards in the north, with flatter trails in the east through the Lobau and the fields of Donaustadt.
Which Stadtwanderweg is the most beautiful?
A matter of taste — the classic is trail 1 up the Kahlenberg, with vineyards and a Danube view. Trail 2 climbs Vienna’s highest point (Hermannskogel, 542 m), trail 6 runs through the Lainzer Tiergarten past wild boar, trail 9 over the Bisamberg through the city’s largest vineyards.
Are the trails reachable by public transport?
Yes — that is the whole idea: each trail starts and ends at a transit stop, so you can get there without a car. That is also why they say so much about green, well-connected living on the city’s edge.