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Vienna’s city hiking trails (Stadtwanderwege)
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Vienna’s city hiking trails (Stadtwanderwege)

Fourteen marked trails lead from the city’s edge straight into the Vienna Woods, up the vineyards and into the floodplains — right from your doorstep, in every season. They show how green you can live in Vienna, and quietly make you want to walk.

Living-data guide · updated November 2026

Few big cities have the forest as close as Vienna. A few transit stops and you are walking between vineyards, under old trees or along the water. The official Stadtwanderwege are signposted, reachable by public transport and run right through the green residential areas on the edge — from the Kahlenberg over the Maurer Wald to the Bisamberg, and flat through the Prater and the fields of Donaustadt. We show each trail with the district it starts in, so you can see what living there feels like.

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The trails at a glance

1Wine & hillsKahlenbergDistrict 19 · ~11 km · ↑ 330 m · 3.5–4 hFrom Nußdorf up through the vineyards to the Kahlenberg. At the top you stand above the city and watch the Danube run in both directions. Heurigen lie along the way, too.from Nußdorf (Straßenbahn D, Endstation) 1aWine & hillsLeopoldsbergDistrict 19 · ~11 km · ↑ 316 m · 3–4 hFrom Nußdorf along the Danube to Kahlenbergerdorf, steeply up the Leopoldsberg and back over the Kahlenberg. The rock drops sharply to the river here — the last spur of the Vienna Woods.from Nußdorf (Nußdorfer Platz, Straßenbahn D oder S40) 2GreenHermannskogelDistrict 19 · ~10 km · ↑ 319 m · 3–4 hFrom Sievering up the Hermannskogel — at 542 m the highest point in Vienna, crowned by the Habsburgwarte. In between, woods and meadows: Goldwiese, Kogelwiese, Jägerwiese.from Sievering (Bus 39A, Endstation) 3GreenNeuwaldegg & HameauDistrict 17 · ~10.5 km · ↑ 300 m · 3–4 hFrom the tram 43 terminus straight into the Vienna Woods and up to the Hameau. A trail that shows how short the step from residential street to forest is in Hernals.from Neuwaldegg (Straßenbahn 43, Endstation) 4GreenDehnepark & JubiläumswarteDistrict 14 · ~7.2 km · ↑ 252 m · 2.5–3 hUp through the Dehnepark to the Jubiläumswarte. From the tower the view runs across the whole west of the city, on a clear day as far as the Schneeberg.from Rettichgasse (Straßenbahn 49) 4aGreenThe Ottakring variantDistrict 16 · ~10 km · ↑ 302 m · 2.5–3 hFrom the U3 station Ottakring up Gallitzinstraße to the Jubiläumswarte and back across the Kreuzeichenwiese — the same lookout tower as trail 4, approached from the Ottakring side.from Ottakring (U3) 5Wine & hillsBisambergDistrict 21 · ~10.3 km · ↑ 201 m · 3–4 hFrom Stammersdorf up the Bisamberg, past the Magdalenenhof and back over the Falkenberg. Up top the view runs out across the Marchfeld; below lie the Heurigen of Stammersdorf.from Stammersdorf (Straßenbahn 31, Endstation) 6GreenZugberg & Maurer WaldDistrict 23 · ~12.5 km · ↑ 357 m · 4–4.5 hFrom Rodaun over the Zugberg and through the Maurer Wald, past the Pappelteich and back to Rodaun via Kalksburg.from Rodaun (Straßenbahn 60, Endstation) 7City everydayAround the Laaer BergDistrict 10 · ~15 km · ↑ 130 m · 4–5 hThe long loop through Favoriten: from Altes Landgut through the Laaer Wald, past the Böhmischer Prater up to the Laaer Berg and back.from Altes Landgut (U1, Bus 15A) 8GreenSophienalpeDistrict 14 · ~11 km · ↑ 310 m · 3–4 hFrom the Kasgraben post-bus stop up to the Sophienalpe on the city's western edge and back via the Rieglerhütte, Spitalswiese and Salzwiese — woodland, with wide meadows in between.from Kasgraben (Postbus 450) 9GreenThrough the Wiener PraterDistrict 2 · ~13 km · 3–4 hFrom Praterstern down the Hauptallee to the Lusthaus, past the Krebsenwasser and the Heustadlwasser and back. Flat and right inside the city, between floodplain forest and avenue.from Praterstern (U1, U2, S-Bahn) 10GreenFranz-Karl-Effenberg trailDistrict 22 · ~7 km · 1:45 hThrough the fields and shelterbelts in the east of Donaustadt. Barely any climb, barely any forest — here Vienna is flat and wide, almost Marchfeld already.from Breitenlee Friedhof (Bus 24A, 85A) 11Social housingUrban social-housing trailDistrict 5 · ~4 km · 2 hFrom the Bruno-Kreisky-Park to the Amalienbad, from one Gemeindebau to the next: Reumannhof, Metzleinstaler Hof, Theodor-Körner-Hof. The trail tells Vienna's social housing through the buildings themselves.from Margaretengürtel / Bruno-Kreisky-Park (U4) 12WaterWienerbergDistrict 10 · ~22.9 km · ↑ 110 m · 5–6 hA wide loop through the south: from Frödenplatz along the Liesingbach, through the Helmut-Zilk-Wald to Schloss Vösendorf and back across the Wienerberg recreation area — where clay for the city's bricks was once dug, there are ponds today.from Frödenplatz (Straßenbahn 11)

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).

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Frequently asked

How many city hiking trails does Vienna have?

The City of Vienna lists 14 official, fully marked Wiener Stadtwanderwege — the twelve numbered main routes (1 to 12) plus the 1a and 4a variants. Most run through the Vienna Woods in the west and the vineyards in the north, with flatter trails through the Prater, the fields of Donaustadt and the south of the city.

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 5 crosses the Bisamberg vineyards north of the Danube, and trail 9 runs flat through the Prater, down the Hauptallee to the Lusthaus.

Is there a stamp card for the city hiking trails?

Yes. The City of Vienna issues a stamp card — every trail has a stamping point, and anyone who completes them all receives the city golden hiking badge. For newcomers it is also the cheapest way to get to know the green edges of Vienna before settling on a neighbourhood.

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.

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