Living at Monte Laa — what is it like?
Short and honest: you live in a neighbourhood built from 2001 to 2008 on a cover over the Südosttangente motorway, with a park in the middle and a kindergarten and primary school on the campus. The trade-off: the A23 runs beneath the neighbourhood, and the U1 is about twelve minutes on foot away.
Living Snapshot — why there is no number here
There is no Grätzl of its own for Monte Laa in Vienna Living Map, and the nearest lies more than one and a half kilometres away. A number from there would say nothing about this place — so there is none here.
What shapes daily life
Monte Laa lies in the 10th district, north of Laaer-Berg-Straße between Absberggasse and Urselbrunnengasse. It was built from 2001 to 2008 on a cover over the Südosttangente: the A23 was covered over 200 metres by a frame structure, the Absbergtunnel, and on top stand residential and office buildings with around 200,000 square metres of floor space.
In the middle lies the Monte-Laa-Park, 12,400 square metres, designed by the Boston landscape designer Martha Schwartz and barrier-free with a gradient of at most six per cent. The Campus Monte Laa has a kindergarten, a primary school, a music school, a crèche and a sports ground.
What works surprisingly well
The park is the centre: 12,400 square metres of green, with the kindergarten and primary school on the campus in the neighbourhood.
The bus stops at the door: 68A and 68B at Urselbrunnengasse, about two minutes on foot, and at Absbergbrücke, about four.
What you consciously accept
The Südosttangente runs beneath the neighbourhood: the A23 passes through the 200-metre Absbergtunnel here and is open again at its ends.
The U-Bahn is not in the neighbourhood: the U1 at Altes Landgut is about twelve minutes on foot away.
20 minutes of everyday life
Three stops, one evening after work — every observation is true exactly here, not everywhere.
- Urselbrunnengasse 18:00
Buses 68A and 68B stop here, about two minutes on foot from the neighbourhood. - Monte-Laa-Park 18:04
12,400 square metres, designed by Martha Schwartz. - Campus Monte Laa 18:08
Kindergarten, primary school, music school and a sports ground.
Who is it for?
For families and anyone who wants to live new and around a park, with a kindergarten and primary school in the neighbourhood — and who walks a little or takes the bus for the U-Bahn. If you want an established Grätzl or the U-Bahn at the door, you will not find it here.
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Method & sources
Location, construction period, the cover over the A23, floor space, park and campus: Wikipedia, article “Siedlungs- und Wohngebiet Monte Laa” (read on 30 September 2026). The sources do not agree on how many flats there are — so there is no number here. Lines from the Wiener Linien timetable (GTFS). There is no Grätzl for Monte Laa in Vienna Living Map, and therefore no Living Snapshot. Walking minutes: straight line from the middle of the neighbourhood × 1.3 at 80 metres per minute.
Frequently asked
What is Monte Laa?
A neighbourhood in the 10th district, built from 2001 to 2008 on a cover over the Südosttangente: the A23 was covered over 200 metres (the Absbergtunnel), and on top stand residential and office buildings with around 200,000 square metres of floor space.
How big is the Monte-Laa-Park?
12,400 square metres, designed by the Boston landscape designer Martha Schwartz; barrier-free with a gradient of at most six per cent.
Which schools are there at Monte Laa?
On the Campus Monte Laa: a kindergarten (since 2008), a primary school (since 2010), a music school and a crèche, plus a sports ground.
How is Monte Laa connected?
By buses 68A and 68B, stops Urselbrunnengasse (about two minutes on foot) and Absbergbrücke (about four). The U1 at Altes Landgut is about twelve minutes on foot away.
What is it like to live at Monte Laa?
New, around a park and with a school in the neighbourhood — but above the motorway and without the U-Bahn at the door. Monte Laa has no Living Score: Vienna Living Map measures Grätzl, and the nearest lies more than one and a half kilometres away.