Where do you live by the Vienna Woods — green, hilly, with a view?
In the west Vienna doesn’t fade out, it climbs: into vineyards, woods and hillside rows with a view over the city. We show where you live at the edge of the Vienna Woods.
Penzing
forest & hills at the door · woods, vineyards, a view over the city
Ranked from open data (City of Vienna OGD, OpenStreetMap, Wiener Linien, Statistics Austria) — not a tourist tip list.
There is a Vienna that smells of forest rather than asphalt: Neuwaldegg, Sievering, Salmannsdorf, Kalksburg, Mauer. Here the city ends in sunken lanes, Buschenschanken and paths that lead straight from the front door into the woods. In the morning you hear birds rather than traffic; in the evening the light falls long across the slopes.
We combine two real datasets: each location’s green share and its height above the Vienna basin (Copernicus elevation model). That separates the flat city greenery — Prater, Augarten — from the real hillside areas at the forest edge, where woods and a view come together.
The districts by the Vienna Woods
A whole district is too coarse for these spots — the village on the slope is what counts. These Grätzl lie closest to the Vienna Woods:
The Grätzl at the forest edge
The trade-off is obvious: here you are furthest from the centre, the metro stops lower down, and little works without a bus or a few metres of climb. In return you get quiet, woods at the door and, on clear days, the view over all of Vienna.
Explore the forest edge
On the map the green layers show woods and parks, and the Grätzl page gives the elevation, the slope and the way into the centre. For anyone after the village-like, green Vienna on the edge — with the forest as a neighbour rather than the next junction.
Explore the green hillsides on the map →Frequently asked
Which districts border the Vienna Woods?
The Vienna Woods border mainly the western districts: Penzing (14th), Hernals (17th), Hietzing (13th), Währing (18th), Döbling (19th) and Liesing (23rd). There the residential areas climb into woods and vineyards — places like Neuwaldegg, Sievering, Salmannsdorf, Kalksburg and Mauer sit right at the forest edge.
Where do you live in Vienna with a view over the city?
A real view is found on the heights above the Vienna basin — around the Kahlenberg and in the upper parts of Döbling, Hernals, Penzing and Hietzing. We measure the height above the flat city core (Copernicus elevation model); the higher the spot, the more likely the view. The individual outlook always depends on floor and orientation, though.
Is living by the Vienna Woods practical?
It is a trade: maximum quiet, woods and fresh air for longer journeys. The metro usually doesn’t reach up here, much runs by bus or car, and shops aren’t always round the corner. Anyone after the quiet, green Vienna gladly accepts that.
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