Living around BOKU or Uni Wien?
Last updated: August 2026
A university has no Living Score of its own — what matters is how it is to live around it. The Grätzl around BOKU average 88/100, around Uni Wien 83/100.
The areas side by side
Where you live around BOKU
Where you live around Uni Wien
Both in brief
Austria’s leading university for life sciences and sustainability (top 10 in the global GreenMetric ranking). Fittingly it sits green on the Türkenschanze, where Währing meets Döbling, close to vineyards and the Vienna Woods.
The largest and oldest university in the German-speaking world (1365), broad from law to humanities and the sciences. The main building on the Ring shapes the corner around the Votivkirche — antiquarian bookshops, coffee houses and students included. A place with tradition, right in the city.
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Is it better to live around BOKU or Uni Wien?
A university itself has no Living Score — what gets compared is the area. The Grätzl around BOKU average 88/100, around Uni Wien 83/100, so the area around BOKU edges ahead. Source: open data (City of Vienna OGD, OpenStreetMap, Wiener Linien, Statistics Austria).
Where do you live near BOKU?
The closest places to live are Gersthof (≈ 8 min), Cottageviertel (≈ 11 min), Pötzleinsdorf (≈ 14 min).
Where do you live near Uni Wien?
The closest places to live are Schottenring (≈ 10 min), Graben/Kohlmarkt (≈ 14 min), Spitalgasse (≈ 14 min).