--- title: "Most walkable neighbourhoods in Vienna (2026) · How Walkable" description: "20 neighbourhoods of Vienna ranked by walkability score, from Mariahilf (100) to Essling (36), with each one's distance from the centre. From open map data." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna/neighbourhoods updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Austria](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria) 3. [Vienna](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna) 4. Neighbourhoods # The most walkable neighbourhoods in Vienna By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 20 neighbourhoods of Vienna ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Five tie for the top score of 100/100, among them Mariahilf, Alservorstadt and Josefstadt. 16 of the 20 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Essling (36). 8 of them score 98 or more, so the order among those turns on small differences. | # | Neighbourhood | From the centre | Area scoring 70+ | Score | | -- | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | ----- | | 1 | [Mariahilf](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna/mariahilf) | 600 m | 100% | 100 | | 1 | Alservorstadt | 1.3 km | 100% | 100 | | 1 | [Josefstadt](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna/josefstadt) | 700 m | 100% | 100 | | 1 | Margareten | 1.6 km | 100% | 100 | | 1 | [Innere Stadt](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna/innere-stadt) | 1.2 km | 100% | 100 | | 6 | Lichtental | 2.5 km | 100% | 99 | | 6 | Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus | 2.4 km | 100% | 99 | | 8 | Währing | 2.5 km | 100% | 98 | | 9 | Hernals | 2.3 km | 100% | 97 | | 10 | [Landstraße](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna/landstrasse) | 2.6 km | 96% | 96 | | 11 | [Leopoldstadt](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna/leopoldstadt) | 3 km | 94% | 94 | | 12 | Meidling | 3.5 km | 98% | 91 | | 13 | Brigittenau | 4.6 km | 96% | 90 | | 14 | Baumgarten | 5.5 km | 88% | 86 | | 15 | Ottakring | 3.6 km | 75% | 82 | | 16 | Heiligenstadt | 5.6 km | 57% | 70 | | 17 | Hütteldorf | 7.1 km | 43% | 65 | | 18 | Seestadt Aspern | 11.5 km | 51% | 64 | | 19 | Grinzing | 5.9 km | 42% | 60 | | 20 | Essling | 12.5 km | 8% | 36 | "From the centre" is the distance from Vienna's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot. ## The top 5 up close ### Mariahilf Mariahilf is the most central of these five, 600 m south of Vienna's busiest point, and scores 100/100. 5,358 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about a minute away. [More on Mariahilf](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna/mariahilf). ### Alservorstadt Alservorstadt scores 100/100, 1.3 km north of Vienna's busiest point. 4,871 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 2 minutes away. ### Josefstadt Josefstadt scores 100/100, 700 m north of Vienna's busiest point. 5,744 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 2 minutes away. [More on Josefstadt](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna/josefstadt). ### Margareten Margareten lies the furthest out of these five, 1.6 km south of Vienna's busiest point, and scores 100/100. 3,892 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 2 minutes away. Its thinnest category against the others is libraries and bookshops, with 54. ### Innere Stadt Innere Stadt scores 100/100, 1.2 km north-east of Vienna's busiest point. None of the others has as many cultural venues, with 344 in a 30 minute walk; Michael Kobler - Hochzeitsfotograf Wien is the nearest, about a minute away. [More on Innere Stadt](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna/innere-stadt). ## Centre and outskirts The 11 neighbourhoods within 3 km of Vienna's centre average 98, and the 9 further out average 72, so walkability falls away from the centre. The nearest to the centre, Mariahilf, 600 m away, scores 100, and the farthest, Essling, 12.5 km out, scores 36. ![Map of Vienna's 20 ranked neighbourhoods around its centre, numbered by rank and coloured by score, with rings every 5 km. The most walkable is Mariahilf, 600 m to the south; the least, Essling, 12.5 km to the east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/austria/vienna/neighbourhoods.svg?v=d8c26382ae26) Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Vienna. Vienna as a whole scores [91 out of 100](https://howwalkable.com/cities/austria/vienna) across the 5 km around its centre. ## Questions about Vienna's neighbourhoods ### What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Vienna? 5 of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank in Vienna tie as the most walkable, each with a walkability score of 100 out of 100 (Walker's Paradise): Mariahilf, Alservorstadt, Josefstadt, Margareten and Innere Stadt. ### Which neighbourhoods of Vienna are least walkable? Of the 20 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Essling (36), Grinzing (60) and Seestadt Aspern (64). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still. ### How are Vienna's neighbourhoods ranked? Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Vienna scores 91 across the 5 km around its centre. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata. Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.