Augarten
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Ready-made walk · Vienna

Leopoldstadt, the Prater and Hundertwasser

4 stops · ~1 hr 5 min · 4.4 km

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Cross the Danube Canal into Leopoldstadt, starting in the Augarten, home of Vienna’s oldest Baroque garden, and the neighbourhood’s Karmelitermarkt. Walk on to the Riesenrad, the giant Ferris wheel at the entrance to the Prater, and finish at the colourful, irregular Hundertwasserhaus.

The stops, in walking order

  1. Augarten
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    Stop 1: Augarten

    ~3 min here

    Augarten is a spacious public park whose grounds preserve Vienna’s oldest Baroque garden.

  2. Karmelitermarkt
    iPeter Gugerell (Public domain)

    Stop 2: Karmelitermarkt

    ~3 min here

    Karmelitermarkt is a working market in Vienna’s Leopoldstadt, officially established in 1891 and set within the Karmeliter quarter.

  3. Riesenrad
    iRobert F. Tobler (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    Stop 3: Riesenrad

    ~3 min here

    The Riesenrad is Vienna’s landmark Ferris wheel, carrying its tall steel circle at the entrance to the Prater amusement park.

  4. Hundertwasserhaus
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    Stop 4: Hundertwasserhaus

    ~3 min here

    Hundertwasserhaus is a housing complex shaped by the ideas of artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser, completed in 1985 after a long and sometimes difficult collaboration.

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