During an early autumn weekend, thousands of Viennese and people from other parts of Austria participate in the city’s Wine Hiking tradition, which is exactly what it sounds like: walking around vineyards and trying out different wines and food.
It’s a great way to celebrate the arrival of autumn (and fresh wine season) in a very Austrian way: outdoors, with friends and family, and with traditional drinks and food. “Visit wineries and wine taverns with snack stations, taste delicious Viennese wine and enjoy the view of Vienna from viewing points”, the City of Vienna advertises.
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There are four different paths that people can take, with different lengths. The shortest is the Ottakring hike, in Vienna’s 16th district, with 2.4 kilometres.
There is also the Mauer trek in the 23rd district, with 4.6 kilometres. The Strebersdorf to Stammersdorf, in the 21st district, offers two different routes, one with an 8.8-kilometre length and the other with a 9.6-kilometre trek.
Finally, the longest trek is in the 19th district, the Neustift am Walde to Nussdorf, with a 10.8-kilometre length. Of course, you don’t need to take the entire route and there are several stops with food, wine, entertainment and even children’s playgrounds on the hikes.
There are also many spots to sit and enjoy the view (and wine). (Copyright: PID / Christian Fürthner)
How do I get to the hiking points?
- Weinspaziergang Mauer (23rd district): You can get there with the 56A bus (stop Ursulinenkloster) or the Bus 60A (stop Rodauner Strasse).
- Weinspaziergang Ottakring (16th district): You can get there using bus 56A (Ursuinenkloster stop) or bus 60A (Rodauner Strasse stop). This is a round trek.
- Wine walk from Neustift to Nussdorf: You can get there through several entering points and follow different routes. The main points are Neustift am Walde (bus 35A), Sievering (bus 39A), Weingut Wien Cobenzl (bus 38A), Grinzing (tram 38), Nußdorf (tram D).
- Weinspaziergang Strebersdorf bis Stammersdorf: There are also several points of entrance and different shortcuts to make the trekking shorter, but the main entry points are: Strebersdorf (Straßenbahn 26) and Stammersdorf (Straßenbahn 31).
The hike is family-friendly and can also get quite full (Copyright MA 49 / Fürthner)
The hikes in detail
The hikes are varied in length and offers. They bring different resting points and different stalls where local wineries can show their products. The official brochure has all the maps and signs, but the paths themselves are also very well maintained and signalled. The hundreds of people walking them also serve as a good guiding point.
Alternatively, you can also hike along smaller sections. Here you can find maps and more information on each paths:
Ottakring
(City vienna)
Resting spots:
A: Viticulture Stippert
B: Weinbau Leitner
Neustift to Nußdorf
City vienna
Resting spots:
A: Viticulture wolf
B: Winery Kroiss
C: Buschenschank Haslinger
D: Viticulture Burner
E: Winery Vienna Cobenzl / Viennese Gusto
Q: Pleasure at the Cobenzl
G: Buschenschank Hengl-Haselbrunner
H: Viticulture Wiegel
I: Viticulture & Buschenschank Taschler
J: Wagner & Glass
K: Weinbau Langes
L: Mayer am Nußberg
M: Buschenschank fire brigade Wagner am Nußberg
N: Wailand Winery
O: Weingut Stift Klosterneuburg
P: Pedals
Q: Buschenschank Wanderer at the foot of the Nußberg
R: Buschenschank Wieninger am Nußberg
S: Buschenschank Franzinger
T: Buschenschank Windischbauer
U: The Buschenschenkerei Ing. Michael Ruthner
Strebersdorf bis Stammersdorf
City vienna
Resting spots:
A: Weingut Schilling and Tony Allen – Naturalcrafts
B: Winery Walter Vienna
C: WBV Strebersdorf
D: LAWIES – Buschenschank above the long Wiesthalen
E: Villa Weinrot
Q: Organic winery wine craft
G: WBV Stammersdorf Vinothek
H: Weingut Dr. Höfler – Outlook.Vienna
I: Weingut Sackl
J: Buschenschank in the Gabrissen
K: Keller am Berg K. Lentner
L: Heuriger Gerhard & Hermine Klager
Mauer
City vienna
Resting spots:
A: Weinbau M&M Beranek
B: Edelmoser winery
C: Organic Weingut Fuchs-Steinringe
D: Buschenschank Grausenburger
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The trails are senior and child friendly; there are separate, specially marked trails for families who like to travel with prams.
Dogs (on a leash) are welcome.
The stalls are open from 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday.