Avenue with joggers in Schönbrunn Palace park

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Running in Vienna

Jogging, walking, hiking

Baroque parks, bustling promenades by the water, old lanes and hilly vineyards make Vienna a unique location for outdoor sports. Getting to the starting point by Vienna public transport is quick and easy. From the idyllic Vienna Woods in the west to the natural Lobau in the east, the city is criss-crossed by many different running and hiking routes of various qualities.

Let’s go!

The Prater is located very centrally and is one of the most popular jogging destinations for the city’s residents. Especially in summer, athletes can find protection from the sun in the shady Auwald or on the 4 km-long, chestnut tree-line Prater Hauptallee. You’ll never be alone here – joggers, cyclists and even horses can be seen here almost around the clock, all year long. And if an avenue isn’t enough, you’ll find may branching paths that offer new routes in the Augarten.

Running by the water

Running along the water offers the best by way of motivation. Endurance runners will find flat, asphalted routes for a higher speed on the 21 km-long Danube Island. Jogging along the promenade of the Danube Canal might be all straight ahead, but you do get to see the occasional boat go by. And on the Old Danube, you can simply jump into the cool water if need be. Running is even possible at night, because the routes are fully illuminated.

Good views

Never has sightseeing been so sporty: Impressive structures along the Ringstrasse boulevard motivate people to simply continue running and let time pass in a flash.

The Arsenal and the Upper Belvedere can be particularly well combined in one route as they are only 1.5 km apart. A special tip is the botanical garden in summer, because where else in Vienna can you run through a bamboo grove?

Joggers can find out what running with a view means in Schönbrunn. At the Gloriette, a view of Vienna instantly wipes aways the exertion. A review of Vienna's history awaits athletes in Türkenschanzpark: Monuments and fountains here remind visitors of times gone by.

Vienna's metropolitan area also has a few things in store: Run uphill and downhill through Vienna's vineyards, where the award-winning Viennese wine grows. From spring through late autumn, you can taste it on a well-earned break at a real Viennese heuriger.

Variety sought

Fitness fanatics yearning for routes off the beaten track can get their money's worth at special places in Vienna. The Laaer Wald park with the adjacent Bohemian Prater is a real secret tip. You can run in the Cemetery of the Nameless, St. Marx Cemetery or Vienna's Central Cemetery, where there are even two signed running routes.

Running to schedule

From the Prater to the Old Danube, many places have specially signed routes. At the respective starting point and end point of each route, there are "Running Checkpoints" with details on the length, course and peculiarities of that respective route, as well as useful running tips. You can find information about the routes at www.wienläuft.at.

Running events

Green Prater between Praterstern and Winterhafen

Prater
1020 Vienna
  • Accessibility

    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        at Riesenrad (Giant Ferris Wheel) and Schweizerhaus (1.-Mai-Strasse)
    • Further information
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Comments

      Wheelchair-accessible restrooms: Messegelände / Parkplatz, 1.-Mai-Strasse (in the middle), Calafattiplatz.

Danube canal promenade

Donaukanal
1010 Vienna

Old Danube

Alte Donau
1220 Vienna

Ring Boulevard

1010 Vienna

Arsenal

Ghegastraße
1030 Vienna

Upper Belvedere (Oberes Belvedere)

Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27
1030 Vienna
  • Comments

  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -9%

      Additional information on the offer:

      - 1,50€ on the current entry ticket price (Upper Belvedere)

      - 2,50€ on the current entry ticket price (Upper and Lower Belvedere)

  • Opening times

    • daily, 09:00 - 18:00
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps (Swinging doors 102 cm wide)
    • Car parks Main entrance
      • Parking spaces for people with disabilities
        Parking space for visitors with disabilities in front of the entrance at Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, Parking: 10 am – 6 pm
    • Elevator available
      • Door 150 cm wide
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Reduced admission for people with disabilities and assistants. "See differently" guided tours (tactile tours) in the Upper Belvedere for blind and visually impaired visitors. Video guides in Austrian Sign Language (OGS) and International Sign are available for deaf visitors.

    • Comments

      2 elevators reachable via a ramp (staff will provide assistance), wheelchairs available at the cloakroom.
      Shop/café: a few steps (staff will provide assistance).

Botanical garden of the University of Vienna

Mechelgasse 2/Prätoriusgasse
1030 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • Information on current opening hours and events: see website

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Comments

      Distance of the parking spaces to the company: less than 50m

Schönbrunn Palace Park Entrance at Hietzinger Tor

Maxingstraße
1130 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • March
      • daily, 06:30 - 19:00
    • April
      • daily, 06:30 - 20:00
    • May to July
      • daily, 06:30 - 21:00
    • August to September
      • daily, 06:30 - 20:00
    • October
      • daily, 06:30 - 19:00
    • November to February
      • daily, 06:30 - 17:30
  • Accessibility

    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
    • Special offers for people with disabilities

      Sightseeing-train through the palace park with hydraulic auto-lift for wheelchairs. Daily between 10 am and 6 pm from mid March until the end of October. Reduced price for wheelchair-users.

    • Comments

      Daily until dusk, some sights only accessible through gentle climbs and over gravel paths.

Gloriette

Schönbrunner Schlossstraße
1130 Vienna
  • Vienna City Card

    • Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -18%

      Additional information on the offer:

      Standard ticket price: 5,50€ / reduced ticket price: 4,50€
      Tickets available on site

  • Opening times

    • 02 April to 30 June
      • daily, 09:30 - 17:30
    • 01 July to 31 August
      • daily, 09:30 - 18:30
    • 01 September to 26 October
      • daily, 09:30 - 17:00
    • 27 October to 03 November
      • daily, 09:30 - 16:00
  • Accessibility

    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
    • Comments

      Main entrance: 25 steps to the ticket office, 76 steps to the terrace, door width: Terrace: 101 cm, ticket office: 81 cm, single revolving door, turnstile: 53 cm.

      wheelchair-accessible restroom, approx. 50 m to the west in the park,

Türkenschanz Park

Türkenschanzpark
1180 Vienna
  • Comments

    • between Peter-Jordan-Straße, Gregor-Mendel-Straße, Hasenauerstraße and Max-Emanuel-Straße

The Bohemian Prater (Böhmischer Prater)

Laaer Wald 30c
1100 Vienna

Cemetery of the Unnamed (Friedhof der Namenlosen)

Alberner Hafen
1110 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • Entering the property is at your own risk. Please follow the access signs over the dam. In exceptional cases, access may be closed due to handling work.

      Recordings (film, photo, sound) are only permitted for private purposes, for commercial purposes you require permission from the landowner.

      The cemetery is accessible during the day,
      after dark it is forbidden to
      enter the cemetery!
      The chapel and the mortuary
      can be visited by appointment.


Cemetery of St. Marx (Friedhof St. Marx)

Leberstraße 6-8
1030 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • October - March daily, 06:30 - 18:30
    • April - September daily, 06:30 - 20:00
  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • (Door 76 cm wide)
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
    • Comments

      Gravel path to Mozart's tomb.

Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof)

Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, Tor 2
1110 Vienna
  • Opening times

    • 03 November to the end of February
      • daily, 08:00 - 17:00
    • March
      • daily, 07:00 - 18:00
    • April to September
      • daily, 07:00 - 19:00
    • October to 02 November
      • daily, 07:00 - 18:00
    • From May to August, the cemetery is open every Thursday until 8 pm.

  • Accessibility

    • Main entrance
      • no steps
    • Further information
      • Seeing eye dogs allowed
      • Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
    • Comments

      Honorary tombs: Main Entrance (2nd Gate, access by car possible on the blue paths), free with ID. One can apply for the access card at the Infopoint (2nd Gate). Wheelchair-accessible restroom accessible with "Euro-Key" near Hall 3, in the cemetery church and at the cemetery office (ramp), gravel paths.


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