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Lend: living in Graz's 4th district

Lend is Graz's 4th district, about 2 km north-west of the centre. By public transport you reach Jakominiplatz in about 14 minutes. About 148 street trees stand within 300 m of a typical spot, with water nearby: plenty of local cooling on hot days. Recent sales across Graz came to €2,874/m², over all building ages.

Marion Schneider & Christoph Aistleitner · Public domain

To the centre≈ 14 min

Rapid rail (S-Bahn)S1, S3, S6

Greenlots of green

Tap any point on the map to see every value for exactly that spot: transit, green, noise, heat and more.

IV. Lend

History & character

From Mur Suburb to Urban Center

Lend, the 4th district of Graz, has its roots in the northern part of the old Mur suburb, located on the right bank of the Mur. Since the 17th century, a significant north-south main connection has developed here, leading through Wiener Straße and Lendplatz. This traffic axis encouraged the settlement of hospitality businesses and commercial enterprises, especially with the opening of the new Graz main train station in 1844. The district was long regarded as a classic working-class area, where the Graz fire brigade also found its location. Changes in the 1960s led to traffic relief and the redesign of several streets into pedestrian zones.

Today, Lend is a vibrant district characterized by the development of an urban scene around Lendplatz and the Kunsthaus Graz. These changes, often perceived as gentrification, have given the district a new identity that connects both historical heritage and modern lifestyle.

Editors: Julien El-Bahy & Christoph Dernberger · As of August 2026 · Historical facts: Wikipedia (Lend (Graz))

Transit connections

Rapid rail (S-Bahn)S1, S3, S6, S61, S7

Tram6 lines

Bus39 lines

Park & ride

Park-and-ride facility≈ 6 spaces · 0.6 km

Park-and-ride facility≈ 16 spaces · 0.7 km

TG Annenpassage0.8 km

Lines and modes from OpenStreetMap, frequency from the timetable (Graz Linien (Styrian transit) and ÖBB): local stops within walking distance, stations counted a little wider. As of: October 2026.

Access · travel time

≈ 14minMedian in the district · Transit

Where can you get from here, by which mode, to which destination? The map colours every location in the district by real travel time (dark = fast).

Mode

Destination in Graz

Time of day

Travel timefastslowOnly inhabited areas are coloured (not woods & fields).

Real travel time per inhabited location (250 m grid, clipped to the real district boundary) to destinations in Graz. Transit from the schedule router (Day = peak, Late = after 11pm), bike/walk/car over the street network (car computed without traffic, so rush hour takes correspondingly longer).

Leisure & culture

What makes the area lively: culture, green space, nightlife and sport.

Museums & galleries
Kunsthaus Graz, rotor, Schell Collection, infowelt Koralmbahn, Keplerraum
Theatres
Das andere Theater, Kammersäle, Kulturzentrum Graz Nord Volkstheater, Orpheum, Theater am Lend
Stages & clubs
Explosiv, GRNGR, Helmut-List-Halle, Helmut-List-Halle - Detroithalle, Kristallwerk Graz, p.p.c. · and 1 more
Libraries
AK-Bibliothek, Hörbibliothek Mariahilf, KATIB Farsi Bibliothek, MOSAIK Bibliothek
Parks & green
Floßlendplatz, Margarete-Hoffer-Platz, Metahofpark, Volksgarten, Anna-Cadia-Park, Friedenspark · and 9 more
Sports
A.F.C., Dance & Yoga by Alice, FIT Spot Graz, FITINN, FK Austria Puch Graz / ESV Austria Graz, Infra Burn · and 4 more
Markets
Markthalle, Bauernmarkt Lendplatz, Bauernmarkt Smart City, Christkindlmarkt am Südtirolerplatz

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Publicly accessible culture and leisure venues within the district boundary, better-known first.

Climate & environment

Street trees per spot (300 m)≈ 148

Street tree canopy2.1 %

On hot summer days, local cooling matters. With ≈148 trees per spot and water nearby: plenty of local cooling on hot days.

Street trees nearby

Public street and park trees from the City of Graz tree register, counted within 300 m of each inhabited spot. More trees mean more shade (climate) and more green (location). Private gardens are not included.

Light & shadow

Check the light anywhere. Type an address or click the map, pick a floor and drag through the day. The buildings cast their real shadows. Pan the map to explore.

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Time13:00

SeasonJune

FloorGF

Real building heights (OpenStreetMap footprints with heights from the BEV laser scan), sun hours and shadows from sun position and geometry. How much of it reaches you also depends on orientation and windows. Terrain is included, from the official elevation model out to 12 km: a mountain to the south takes the winter sun just as the house opposite does. Where the sun only grazes a ridge, the figure remains an approximation. At the foot of the Schlossberg this weighs heavily: in winter the hill sits higher in the sky than the sun ever climbs.

What does living here cost?

Purchase price (ownership)4,788 €/m²around the Graz medianGraz median ≈ 4,829 €/m²

Rent≈ 13.5 €/m²District average (gross, monthly)

Actually paid2,874 €/m²purchase contracts across Graz, over all building ages and sizesbuilt before 1960 ≈ 2,562 · built from 1991 ≈ 3,768

Asking prices (not land-register), orientation, not a valuation of a specific flat. Source: IMMOXX-Markterhebung (Kauf) / immomarktanalyse.at (Miete) · June 2026. Prices actually paid, per political district. Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Immobilien-Durchschnittspreise 2025. All districts compared →