Official city hiking trail 4a
City hiking trail 4a: Ottakring · Wilhelminenberg
Over the Wilhelminenberg: palace, city view and the forest behind it.
The Ottakring variant runs over the Wilhelminenberg, past the palace with its wide lawn and one of Vienna’s finest city views. Behind it the forest takes over, until the trail returns to the lanes of Ottakring.
Getting there: U3, S45, 46 to Wien Ottakring, 143 m to the trailhead. Loop trail: you finish where you started.
The official route and its data
The coloured line is the official route by the City of Vienna, unchanged. Toggle a data layer, or tap anywhere on the map to see trees, noise, heat and travel times for that exact spot.
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About 292 m of climbing and 291 m of descent, between 219 and 443 m above sea level. Sampled every 25 m from open elevation data; walking time uses the standard hiking formula (4 km/h plus 300 m of climb per hour).
For anyone who only knows Ottakring from the Brunnenmarkt: up here the district is Vienna Woods. Half hill walk, half neighbourhood loop.
The palace lawn gets busy on fine days. For quiet, go early or on a weekday.
What changes along the way
Every 200 metres of the trail, sampled against wohnwahn’s data. The curves run from the start (left) to the finish (right). In short: 91% quiet · 292 m of climbing.
Values are 0 to 100 per 250 m residential cell. Forest and fields have no cells, so the profile honestly pauses there; curves only appear once they cover at least half the trail. Source: official heat map, environmental noise map, green-space proximity, footfall and own transit routing.
What’s along the way
Counted within about 140 metres of the route, from our data.
Living along this trail
Real listings within about 500 metres of the route: local recreation from your own front door.
20 m from the route1160 OttakringGrosszügiges Wohnen in Grün-Ruhelage | Moderner Erstbezug€ 879,000 · 4 rm · 113.65 m²
20 m from the route1160 OttakringGrosszügiges Wohnen in Grün-Ruhelage | Moderner Erstbezug€ 899,000 · 4 rm · 113.26 m²
20 m from the route1160 OttakringPenthouse auf 3 Ebenen mit Panoramablick über Wien€ 1,690,000 · 5 rm · 152.54 m²
130 m from the route1160 Ottakring4 Zimmer Dachterrassentraum mit atemberaubendem Blick über Wien€ 710,000 · 4.5 rm · 123.95 m²
380 m from the route1160 OttakringEinheit mit Viel Potential | U-Bahn Nähe | Altbau€ 190,000 · 2 rm · 45.3 m²
380 m from the route1160 OttakringWohnungen mit Viel Potential | U-Bahn Nähe | Altbau€ 365,000 · 3 rm · 66.85 m²The areas along this trail
The full profile of each area in the atlas: trees, quiet, prices, travel times.
About this trail
How long is city hiking trail 4a?
About 8.9 km on the official route, with roughly 292 m of climbing. We calculate about 2:45 h of walking using the standard hiking formula (4 km/h plus 300 m of climb per hour): the city publishes no official time in the dataset.
How do I get to the trailhead by public transport?
U3, S45, 46 to Wien Ottakring, 143 m to the trailhead. The trail is a loop, so you finish where you started.
Is this the official route?
Yes. The line is the official city hiking trail 4a by the City of Vienna (open data, CC BY 4.0), unchanged: we only joined the published segments and added our own data on top.
Which districts does it cross?
Ottakring, Hernals. Each links to its full profile in the neighbourhood atlas.
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Route: City of Vienna, data.gv.at (WANDERWEGEOGD, CC BY 4.0), unchanged; segments joined. Map tiles © CARTO, © OpenStreetMap contributors. Elevation from open terrain data; walking time calculated (standard hiking formula), not an official figure. Data profile: official heat map (City of Vienna), environmental noise map (BMK), green-space proximity, footfall and own transit routing on the Wiener Linien and ÖBB timetables. Data as of 2026-08-07.