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Official city hiking trail 8
City hiking trail 8: Sophienalpe
Vienna Woods meadows and country inns high above Hütteldorf.
Out to the Sophienalpe: wide Vienna Woods meadows, quiet forest roads and country inns of a kind you would otherwise find far outside the city. The most alpine impression Vienna has to offer, yet reachable by bus.
Getting there: 450 to Wien Kasgraben, 18 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 300 m of climbing and 304 m of descent, between 246 and 488 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 meadow lovers and families with stamina: lots of open green, lots of space, hardly any traffic the whole way.
The trail sits on the far western edge: getting there takes a while and the bus is not frequent. Check departure times beforehand.
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: 74% green along the built-up stretches · 93% quiet · 300 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 urban climate analysis, environmental noise map, green-space proximity, footfall and own transit routing.
Living along this trail
Real listings within about 500 metres of the route: local recreation from your own front door.
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The 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 8?
About 9.1 km on the official route, with roughly 300 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): no official time is published.
How do I get to the trailhead by public transport?
450 to Wien Kasgraben, 18 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 8 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?
Penzing, Klosterneuburg. 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 © OpenStreetMap, © CARTO. Elevation: Austria terrain data © offene Daten Österreichs – Digitales Geländemodell (DGM) Österreich; walking time calculated (standard hiking formula), not an official figure. Data profile: official urban climate analysis, environmental noise map (BMK), green-space proximity, footfall and own transit routing on the Wiener Linien and ÖBB timetables. Data as of 2026-09-03.