The street matters more than the district
A leafy avenue and a treeless canyon can sit in the same district. Check the map above for the exact address: every wohnwahn listing shows the street trees around it.
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Where is Linz greenest to live?
Green-space proximity (parks, woods, meadows) per 250 m cell, from OpenStreetMap · as of: August 2026
“Green” is easy to claim. wohnwahn measures it: the proximity to real green spaces, parks, woods and meadows, for every inhabited 250 m cell. The greenest district is Pöstlingberg, where the typical home has a green score of 85/100 and 6 street trees within 300 m as well.
And the district average deceives: large outer districts look green because woods, fields and floodplains at the edge lift the percentage, exactly where almost no one lives. wohnwahn measures the green at your home, not at the district’s rim.
The green map of Linz
Dark green means a lot of park, woodland or meadow nearby. Every square is an inhabited 250 m cell with its green-space proximity score (bigger and closer green counts more).
Only inhabited cells are coloured. This measures proximity to green spaces per home; the street trees at each address are shown on the listing pages. Tap the map for the green score at that exact spot.
Linz’s greenest districts
Ranked by the median green-space proximity of inhabited residential cells, so the green that people actually live next to. Linked: the full district profile in the atlas.
- 185green score
- 281green score
- 379green score
- 477green score
- 576green score
- 676green score
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- 832green score
- 96green score
- 102green score
Method: proximity to real green spaces (parks, woods, meadows from OpenStreetMap) per inhabited 250 m cell, bigger and closer green weighs more, clipped to the real district boundary. Deliberately NOT the district green-area percentage that the usual rankings use: that figure is inflated by woods, fields and floodplain at the unbuilt edge and says nothing about where people live. The number next to each district is the median street-tree count as extra context.
Green and still central
Green usually means the edge of town. These districts prove you can have both: a high green score AND within 25 minutes of Hauptplatz by transit.
How to find a genuinely green flat
Green also means cooler
Street trees measurably cool their surroundings in summer. If you care about heat, green and cool go together, the cool-living page maps the heat load next to the green.
Courtyard trees don’t show on the street count
The cadastre counts public street trees. A quiet green courtyard is a bonus the number can’t see, worth asking the provider which way the flat faces.
Park nearby beats a few street trees
A home at the edge of the Bauernbergpark or the Wasserwald is greener than its street-tree count suggests. Use the “What’s here?” click on the search map to see parks and water around an address.
Homes in the green
Current rentals on wohnwahn, greenest location first. Each card shows the street trees around the address.
395 treesInnere Stadt** Gemütliche 3-Zimmer-Wohnung im Dachgeschoss - Pfarrplatz 11, Top 16 **€ 763/month · 2 rm · 63.3 m²
395 treesInnere StadtJetzt Besichtigen! Sonnige 2-Zimmer Citywohnung - Pfarrplatz 11, Top 6€ 645/month · 2 rm · 42.5 m²
395 treesInnere StadtRuhige und sonnige 2-Zimmer Wohnung mit Terrasse in Nähe der Donaulände - Kaisergasse 12 - 14, Top 1€ 843/month · 2 rm · 64.1 m²
242 treesInnere StadtRuhige 3 Zi-Wohnung mit moderner Küche in der Volksfeststrasse 34 - Top 11€ 924/month · 3 rm · 88.3 m²
197 treesInnere Stadt++großzügige 2-Zimmer Wohnung im Zentrum von Linz++€ 810/month · 75.8 m²
193 treesInnere StadtIdeale 2- Zimmer Wohnung mit großem Balkon - Bismarckstraße 16 - Top 11€ 916/month · 2 rm · 58.9 m²Frequently asked questions
Which is the greenest district in Linz?
By green-space proximity it is Pöstlingberg: the typical home there scores 85/100 for nearby parks, woods and meadows, ahead of Dornach-Auhof and Pichling. Source: OpenStreetMap green spaces, evaluated per 250 m cell.
Is Ebelsberg or Pichling really green, or does the statistic mislead?
The usual district rankings use the green-area percentage, and there large outer districts score high because a big part of their area is the Traun-Danube floodplain, farmland and the woods around the bathing lakes, where almost no one lives. That number says nothing about the green next to your home. wohnwahn instead measures the green space within walking distance of each inhabited spot, so a densely built block in a “green” district shows up honestly as what it is.
Do parks and woods count, or only street trees?
The ranking is built on real green spaces, parks, woods and meadows within walking distance, which is what most people mean by “living green”. In addition, every listing shows the public street trees around the exact address from the official tree cadastre, as a second, concrete signal.
Where do you live green AND close to the centre?
Urfahr for example: a high green score and still ≈ 10 minutes from Hauptplatz by transit. Green and central is rarer than green-and-far, but the data shows where the combination exists.
Do street trees really make a difference?
Yes, measurably: trees provide shade and evaporative cooling and improve air and well-being. That’s why wohnwahn shows the trees around every address and why green overlaps with the cool-living ranking.
How current is the tree data?
Official Linz tree cadastre, evaluated per inhabited 250 m cell, refreshed monthly (as of August 2026).
Related topics
More honest data on where to live well in Linz and the surrounding area.
Cool living →Where the summer heat bites less, measured per residential spot.Living by the water →Right by the water in Linz: rivers, lakes and ponds per residential spot.Quiet living →Linz’s quietest areas, backed by the official noise map.
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Find a green home, honestly.
Use the “lots of green” filter, tap any address on the map, and see the trees, water, heat and travel times before the viewing. Free and independent.
How wohnwahn rates locations →Green keeps it cooler: cool living in Linz →Quiet living →Living by the water →Family-friendly →
Sources: official Linz tree cadastre · transit: own routing on the Linz AG Linien and ÖBB timetables. Refreshed monthly.