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From market to market, through Ottakring into Währing

What does the daily shop actually look like here?

The walk starts in the densest market crush in the city and ends at a neighbourhood market with coffee-house calm. In between lie two districts, three grätzl and Vienna in transition: Turkish bakeries, old taverns, new cafés, a different tone street by street.

3.3km
41min walk
↑ 30metres of climb

Getting there: U6, 46, 12 to Wien Josefstädter Straße, 145 m to the start. Way back from Wien Gymnasiumstraße (40A, 37A), 186 m.

Brunnenmarkt, Wien
Peter Gugerell · Public domain

The route and its data

The coloured line is the walk, routed on the real pedestrian network. 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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The walk at a glance0≈1.6 km3.3 km
Quiet lanes 10%Lively stretches 55%Along louder roads 35%

Every 100 metres of the route, classified from the real data: green spaces, the official noise map, footfall.

Elevation↑ 30 m · ↓ 29 m · 190–208 m

About 30 m of climbing and 29 m of descent, between 190 and 208 m above sea level. Sampled every 25 m from open elevation data.

Who this walk is for

For anyone who puts everyday life before appearances: market instead of boutique, variety instead of silence. If you are noise-sensitive, deliberately test this walk on a Saturday.

Good to know

The Brunnenmarkt is dense and loud, especially on Saturdays. If you want quiet, live a lane off it; the neighbourhood life stays within walking distance either way.

What changes along the way

Every 100 metres of the walk, sampled against wohnwahn’s data. The bars run from the start (left) to the finish (right). In short: well shaded by street trees · lively and busy · very well connected.

Green & parksproximity to large green spaces
0 · barely green
Trees & shadetree density along the way
79 · densely shaded
Quietlow traffic noise
55 · mixed
Buzzfootfall & liveliness
82 · very lively
Transittravel time to the centre
71 · good transit
BrunnenmarktKutschkermarkt

Values are 0 to 100 per 250 m cell. Parks and water have no residential cell of their own, so those stretches read the nearest neighbourhood. Source: Vienna tree register, official heat map, environmental noise map, footfall and own transit routing.

What’s along the way

Counted within about 140 metres of the route, from our data.

38cafés & restaurants
11supermarkets
12schools & kindergartens
53doctors & pharmacies
5leisure & culture
10transit stops

The stops

BrunnenmarktStart
Europe’s longest street market: dense, loud, cheap. Half the neighbourhood shops here daily.
≈16 min to the centre568 trees nearbylively
1
Yppenplatz
A market square lined with cafés, packed at weekends: the meeting point of new Ottakring.
shaded spot: ≈7.9 h summer sun
2
Hernalser Hauptstraße
A change of district: out of the market crush into the down-to-earth high street of Hernals.
3
Elterleinplatz
The centre of Hernals: district offices, shops and trams in every direction.
≈24 min to the centre259 trees nearby
4
Kutschkermarkt
A small, calm neighbourhood market in Währing: farm stalls, flowers and half the district on Saturdays.
536 trees nearby

Homes along this walk

Real listings within about 350 metres of the route.

The areas along this walk

The full profile of each area in the atlas: trees, quiet, prices, travel times.

About this walk

How long is the walk?

About 3.3 km, roughly 41 minutes at a normal pace, 4,100–4,700 steps. Routed on the real pedestrian network, not straight-line.

What do the data say about this route?

well shaded by street trees · lively and busy · very well connected. Every figure is measured per 250 m cell and refreshed monthly.

Which neighbourhoods does it cross?

Josefstadt, Hernals, Währing. Each links to its full profile in the neighbourhood atlas.

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Route routed on the OpenStreetMap pedestrian network (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) · map tiles © CARTO. Data profile: Vienna tree register, official heat map (City of Vienna), environmental noise map (BMK), footfall and own transit routing on the Wiener Linien and ÖBB timetables. Data as of 2026-08-07.