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Public housing
The Karl-Marx-Hof and green Heiligenstadt
What is it like to live in the legendary public housing, and what surrounds it?
Over a kilometre of housing: the Karl-Marx-Hof is the icon of Red Vienna, and its courtyards are greener than many a park. The walk leads through the famous arches, across the wide courtyards and up into the park on the slope, with a view over Döbling.
Getting there: U4, S45, S40 to Wien Heiligenstadt, 97 m to the start. Way back from Wien Döblinger Bad (37), 223 m.
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.
Tap the numbered stops for what makes each spot special, or tap anywhere for the full “what’s here?”.
Every 100 metres of the route, classified from the real data: green spaces, the official noise map, footfall.
About 43 m of climbing and 4 m of descent, between 163 and 205 m above sea level. Sampled every 25 m from open elevation data.
For anyone who wants to know how Red Vienna lives: generous courtyards, affordable rents, long waiting lists. And for commuters, Heiligenstadt is a proper transport hub.
A council-flat here goes through Wiener Wohnen with long waiting lists, you don’t move in spontaneously. Around it, though, there is private older and new-build housing too.
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 · 69% quiet · very well connected.
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: City of Vienna tree register, official urban climate analysis, environmental noise map, footfall and own transit routing.
What’s along the way
Counted within about 140 metres of the route, from our data.
The stops
Homes along this walk
Real listings within about 350 metres of the route.
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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 1.6 km, roughly 20 minutes at a normal pace, 2,000–2,300 steps. Routed on the real pedestrian network, not straight-line.
What do the data say about this route?
well shaded by street trees · 69% quiet · very well connected. Every figure is measured per 250 m cell and refreshed monthly.
Which neighbourhoods does it cross?
Döbling. 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: City of Vienna tree register, official urban climate analysis, environmental noise map (BMK), footfall and own transit routing on the Wiener Linien and ÖBB timetables. Data as of 2026-09-04.