Innere StadtMuseumsQuartierWiedenLandstrasseLeopoldstadtDonaukanalVIENNA
Fluc Wanne
SpelunkeDer DachbodenMotto am FlussPhilTür 7 Kaffee Alt WienMQ LibelleCafé EuropaZwePalmenhaus
RingstrasseCafé in der Burggasse 24
DonauTechnoAUSTRIA
VIENNA
½ mileGETTING THERE & AROUND
Travel by Eurostar train from London St
Pancras, changing in Brussels for an ICE
service via Frankfurt or a direct, overnight
route with Nightjet (also available from
Paris and other European cities). eurostar.
com raileurope.com nightjet.com
Fly nonstop to Vienna from a number of
UK airports with Austrian Airlines, British
Airways, Jet2, Ryanair and Wizz Air.
austrian.com ba.com jet2.com ryanair.
com wizzair.com
Average flight time: 2h15m.
The City Airport Train (CAT) travels
to Wien Mitte station in 16 minutes,
every half hour, for €1 9 (£16) return.
cityairporttrain.com
Vienna is easy to navigate on foot and
taxis are plentiful. There’s also a tram,
bus and U-Bahn system, with 2 4-hour,
48-hour and 7 2-hour tickets available,
from € 8 (£6.75). wien.infoWHEN TO GO
Temperatures average a pleasant 20C
in late spring and early autumn. The
arts-focused Vienna Festival runs from
mid-May to mid-June, while Christmas
markets open in mid-November.WHERE TO STAY
Hotel Motto, Mariahilferstrasse. From
€118 (£100), room only. hotelmotto.at
The Leo Grand, Bauermarkt. From € 300
(£250), room only. theleogrand.comMORE INFO
Fluc Wanne. fluc.at
Palmenhaus. palmenhaus.at
MuseumsQuartier. mqw.at
Wiener Würstelstand.
viennawurstelstand.com
DonauTechno. donautechno.com
Spelunke. spelunke.at
Zwe. zwe.cc
Das Werk. daswerk.orgHOW TO DO IT
Abercrombie & Kent offers three
nights in Hotel Sacher from £99 5 per
person, including flights, transfers and
excursions, plus tours to museums and
restaurants. abercrombiekent.co.uk ILLUSTRATION:
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MOTTO AM FLUSS
BEST FOR: SUNDOWNERS
Young Austrians refer to cocktail hour as
AWB, or “after-work beer”. And one bend of
the Danube Canal is rich in places to indulge
— suave cocktail joints that reflect the water
in their glassy facades. Motto — a riverside
bar shaped like the catamarans in the water
below that depart for Bratislava (“fluss” is
German for “flow”) — is accessed by a shallow
gangplank-like staircase. Hit the cafe, which
is cheaper and more casual than the below-
deck restaurant, and sip a Rhabarbara Ann gin
and rhubarb cocktail. mottoamfluss.at
PHIL
BEST FOR: BOHEMIAN VIBES
By day there’s a laptop on every table; by night
there’s a chilled drink, while everyone mills
about, browses the bookshelves and admires
the mid-century lamps (all for sale) that
crowd the ceiling. The Austrian white wines
are incredibly good value at €3 (£2.50), so the
front terrace — kitted out with bistro tables
in Bauhaus colours — fills up fast. If you’re
feeling cramped, spill over into If Dogs Run
Free, the slick cocktail joint next door.
phil.business.site
CAFÉ IN DER BURGGASSE 24
BEST FOR: PEOPLE-WATCHING
Vienna’s most popular vintage shop,
Burggasse 24 is stocked with affordable works
by Helmut Lang and Jil Sander. You’ll want
to linger, so it’s nice to have an in-house café
in the sunny, plant-festooned rear where you
can pause with a drink and enjoy the house
beats. The cafe stays open past store hours
and is populated by effortlessly fashionable
folks who look as if they were paid to model
the wares. Try to snag the vintage elevator,
converted into an intimate table for two.
facebook.com/Cafe.burggasse24DER DACHBODEN
BEST FOR: SWINGIN’ HIPSTERS
Der Dachboden might be set in a hotel, but
all Vienna comes to party at its rooftop bar.
The menu is stocked with sexy cocktails such
as the one night stand (gin with balsamic
and strawberry liqueur) and the look is a
mishmash of neon art, retro knick-knacks and
deep Italian sofas — though you’ll struggle
to find a seat after dinner hours. But that’s
OK: there’s space on the wraparound terrace
within earshot of the booming electropop,
rockabilly and swing. dachbodenwien.atPhil, a combined coffeehouse,
bookshop and vintage furniture
showroom, near the MuseumsQuartier