Winter sports

Ice skating

Feel like a Viennese winter fairy-tale? Let yourself be whisked away at the Vienna Ice Dream in front of the magnificent backdrop of Vienna's City Hall on a romantic path through City Hall Park. Open from the end of January until the beginning of March.

You can also carve ornate curves under the skies at the Wiener Eislaufverein near the Stadtpark or right on the roofs of Vienna: The Engelmann artificial ice rink was established over 100 years ago as the first open-air artificial ice-rink in the world and has been located on the roof of a house since the 1970s. Fun making big loops can also be had at the Albert Schultz Ice Rink, the Vienna Stadthalle, the Eisring Süd and the ice rinks in the park of Wilhelminenberg Palace.

Made-to-order skiing fun

Skiers can wedel down the artificial snow slopes at the Hohe Wand. And as soon as there is a 20 cm blanket of snow, cross-country skiers can enjoy eight attractively prepared runs in the Prater, on Wienerberg, Cobenzl hill, the Steinhofgründe, in Schwarzenberg Park, around the Pappelteich pond in Maurerwald and on the Danube Island. The runs are suitable for beginners as well.

Tobogganing

When the snow is right, dozens of fields in the Vienna parks turn into toboggan runs. There is always snow to sled on at the Vienna Türkenschanzpark and in the green Prater where there is an artificial snow toboggan hill at Jesuitenwiese as soon as the temperature falls below -2°C.

Indoor sports and fitness centers

When it's ice cold outside things get hot in Vienna's sports and fun halls with a broad range of indoor sports such as climbing, tennis and badminton. Sweat and success factor are in balance in the countless Vienna fitness studios.

Further information:

Ice skating rinks

Vienna Ice Dream:
24.1.-10.3.2013
www.wienereistraum.com
Vienna-Card

Wiener Eislaufverein:
www.wev.or.at

Engelmann Artificial Ice Rink:
www.engelmann.co.at

Albert-Schultz-Halle:
www.albertschultzeishalle.at

Wiener Stadthalle:
www.eisstadthalle.at

Eisring Süd:
www.eisringsued.at

Wilhelminenberg on Ice:
www.austria-trend.at/Hotel-Schloss-Wilhelminenberg/de/ice.asp

Hohe Wand ski area

www.hohewandwiese.at/Home.html

Cross-country skiing in Vienna

www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/arten/winter/langlaufen.html

Sledding hills

Jesuitenwiese in the Prater:
www.mamilade.at/rodeln/wien/prater/1006620-prater_rodelhuegel.html

Certified sledding hills:
www.wien.gv.at/english/environment/parks/sledge.html

Vienna sports halls
www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/sportamt/sportstaetten/hallen/

Vienna fitness centers
www.fitness-center.at/wien.html