Endurance runners, die-hard hikers and passionate walkers will the best routes in Vienna all year round. The world-famous Vienna City Marathon shows you how: pick up the speed and experience the city at the double.
Jogging, walking, hiking
Baroque parks, bustling promenades by the water, old lanes and hilly vineyards make Vienna a unique location for outdoor sports. Getting to the starting point by Vienna public transport is quick and easy. From the idyllic Vienna Woods in the west to the natural Lobau in the east, the city is criss-crossed by many different running and hiking routes of various qualities.
Let’s go!
The Prateris located very centrally and is one of the most popular jogging destinations for the city’s residents. Especially in summer, athletes can find protection from the sun in the shady Auwald or on the 4 km-long, chestnut tree-line Prater Hauptallee. You’ll never be alone here – joggers, cyclists and even horses can be seen here almost around the clock, all year long. And if an avenue isn’t enough, you’ll find may branching paths that offer new routes in the Augarten.
Running along the water offers the best by way of motivation. Endurance runners will find flat, asphalted routes for a higher speed on the 21 km-long Danube Island. Jogging along the promenade of the Danube Canal might be all straight ahead, but you do get to see the occasional boat go by. And on the Old Danube, you can simply jump into the cool water if need be. Running is even possible at night, because the routes are fully illuminated.
Good views
Never has sightseeing been so sporty: Impressive structures along the Ringstrasse boulevard motivate people to simply continue running and let time pass in a flash.
The Arsenal and the Upper Belvedere can be particularly well combined in one route as they are only 1.5 km apart. A special tip is the botanical garden in summer, because where else in Vienna can you run through a bamboo grove?
Joggers can find out what running with a view means in Schönbrunn. At the Gloriette, a view of Vienna instantly wipes aways the exertion. A review of Vienna's history awaits athletes in Türkenschanzpark: Monuments and fountains here remind visitors of times gone by.
Vienna's metropolitan area also has a few things in store: Run uphill and downhill through Vienna's vineyards, where the award-winning Viennese wine grows. From spring through late autumn, you can taste it on a well-earned break at a real Viennese heuriger.
Fitness fanatics yearning for routes off the beaten track can get their money's worth at special places in Vienna. The Laaer Wald park with the adjacent Bohemian Prater is a real secret tip. You can run in the Cemetery of the Nameless, St. Marx Cemeteryor Vienna's Central Cemetery, where there are even two signed running routes.
Running to schedule
From the Prater to the Old Danube, many places have specially signed routes. At the respective starting point and end point of each route, there are "Running Checkpoints" with details on the length, course and peculiarities of that respective route, as well as useful running tips. You can find information about the routes at www.wienläuft.at.
Vienna City Marathon: more than 40,000 participants and 300,000 spectators come to Vienna for the mega-event every year in the spring. More information
Please note: If visiting the Upper Belvedere, you must make a free reservation for a time slot for group travelers (from 10 people). https://www.belvedere.at/en/tourism-b2b Monday to Sunday, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm Email: booking@belvedere.at Telephone: +43 1 795 57-333
Parking spaces for people with disabilities
Parking space for visitors with disabilities in front of the entrance at Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27, Parking: 10 am – 6 pm
Elevator available
Door 150 cm wide
Further information
Seeing eye dogs allowed
Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
Special offers for people with disabilities
Reduced admission for persons with special needs and their escorts (3 Euro each). "Seeing differently" tours (tactile tours) in the Upper Belvedere: The tours with picture descriptions and tactile support are particularly suitable for blind and visually impaired visitors.
Multimedia guides with videos in Austrian Sign Language (OGS) are available to deaf and hearing impaired visitors. Over 30 videos provide information on selected works of the collection in the Upper Belvedere and on the palace and garden complex as well as the history of the Belvedere.
Comments
2 elevators reachable via a ramp (staff will provide assistance), wheelchairs available at the cloakroom. Shop/café: a few steps (staff will provide assistance).
Sightseeing-train through the palace park with hydraulic auto-lift for wheelchairs. Daily between 10 am and 6 pm from mid March until the end of October. Reduced price for wheelchair-users.
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Daily until dusk, some sights only accessible through gentle climbs and over gravel paths.
Main entrance: 25 steps to the ticket office, 76 steps to the terrace, door width: Terrace: 101 cm, ticket office: 81 cm, single revolving door, turnstile: 53 cm.
wheelchair-accessible restroom, approx. 50 m to the west in the park,
Honorary tombs: Main Entrance (2nd Gate, access by car possible on the blue paths), free with ID. One can apply for the access card at the Infopoint (2nd Gate). Wheelchair-accessible restroom accessible with "Euro-Key" near Hall 3, in the cemetery church and at the cemetery office (ramp), gravel paths.
