Among 230 cities from all over the world, Vienna was chosen as the best place to live for the seventh year in a row. Here are the reasons why.
Green, I love you green
If you've ever wandered around Vienna, you certainly haven't missed how many green areas the city has and how beautifully they intertwine with it. As much as half of Vienna's surface is green, there are 120 square meters of green space for every one of Vienna's 1.7 million inhabitants, and it sounds incredible, but this beautiful city has an incredible 2,000 parks. The green Prater Park, the beautiful baroque gardens of Schönbrunn Palace, the gardens and park of Belvedere Palace, where you can find as many as 4,000 different types of alpine plants, the botanical garden with 12,000 different plants, the 52-hectare public park Augarten with the oldest baroque garden in Vienna and many others invite you. . Just like in Ljubljana, the Botanical Garden is free.
Dream infrastructure
In Vienna, you are always close to public transport. 5 metro lines, 29 tram lines, 145 bus lines and excellent train connections. As many as 1,200 kilometers of cycling routes are available to cyclists, as well as Citybike for renting bicycles, which, like in Ljubljana, offers the first hour of free cycling. As many as 1,500 bicycles in the system are also available to tourists. You can also ride a Faxi - a three-wheeled rickshaw, a Viennese combination of a bicycle and a taxi that can carry two passengers. Worth a try, right?
Wi-fi luxury
Vienna is also extremely convenient for residents and tourists thanks to the many free wi-fi points around the city. For example, you can connect to the World Wide Web for free at the tourist information points, in front of the famous town hall, which is beautifully decorated in the run-up to Christmas, in the museum quarter, on the popular and lively Stephansplatz, in the Prater park, on the Donauinsel, at the train station and of course in many cafes, bars and hotels around the city.
Smart shopping
Forget unnecessary packaging, bags and unnecessary waste. In Vienna, they also think of the ecological aspect of shopping for food, clothes and equipment. In the retro shop Lunzers Mass-Greisslerei near the Prater, you can buy ingredients that you weigh and take home in your packaging, or you can enjoy ready-made delicious organic dishes in the sun in front of the shop. Auferstanden sells recycled and used equipment, the designer brand Göttin des Glücks uses only eco and fair trade fabrics, Gabarage Upcycling Design creates upcycled home furnishings from scrap materials.
Urban gardening
If you are not yet an enthusiastic gardener, you will undoubtedly become so when you visit City Farm Schönbrunn. Where Sisi once admired her animals, plants and flowers is now a 4,000 square meter garden where Viennese and visitors can improve their gardening skills. They even grow their own honey there. Vienna has an urban garden Karlgarden even in the very center of the city. You can rent your own kindergarten on 2,000 square meters on Karlsplatz.
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