Vienna/Landstraße

Landstraße is the third district of Vienna, the largest of the inner (single-numbered) districts. While most tourists arriving by air end up at Landstraße on their train from the airport, many head immediately towards the ring and Innere Stadt. There are many reasons to stay and explore the district though.

A heavily populated area, Landstraße has many faces – from the densely-packed residential streets including the surprising creations of Hundertwasser through the peaceful grounds of the Belvedere Palace to the former industrial areas in the south.

Understand
Landstraße (3) is a rather large district to the southeast of the centre separated more or less by the Wien River (which is partially underground and otherwise chanellized. Stretching from the station Wien Mitte and the surrounding business and financial district where the lively Landstraßer Haupstraße shopping street begins, over quiet residential areas where the Hundertwasserhaus is located, all the way to the industrial hinterlands and the bus station at Erdberg in southeast, through neighbourhoods containing examples of public housing like the Rabenhof and many embassies to the Belvedere Palace and the Soviet Memorial at Schwarzenbergplatz.

Orientation
Landstraße's northern part is nestled between the river Wien and the Wiener Kanal, so it is easy to make out on the map. On the east, Landstraße's border starts with the Belvedere palace gardens and extends along the tracks running south from the Hauptbahnhof. The southern border is complicated harder to make out, but not as important for orientation - one thing to remember is that while the Gasometer U-Bahn station is on the border, the Gasometers themselves are in Simmering.

To those understanding a bit of German it may come as a surprise that there is no street called Landstraße within the districts. Rather than that, the main street running southeastwards from the Wien Mitte/Landstraße train station is called Landstraßer Hauptstraße or "the main street of Landstraße". Another major street in the district is the Rennweg, which marks the northeastern border of the Belvedere Park.

Get in
is the main railway station in the district. This is where the City Airport Train from Vienna International Airport terminates and S-Bahn train S7 from the airport stops as well. Wien Mitte/Landstrasse is a part of the Stammstrecke, the part of the Viennesse S-Bahn system that is traversed by all trains, so that you can get there from whichever S-Bahn station within the city and beyond (provided you board the train in the right direction).

Other Stammstrecke S-Bahn stations in the district include Quartier Belvedere and Rennweg, situated at two opposite corners of the Belvedere gardens. The St.Marx station on the trunk line towards th airport is also in the district, but not particularly close to any attractions.

Wien Mitte is a busy station for suburban and metro traffic, but the only intercity trains that stop here are trains to Salzburg and Linz operated by Westbahn - for all other destinations the closest long-distance railway station to Landstrasse is the, from where you can simply walk towards Belvedere or take the S-Bahn to one of the abovementioned stations. From Wien Hbf you can also take tram line O for the northern part of the district, or line 18 for the southern part.

The underground line crosses the district and  is available to the north. From Stephansdom and Westbahnhof, take towards Simmering. From Schoenbrunn and Mariahilf, take U4 towards Heiligenstadt and get off at Landstrasse.

There are luggage boxes on the station for €2.50 for 24 hours.

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Eat
Due to the concentration of embassies in the 3rd district the restaurant selection is very international. It also includes with the Steiereck the most famous Austrian restaurant.

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 * Innere Stadt is the central town district.
 * Wieden is an inner district to the west.