Vienna/Outer South

Outer South is in Vienna, and includes the districts of Favoriten (10), Simmering (11), Meidling (12), and Liesing (23).

Understand
Favoriten (10), Simmering (11) and Meidling (12) are traditional worker-oriented districts in the south of Vienna.

Get in
Hauptbahnhof (i.e., the central railway station) is just northeast of this district.

By subway (U-bahn), goes in the north-south direction through the western part of the Outer South. goes in the north-south direction through the eastern part. goes east-west at the northern border of the district.

There are more alternatives if coming by tram. Line O connects Praterstern and the Inner East with the eastern parts of this district. Line 6 brings you in from Neubau and Westbahnhof, and continues as a west-east line through this district. Lines 1 and 62 connect most of the central parts of Vienna to the Outer South.

See



 * Bestattungsmuseum. In Aufbahrungshalle 2, adjacent to Tor 2. M-F 09:00 - 16:30, also Sa 10:00 - 17:30 in March-October. Standard price €6, concessions and Vienna Card holders €5, under 18 free. The Vienna Funeral Museum is not a tourist trap "chamber of horrors", but an extremely interesting museum of social history, covering the complex etiquette and meanings of the Viennese funeral tradition.
 * Bestattungsmuseum. In Aufbahrungshalle 2, adjacent to Tor 2. M-F 09:00 - 16:30, also Sa 10:00 - 17:30 in March-October. Standard price €6, concessions and Vienna Card holders €5, under 18 free. The Vienna Funeral Museum is not a tourist trap "chamber of horrors", but an extremely interesting museum of social history, covering the complex etiquette and meanings of the Viennese funeral tradition.
 * Bestattungsmuseum. In Aufbahrungshalle 2, adjacent to Tor 2. M-F 09:00 - 16:30, also Sa 10:00 - 17:30 in March-October. Standard price €6, concessions and Vienna Card holders €5, under 18 free. The Vienna Funeral Museum is not a tourist trap "chamber of horrors", but an extremely interesting museum of social history, covering the complex etiquette and meanings of the Viennese funeral tradition.
 * Bestattungsmuseum. In Aufbahrungshalle 2, adjacent to Tor 2. M-F 09:00 - 16:30, also Sa 10:00 - 17:30 in March-October. Standard price €6, concessions and Vienna Card holders €5, under 18 free. The Vienna Funeral Museum is not a tourist trap "chamber of horrors", but an extremely interesting museum of social history, covering the complex etiquette and meanings of the Viennese funeral tradition.
 * Bestattungsmuseum. In Aufbahrungshalle 2, adjacent to Tor 2. M-F 09:00 - 16:30, also Sa 10:00 - 17:30 in March-October. Standard price €6, concessions and Vienna Card holders €5, under 18 free. The Vienna Funeral Museum is not a tourist trap "chamber of horrors", but an extremely interesting museum of social history, covering the complex etiquette and meanings of the Viennese funeral tradition.

Do

 * Football: FK Austria Wien play soccer in the Austrian Bundesliga, the country's top tier. Their home ground is Generali or Viola Arena, capacity 15,000, just east of Altes Landgut U-bahn station.
 * Football: FK Austria Wien play soccer in the Austrian Bundesliga, the country's top tier. Their home ground is Generali or Viola Arena, capacity 15,000, just east of Altes Landgut U-bahn station.
 * Football: FK Austria Wien play soccer in the Austrian Bundesliga, the country's top tier. Their home ground is Generali or Viola Arena, capacity 15,000, just east of Altes Landgut U-bahn station.

Stay safe
The outer south area is safe, but it may look rather shady at night. Liesing is very safe, though some subway stops (Such as Siebenhirten) and train stations may still be a bit shady at night, but in general all of Liesing should be perfectly fine and safe to walk in at night.

Meidling is also a bit shady at night. Be very careful at Meidling train station, especially at night - Pickpockets are quite common here, so watch your wallet and bag!

Simmering is safe during the day, but some areas are shady at night.

Favoriten may look rather shady at night, but it is still a very nice area to visit (especially Oberlaa!). Reumannplatz looks very shady at night and may intimidate you, but as long as you have basic common sense (i.e. you don't cause trouble) then nothing will happen to you. Matzleinsdorferplatz can also be shady.

Public Wi-Fi
wien.at Public WLAN is the free Wi-Fi service of the city of Vienna. The transmissions stations are spread across the city. They have a range of about 100 metres and the transmission rate is between 1 and 54 Mbit per second. You don’t have to register if you want to use them, just accept the terms of use. In addition, there are lots of private providers of free Wi-Fi. The following selection concentrates on the free Wi-Fi transmission stations of the city of Vienna which are located at the major shopping streets.



Post offices
There are twelve post offices in Favoriten, seven in Liesing, six in Meidling and four in Simmering. The following list contains some of the most important ones.



Go next

 * Hietzing is the outer Vienna district to the west.
 * Landstraße is the 3rd inner district to the north.
 * Wieden is the 4th inner district to the north.
 * Margareten is the 5th inner district to the north.