Hiking in and around Vienna - City hiking path 12

West-east hiking path 12

City hiking paths 12 and 13 are the only ones to actually take you across the city. Great care has been taken to steer clear of densely built-up areas where possible. Discover a wealth of parks and green areas and sights along the way which you may not have seen before. The route is not marked.

Route

Neustift am Walde - Agnesgasse - Sieveringer Straße - Billrothstraße - Silbergasse - Nußwaldgasse - Döblinger Hauptstraße - Wertheimsteinpark - Heiligenstädter Straße - Rampengasse - Döblinger Steg - Brigittenauer Lände - Forsthausgasse - Friedrich Engels- Hof - Floridsdorfer Brücke - Donauinsel - U1-Reichsbrücke - Rudolf Nurejew - Promenade - Am Kaisermühlendamm - Kaisermühlenstraße - Am Mühlwasser - Müllnermaisgasse - Biberhaufenweg - Aspern, Kirche - path alongside Großenzersdorfer Straße - Eßling

Starting point: end station bus line 35A in Salmannsdorf

Destination: Eßling (can be reached with bus line 26A)

Distance: 25 kilometres

Stamping points

East-west: Heuriger Wolff, 19., Rathstraße 44
West-east: Cafe Mardi Gras, Copa Cagrana (at the former Schuh Ski sports shop). Gasthaus Müllner, 22., Esslinger Hauptstraße 82

Sights along the way

Church at Neustift
Cholera cross Salmannsdorfer Höhe
Former Wien-Film studios
Monument for Lili the goose
Daringer cross
Strauss-Lanner-Park
Zacherlhaus
Maria Theresien-Schlössl (castle)
Wertheimsteinpark
Eroicahaus
Brigitta chapel
Forsthauspark
Friedrich-Engels-Hof
Millennium-Tower
Kaisermühlen-Mühlwasser
Lobaumuseum, Asperner Heldenplatz
Church St. Martin
Essling castle

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