Why Vienna is the World's Most Livable City | Must-sees in Austria's Capital
You're in Vienna, with just a day to spend there? DW's Hannah Hummel will show you just what you won't want to miss in the Austrian capital - from St. Stephen's Cathedral to the Prater. Besides many more attractions, you'll also discover why the Economist Group once again named Vienna the most livable city in the world.
Which of Hannah's stops in the video do you find most interesting?
00:00 Intro
00:33 St. Stephens cathedral
01:02 Old Town
01:44 Hundertwasserhaus
02:31 Naschmarkt, eating Wiener Schnitzel
03:44 Meeting student Leonhard Pichler, why is Vienna so liveable?
05:04 Coffe house Demel
06:16 The Prater
CREDITS:
Report: Hannah Hummel
Camera, Edit: Neven Hillebrands
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Not to hate, but you literally took the most cliché things about Vienna - none of these tourist attractions makes it the most liveable cities in the world. With just a little research you could've found out that quality of Life comes from affordable housing, a good health system, great public transport, accessible leisure activities, ... unfortunately none of this was covered in your report - which feels more like a tourist guide than an actual report?! :/
You're on DW Travel channel, mate.
Well, this is a travel channel after all. Hannah's interviewee adds some information about why he finds Vienna so livable. Thanks for your additions, too!
Vienna is the most liveable city i live there
I agree but this is DW Travel tho...
You’re right, but at the end this is a travel channel. A title like “why Vienna is a great place to visit” or something like that would be more accurate. I’m a little bit sad that at least the Danube Island, Belvedere, Kahlenberg and many other things were not mentioned.
What you might not notice during a quick visit to the city is the security. No slums, no groups fighting each other, even if there are many areas where people live who are not Austrian citizens. Everyone lives peacefully together. You can also walk through the streets in the evening and use public transport without any worries. Every apartment gets drinking water from the tap. All of this certainly counts when it comes to assessing which city is the most livable.
Vienna is safer than most other cities, but there are some slums and group fightings (shooting included) in Vienna. But overall you can tell that it’s pretty safe
If never leave the Gürtel ( its the inner Belt )
@@wettenFTW I'm from Vienna. Where are these slums you're talking about? Every person in Vienna gets an garanteed sleeping place or room, whenever they need it. There are homeless PPL, but that doesn't mean, they have no room and bed, it means it's not theirs.
@@wettenFTW No, we do not have slums.
@@mottedreissig7874 yeah you‘re right. As a Viennese every „not so nice place“ with „not so nice people“ is a slum to me 😜
Visited Vienna 🇦🇹 for one week back in spring 2022, and the transportation was amazing and reliable. In the old center everything was within a walking distance. Vienna is definitely a worthwhile city to visit!!
Did you used the trampway ? Especially line 1 and 71?
@@CUBETechie Its not bad
It doesn't matter what city you are visiting in Austria, the whole country is simply wonderful! I've visited Salzburg, Innsbruck, and Graz and I've got the same feeling back
Visited Vienna for the first time this summer and I was not disappointed. My whole family was in agreement, its our favorite european city!
I went a few years ago and have to agree, vienna is one of the most amazing cities. I've been many places and as far as big cities and capitals, vienna is one of the best. Mexico city, vienna, Barcelona, prague, I loved cusco and seville but they are not in that size group..haven't been to rome, london or paris nor many places but those are my best.
My first day in Vienna was, garbage on the statue, Turks asking for money and a drunk man sleeping in the Subway
next time visit salzburg 😉
@@mcmerry2846 wow sounds like a really awful. First time in a big city? /s
As an Austrian from vienna, napoli is my favorite european city.
Hannah, your enthusiasm is infectious! My Wife and I had a wonderful time in Vienna this September. Perfect blend of culture, food, history and warm people wherever we went. We are still in awe at the sights and sounds of Vienna and plan on returning as soon as possible!
I Mo ist doch Leiwand!
@@techpixler Do you mean “Immoest doch Liewand?”
@@JG-mp5nb yo, türli! Sochst es hoit etwos anders
@@techpixler Ixnay on ooglegla anslatenay.
I had the opportunity of visiting Vienna in 2019 before the pandemic happened. Spent a whole week there and absolutely loved all the museums there. Can't wait to head back again someday.
The city i will never forget. This city will surely insist you to stay. I am glad to be there.
I really like Vienna because I am living in Budapest and the both city almost have a same architecture design. The two capitals were built for the Habsburg Monarchy and resemble each other.
I love the cinematography/camreawork in this video so much. Combined with the presenter it enhances the feel of Vienna so much
Made my first visit earlier this year and it was amazing! Beautiful architecture, art galleries and of course cafes and parks 😍👍 Thanks for sharing this and whetting my appetite for another visit ✌️
A brilliant public transportation system is the backbone of any livable city
Yeah you're right
Incredible! I got some Christmas gifts from Austria this year, one from Vienna, and have been doing some research. Vienna sounds immaculate! Thank you for such a wonderful "appetizer" tour! Since you asked, I'd love to see any French medieval mountain town, Salzburg, Tallinn, Rovaniemi, Prague!
Absolutely beautiful place I was living only one year this city, but I go back always to visiting. I love and in my heart ❤
I love Vienna, but I've never been to Schönbrunn or any of the coffee houses. My contacts in the city know the best places to hang out. Prater is really beautiful on a summer night! :) Oh, btw, Hannah's Scottish accent is so lovely on the ear!
I have been in Vienna and this country is amazing! It is the one of most beatiful place that I have visited.
Yes, Vienna is the best country
I'm very fortunate, in that my mom was born and raised in neighbouring Slovakia, in a town just a little over an hours drive from Vienna, so I've gotten to experience the city countless times OVER the years, and routinely cite it was being my favourite for a bevy of reasons. I myself was born and raised (and am currently living) in a major North American city, however my yearning to someday call the Austrian capital my home remains. It really is a special place, and that's especially highlighted after you've travelled to several other EU-cities, and even more-so after spending decades in culturally flaccid North America.
Culturally flaccid NA 🤣too true Other good contenders: Stockholm, Zagreb
The entire continent of North America - with Native American, Aztec and African-American culture to name a few - are “culturally flaccid”? You may not understand what culture is, my friend
@@speedlettCulturally flaccid as far as "eye candy", history and experiences are concerned. Wherever you go in Vienna, and of course most European cities, you cannot escape any of those three. Of course, I am biased as I was born and grew up...in Vienna before i came to live in North America.
You have to visit Donauinsel in the Summer. Its so beautifull seeing seeing thousands of different people just chilling there, barbequing and having a good time. A good way to explore the city is going by e-scooter its like 30€/day. I live in Graz (second largest city in Austria) and love to visit my capital every now and then!
Vienna has a lot going for it, however, it has also been voted the least friendly city in the world. It is not exactly welcoming to strangers. However, as someone who has lived there for 6 years, I can also say, I've never had better friends anywhere else. So while it can be hard to make friends there, once you've made it past the initial reservation, you'll have some true friends.
we visited Vienna in 2018 and went to St. Stephens, belvedere, Hofburg , Maria Theresin platz and Schonbrunn palace. w did try the Schnitzell in Naschmarket. at Demel we sampled the Melange, Sacher Torte and Apple Strudel
Utterly loved Vienna (and the surrounding countryside as well). Need to return for a longer stay soon.
I visited Vienna in 2019. I love Hundertwasserhaus. Really nice, colorful building
I visited Vienna 5 months ago.. Very beautiful ❤enjoyed Thanks a lot 🙏❤
such a great video! i went to vienna for about a week this summer and i cried like a baby when i left the city and my friend behind! it's just so charming, i've never been anywhere like it. i'm going back next summer for four weeks this time so i can really soak it all in and sit in the viennese vibes. also taking a german course while im there cause i want to manifest moving there haha, i truly loved it :)
Noch eine tolle Reportage! Vielen Dank an Hannah und das DW-Team für den hervorragenden Inhalt!
It's lovely and you definitely showed the more traditional side of Vienna. Vienna also has a very vibrant modern art scene and lots of lovely inner city urban areas overflowing with design shops and boutiques. Next time drop into the MuseumsQuartier and the 7th district behind it for a different take on the city!
Yes, next time we will cover different spots than in this video. Thank you for your recommendations!
Narrated city tour! Such a rarity on KZhead. Thank you for the incredible video.
I’m going at the end of this week. This is a great intro!
Oh perfect! We are happy that we were able to inspire you. 😉
I want to go there now.
I had visited Vienna in 2019, such a beautiful and wonderful city 😊
Nice one Hannah. Vienna is a city I’d love to visit. Please do a review of Munich sometime. Amazing city.
It is really to watch again from Nigeria, a city truly livable, comfortable (bequem) and very peaceful. I was at MDW in February and I enjoyed myself in Vienna, I sure love to be there again, soon. I love the foods too. I had schnitzel and... coffees, a lot. The take home for me is how the stops are named: Asperrnod, landstrasse, hiesselgasse, Florisdorf(zug site), Wein Flughaufen. Vienna is really cool.
Thanks for the video! It was very interesting!!)))
One of my favourite cities I’ve been there twice. Hope you enjoyed it. 👍
Erstmal eine Runde in der U6 fahren, um Wien wahrhaftig zu erleben...
You forgot the good health system. I love Vienna! I came to Vienna from Bangladesh when I was little and I had a wonderful childhood in a very beautiful area. My city, my home❤
Thanks for the video. I was going to drive over to Vienna next month. After seeing this I will visit somewhere else.
I am from vienna & i can say that tourists have a wrong image from vienna ^^
Can you explain us?
Thanks for the video it was very interesting!!)) ❤❤
Love to see Vienna in future, Please do show Prague & Budapest as well.
Ahh, nice to have a break in niceties, from covering the world shoppe of ... Nice job DW!!! Kongsberg could be a nice place to see.
It is on my bucket list. Though I'd argue it deserves more than one day. A city worth visiting and reviewing would be Verona.
..LOVE YOU HANNAH !! .. from a small and most beautiful Island in The middle of The Caribbean ..I send you my HEART !! 💝🌹
Been to Vienna and just lovely. Also so many excellent concerts so should mention how musical this city is. Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, etc. were all there
You are right, music is an important aspect!
I would love to visit Vienna. It's at the top of my list now.
need more video topics like this
Amazing Vienna! I want to visit again it will My 3rd time, every time I go to Europe I need to make a stop there.
The dark grey looks stunning!
The video is beautiful i've been twice to vienna they don't like foreigners there. I was in a tea room bakery and i asked for 1 choclate pie in a wrong way (i said stuck instead of stück ) and the lady said to a coworker( das sagt genug ) what means that sais enough, i said to the ladys i'm not from Hungary i'm a Belgian tourist. They where shocked that i've understood them . The lady said to her coworker( er hat uns verstehen) what means he understood us
As a Viennese, I appologize for these unfriendly service. It should never happen, that people talk in front of a foreigner about them in a bad way. I hope, you didn't cancel Vienna in your future travel-list 🙂
@@Tucholsky59 Thank you for your kind message, i will go to vienna in august to enjoy the beautiful architecture and good food. I like Austria, i will visit Innsbruck aswell. I wish you a good night and a pleasant weekend 🙂
@@didierbaudot Oh, that's nice, that you will come again to Austria. Innsbruck is a small charming city and if you are interested in old armaments, you have to visit "Schloß Ambras". It has an incredible huge exhibition of the old weapons and armaments. Very impressing And if you want to go to a typical Viennese coffee-house where only Viennese enjoy their tea and coffee, send me a notice on this you-tube side if you like 🙂
Defo want to go to Vienna. I’m actually thinking this Christmas…
Whenever you go, we wish you a very nice journey!
Vienna is the marvel of Austria when you consider city culture, art, sights and food. Excellent production! Could you do a similar piece on Stuttgart, Lucerne or Freiburg? Of course Berlin, Hamburg, or Munich might come before those (smaller) 3. :)
The next episode with Hannah will take place in Regensburg, Germany! Thank you for your suggestions! We will keep them in mind!
As a Viennese: -Do not eat Schnitzel at Naschmarkt -Do not visit a cofehouse where you have to wait in line You will find better places for both of it
Altough I am not from Vienna, I immediately got very sceptical when she wanted to get a Schnitzel at a "market". This is like going to the Viktualienmarkt to get a Schweinsbraten :D
True. Naschmarkt has sadly become a tourist trap. For Schnitzel, I would recommend Schnitzelwirt on Neubaugasse and for a coffee house visit maybe Tirolerhof or Bräunerhof in the city center or Café Goldegg in the 4th district, only a short walk from Hauptbahnhof.
@@xxxy912there are some quite good restaurants at some market (eg "Wirtschaft am Markt" at Meidlinger Markt.) But Naschmarkt is only a tourist trap.
As a Viennese, do you feel bad towards Hungarians because of the past history where Hungarians are denied from independence from Habsburg, or you guys just enjoyed the wealth while leaving Hungary poorer?
@@muhdahnaf7927 As a Viennese, I feel sorry for Hungarians who have to live under the anti-democratic authoritarian rule of Órban after having survived a Stalinist regime.
Zagreb is a beautiful city and certainly one that I'd want to see on DW Travel. Thank you for the great tour through Vienna!
Informative video
Viena is a beautiful city, but this video didn't convince me why this is the most livable city in the world :)
Yeah she did a good job showcasing some landmarks in Vienna, but didn't really explain why it's the most livable city in the world, but as you probably read in the top comment it's a travel blog channel so not really the best video to help us understand
I also love the city center and the architecture. But as a tourist like you, you only see the beautiful sides. There are certainly worse cities, no question. But I wouldn't describe it as perfect. For me, liveability also means fair pay, fair rents, fair electricity costs.
certanly not perfect, but vienna has very fair rent and also transportation prices. And it doesn't have any slums, really ugly places or areas with a lot of old vaccant buildings/factorys, who just rot away... So certanly one of the best/most liveable cities :)
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Beautiful city !!! Thanks for the information. I plan my trip to Vienna in a few weeks and I'm looking for the best addresses for local cuisines (especially wiener schnitzel !!!) and local markets for food.
Schnitzelwirt on Neubaugasse. You can get very good traditional Viennese cuisine (a little bit more on the expensive side) at Gasthaus Meixner near U1 station Reumannplatz - which is also off the beaten tourist tracks, so probably no standing in line like at Figlmüller.
Great Content...Looks so beautiful place and bulding...thank you for sharing...07:29
In a high priced coffee house with people waiting in line outside I seriously doubt that you can sit there "all day" after buying one coffee...
Gut gemacht Hannah. Wie immer halt. 👍
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I think there a lot of European cities with those attractions that make it livable. I've lived in Madrid for about 4 years and the public transport is amazing, as well as the nightlife, food, museums, amazing parks. It's also relatively affordable compared to other major European cities. And curiously there's also a huge park in Madrid with a Ferris wheel where the royalty used to go to hunt as well. But how much is the cost of living in Vienna?
haha Leonhard is right, the entire city is a museum: just before I moved out after 12 beautiful years I saw by coincidence near the entrance of my closest grocery shop (Billa) a small black lead ball in the wall and it looked kind of funny and I took a closer look and there was an inscription below it where it said it was a remnant/cannon ball from the Turkish siege from the 17th century... and I was passing by there daily for 12 years...
Amazing story!
I want to see more of the sound guy. He seems cool.
Very amazing. Working for coffee house.
Yeah, I would like to visit Vienna.
Great vlog about one of my favorite cities in the world. I portrayed more of the local side of Vienna on my channel 🙂
This is my dream city so obvs i want to come here!
Beautiful ❤❤
As a Viennese living abroad, I`ve always wondered how this can be rated most liveable (big) city in the world. I guess they don`t factor in the bad weather, the extremely rude population and the corruption in this town. In all fairness, it was also rated 2nd most unfriendly city in the world, just after Paris, so that`s quite accurate. lol.
Vienna is an extremely livable city, for sure. However, I think the city itself is almost too much like an open museum. The palaces of the Hofburg, impressive though they are, remind you of a glorious past that is, well, past. Vienna has shrunk so much in terms of population that it feels outsized.The city also gets oppressively hot in the summer, and the lack of a river-the sunken Danube canal doesn't quite feel like a river-is really noticeable. I guess you can escape the city for the surrounding hills, that is true. In any case, you should take my opinion with a grain of salt, since it's partially subjective. More than anything, I just don't find the 'Schönbrunn' aesthetic and architecture very appealing. And, of course, nothing can come close to a spring walk over the Graben or down the Mariahilferstraße.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts about Vienna with us!
Take lots of love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩❤️
i visit in Wien july i wish i stay for longer. Sunday was kinda hard that was it haha
What no one ever mentions is that Vienna is a quite expensive city, housing is relatively cheap for a capitol and city of this size, but it got a lot more expensive in recent years and if you look for apartments to rent on the private market it is not cheap at all. Also going out for food, coffee, cultural things or whatever is actually really expensive. Grocerie shopping is (compared to germany) not cheap. When people say vienna is the most livable city I think that refers to people who can effort it to live a good live here....
While the cost of a lot of things is higher than it would be in some other places, It's worth some perspective on just how much of a difference housing and transportation make. I've used a cab exactly twice in the 4 years i've lived here, and I spend 380 a month for my room in a flatshare. My overall living expenses are around 1000 euro a month, and they'd be a fair bit lower if not for the fact I'm in therapy right now. I can't really think of any US city where I'd be able to do this in, and rental prices are prettty damn bonkers in neighboring germany (at least where people want to live). And all of this to live in a city with a population of 2 million, a world class mass transit network, great museums and theatres etc.
But your student room is not real life. You pay an average rent of 800 euros. + 100 euros for district heating + electricity. Have fun after your studies. You need to find a good job in Vienna. Everything is underpaid, even with a degree.
But you are ignoring the fact, that rents everywhere (also in all german cities) got way more expensive in recent years...yeah going out is expensive, like everywhere, but vienna also supports a lot of cheap locations, so use them. true grocceries are a bit more expensive then in germany. It's a bit hypocritical to blame vienna for that, as it is a big problem nearly everywhere at the moment (every big city is expensive...) and it still has one of the lowest housing prices and lowest transportation costs.
I plan to visit there during Chinese New Year🎉
My last visit it’s was 2020 how much I miss it 💔
Say hi! From thailand.nice vdo .ty
Too much camera time on the presenter. Way too much.
Going to Vienna this June 2024
We wish you a nice journey!
Is there's Red light area nearby ??
Fantastic 😊
Imagine showing Favoriten... :D
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It's amazing it's wonderful ❤❤❤
you also need to feature Budapest and St. Petersburg
I don’t think St Petersburg or anywhere in that area is advisable. Tbh, I have it on my bucket list.
@@bobgrewe988 why not?
Ah, Russia and Ukraine has a war ongoing
there is no war in St Petersburg@@bobgrewe988
It's funny, because the last name of her is "Hummel", and Hummel literally means "Bumblebee" in German. Or it's just because she's German/austrian what ever;)
I love this hehe
Watching from Kanpur.
Visit Tallinn! :)
Looks cool
Vienna sure is great. But I don't buy these city rankings. They only focus on the big, famous cities. Imo most of these, including Vienna, are much too big to be really livable. Austria for instance has Graz, too. Good deal of culture and architecture, and at less than 300.000 people it's much easier to get out of town and enjoy nature for a change. And nearby in Germany is Passau, wich is just drop-dead gorgeous, as towns go.
Graz and Passau - these are good inspirations for future travel vlogs, thank you!
Austrian city where gray clouds never retreat.
as an asian tourist, i encountered a few racist people in my austrian trip, i found older austrians are not very friendly. however, vienna is a very charming city.
Sorry to hear that you were faced with racism in Austria - or anywhere in the world.
best view is from Donauturm
Not only city is beautiful,but you are also very beautiful!!!👌👌👌
Lovely. Thank you.
Talking about Hapsburg, I wonder whether the Austrians feel guilt towards their neighbour Hungary, who could have been independent after the Ottomans left. I just watched the video about Hungary's attraction. I believe Hungary could prosper better economically and socially without much occcupation
Lisbon please!
Sorry the Viennese are extremely rude, the coffee isnt all that great-sure its got all the tourist places like in this video outside of Vienna is more interesting, the nature, Tirol, Salzburg, Baden. If you go to some of the districts outside the first the streets are cold, ghetto, and the lack of trees. Only if you do get to get through the wall of buildings do you get a nice garden.
I've been in Vienna about a year ago, and was not disappointed! Actually, only by this Vienna coffee 😂 It is a lot expensive, I can not remember, maybe about 30-50 % more than regular cappucino, and it is pretty much the same! Don't waste money on it. Everything else was perfect. P.S. Or maybe it was the case in the coffee shop where I was 😏
Vienna coffee contains chocolate and whipped cream so it's definitely not a cappuccino.
@ I'm sure, although I didn't taste the chocolate flavor 😄 Basically I'm just saying that the price difference between it and cappuccino is not worth it, but I also say that maybe it was the case in that particular cafe, after that I didn't want to risk it anymore.
maybe better at another café@@Boka387