10th district · right bank of the Danube
Favoriten & Hauptbahnhof
Vienna's most populous district, home of the Hauptbahnhof, a multicultural high street and the thermal baths of Oberlaa.
What it is
The 10th district is Vienna's most populous, a working-class quarter that grew around brickworks and railway yards south of the Gürtel. Most visitors only see it through the Hauptbahnhof, the main station since 2015.
What is here
The station and the new quarter around it, Favoritenstraße with its markets and kebab shops, and far to the south the Kurpark Oberlaa, the Therme Wien spa and the old-fashioned fairground of the Böhmischer Prater. Handy for an early train; not a sightseeing base.
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🍷 Heurigen & wine taverns
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4.9(297)out of 5 on Google€€€€
Open · until 22:00
☕ Coffee houses
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🛏️ Where to stay
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Where to stay in Favoriten & Hauptbahnhof
Live prices and availability on a map centred on this exact spot — hotels, apartments and hostels, so you can judge the walk from here rather than guess from an address.
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Tours & tickets nearby
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Frequently asked
Which district of Vienna is Favoriten in?
Favoriten is Vienna's 10th district, on the right bank of the Danube, the same side as the historic centre. It is easy to verify from the postcode: the four digits start with 1, the middle two give the district and the last is 0, so any street address here carries 1100. That is the quickest way to find out where a listing actually is before you book it.
What is worth seeing in Favoriten?
The best-known sights here are Böhmischer Prater, Swiss Garden and Helmut-Zilk-Park. The full list, with opening hours and a map, is further up this page.
Where should I eat in Favoriten?
Among the best-rated restaurants in the district are BONTRI (SmashBurger-Pizza-Pide-Suppen-Vorspeisen-Nachspeisen-), Belushi's Vienna and Chili & Cheesy. The ratings come from Google and are refreshed periodically — they are not paid placements.
Is Favoriten a good area to stay in?
It depends what you want from it. The accommodation section above lists several options in the district, and the write-up at the top of this page says plainly who the area suits and who it does not. The map at the foot of the page is centred on Favoriten itself.
Is there a proper Viennese coffee house in Favoriten?
Yes — Cafe HAY and Kaffeesatz. A Viennese coffee house is judged on simple things: the glass of water that arrives with the coffee, the newspapers on wooden holders, and nobody hurrying you out after a single Melange.
Are there Heurigen or wine taverns in Favoriten?
Yes — Fritzi‘s and Winery & Viticulture Wieselthaler Stefan. Vienna is one of the few capitals with working vineyards inside its city limits, and the wine tavern is the local institution: the good ones pour the house wine by the glass — often a Grüner Veltliner or a Gemischter Satz — and announce themselves with tables full of Viennese.
Does Favoriten have any nightlife?
Yes. Reference points in the district include Fuego Karaoke Bar & Restaurant, Bräuhaus Ten.Fifty. and Bier-Kult-Beisl. For the densest concentration of bars, Viennese nights move to the arches under the U6 along the Gürtel and the streets around Schwedenplatz.
Districts next door
Vienna's districts run into one another without a seam, and the U-Bahn makes most of them closer than they look — these are the nearest, measured from the centre of this one.
Before you go
Skip-the-line ticketsTimed entry booked ahead for Schönbrunn, the Sisi Museum and the Kunsthistorisches Museum — which in Vienna's high season is a genuinely long queue avoided, and at KHM now a requirement.Check tickets →Museum & palace ticketsMobile tickets for Vienna's museums, palaces and the Riesenrad, bought in advance — useful now that the Kunsthistorisches Museum requires a time slot.See tickets →City passOne pass covering a set of attractions. It pays off only above roughly three paid sights a day — worth the arithmetic before you buy.See what it covers →Self-guided audio toursA guided route on your own phone, at your own pace, for a fraction of a walking tour. Good on the Ringstraße and in the Hofburg courtyards, where the story is not written on the buildings.Browse audio tours →
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