Ottakring

Ottakring is Vienna's 16th 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 1160. That is the quickest way to find out where a listing actually is before you book it.

The best-known sights here are Kuffner Observatory, Brunnenmarkt and Kongresspark. The full list, with opening hours and a map, is further up this page.

Among the best-rated restaurants in the district are Illyrian Restaurant, Rhulo Cigköfte Ottakring and Die Tackerei. The ratings come from Google and are refreshed periodically — they are not paid placements.

It depends what you want from it. The accommodation section above lists a few 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 Ottakring itself.

Yes — iano coffee and Otti - Das Vorstadt Café. 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.

Yes — Heuriger Herrgott aus Sta and Heuriger Stippert. 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.

Yes. Reference points in the district include Cafe Talisman, Schwarzer Rabe and Hill Vienna Club Lounge Bar. For the densest concentration of bars, Viennese nights move to the arches under the U6 along the Gürtel and the streets around Schwedenplatz.