The 10 Best Things to do in Ottakring, Vienna Region

Guided hiking, snowshoeing and hut to hut trekking trips in the mountain ranges around Vienna. When visiting Vienna, spend a day (or more) exploring the accessible and beautiful mountain ranges of Upper Styria with an experienced multilingual hiking guide. Experience breathtaking mountains sceneries, discover a well preserved wildlife and flora and learn about mountain environment. All within 1 ½ hour of Vienna. Internationally certified hiking guide. Tours all year round. Groups welcome. Free transportation to the trailhead. Learn more on our website.

Get out and explore the great outdoors. Make your Austrian trip grandiose and join me on a hike in the Austrian Alps. Hiking locations start within 1.5 from Vienna’s city limits. I provide customized tours for beginner and intermediate level hikers. Whether single or multiple day hikes, I'll show you the Vienna's best Moutain side. Why chose Alpine Joe - I speak the local language, Trained & Certified on the Tirolean Alps, Local knowledge of fauna & flora, Pick-up and Drop off, Provides local tips and stresses quality over quantity hikes. Don’t miss your chance to visit the Austrian Alps while in Vienna. The world is turning… Hike with it! - Alpine Joe

Showroom/Gallery for young modern art. Over 2000 Artworks by 200 different artists most of them working in Vienna. A lot of canvases but also paperworks starting from 30€ up to 5.000€. All of them fully available and accessible to have a look in a great organized archive System. Another specialty is the in house screenprint-workspace where a lot of Viennese artists work at.

The Kuffner Observatory was founded in 1886 by Moriz von Kuffner. Not only was he a patron of scientific research, first and foremost he was a successful entrepreneur (owner of the Ottakring brewery). Looking back to a rich history of scientific research nowadays the observatory is operated as a public astronomical observatory and museum, offering free tours and observations of the night sky. The primary dome houses the main instrument, a historical refracting telescope of 27 cm in diameter, that is used for public observations. The secondary dome houses the world's largest heliometer. This instrument was used to measure distances of stars and it's most peculiar feature is a split object lens of 22 cm in diameter. Other historical instruments, like Austria's largest meridian circle and sidereal angle clocks are exhibited in the west and north wings of the building.