🇦🇹 Austria · Europe
Vienna
Empire-grand on a liveable scale — palaces, coffee houses, €3 opera nights.
citycultureslow☀ best: Apr – Jun & Sep – Oct
SHOESTRING
€61/day
dorms, street plates, transit
COMFY
€104/day
private room, sit-down meals, a treat
FLASH
€200/day
nice hotel, good dinners, no maths
🧮 Trip maths
€729 total
What Vienna costs, day to day
🛵 Getting around
Uber
Bolt
FreeNow
U-Bahn/tram single€2.1
24-hour pass€6.9
48-hour pass€12
CAT / S-Bahn from airport€3.7–€13
🛏 Stays
Per night
Hostel dorm bed€22–€35
Airbnb 1-BR€78–€130
3-star hotel€87–€148
Ringstrasse boutique€174–€330
Monthly
Studio€955–€1,476
1-BR, decent area€1,215–€1,736
🛒 Groceries & daily life
Billa — everywhere, mid-price
Hofer (Aldi) — discount king
Spar — range + city stores
Penny — budget
Milk 1L€1.1
Bread€1.6
Eggs 12€3
Cheese 1kg€11
Chicken 1kg€8.2
Rice 1kg€1.7
Beer 0.5L€1
Coffee jar€4.3
🍜 Eating out
Würstel stand sausage€3.5–€5.2
Naschmarkt falafel/plate€5.2–€8.7
Wiener Schnitzel€14–€23
Heuriger wine-tavern dinner€17–€30
Coffee-house Sachertorte + melange€10–€14
🎡 Things to do — with kids
Schönbrunn Zoo (oldest in the world)€24
Prater funfair (rides à la carte)€0–€5.2
Haus des Meeres aquarium€17
🌙 Things to do — grown-ups
Schönbrunn Palace tour€19–€28
Opera standing room€2.6–€16
Belvedere (Klimt's Kiss)€15
Kunsthistorisches Museum€18
🌤 Climate
Day °CRain
Best: Apr – Jun & Sep – Oct · Wet: May – Aug
Cold, sometimes snowy winters (magical at Christmas-market time); warm summers. Spring and autumn are gentlest.
✈️ Getting there
AustrianRyanairWizz AireasyJetLufthansaLondon€26–€74
Berlin€26–€69
Rome€30–€78
One airport (VIE); the CAT and cheaper S-Bahn (line S7) both reach the centre in ~20–30 min.
🏧 ATMs & money
Fees: Bank ATMs (Bankomat) are surcharge-free; Euronet boxes near sights are the trap.
Limits: €400–1,000 per pull at bank machines.
Best machines: Erste/SparkasseBank AustriaRaiffeisen
Pay in euros always. Vienna runs largely on cards; keep a €20 note for markets.
🩺 Health & safety
Vaccines: Routine; tick-borne encephalitis for alpine hikers.
Health: Tap water is alpine-pure. Vienna's healthcare is world-class.
Tap water: ✅ Alpine-pure — Vienna's tap water flows straight from the mountains. Superb.
Safety: Vienna is routinely named among the world's safest and most liveable cities. The whole risk profile is transit pickpockets around Stephansplatz — zip your bag and relax.
Emergency: 112
🛂 Visa & entry
This is a Schengen-area country. Most US, UK, EU, Canadian, Australian, NZ, Brazilian, Japanese and Korean passports enter visa-free for up to 90 days in any 180-day period across the whole Schengen zone. From 2025 the EU's ETIAS pre-authorisation applies to visa-free non-EU visitors — check before you fly.
Rules change — always verify with an official source for your nationality before you book.
💬 Traveller tips & reports
The opera for the price of a beer — Standing-room tickets at the Staatsoper go on sale 80 minutes before curtain for €3–18. World-class opera, tie a scarf to 'your' rail spot, and lean on the velvet. Vienna's greatest cheap thrill.
@stehplatz · Apr '26 · ▲ 113