Order an Eitrige Like You Mean ItRoll up to a Würstelstand and ask for an Eitrige mit am Bugl, the cheese sausage whose nickname literally means the pus-filled one. Stand back when you bite, it spits molten cheese.Food & DrinkEasy25 min
Watch a Clock Throw a ParadeShow up at the Ankeruhr on Hoher Markt at exactly noon, when twelve historical figures grind out a full musical procession. Tourists check their watches; you'll arrive early for a spot.CultureEasy20 min
Gallery-Crawl the DonaukanalWalk the Donaukanal, Vienna's longest open-air street-art wall, where the graffiti gets repainted constantly. Find one piece that wasn't there last week and claim it as your discovery.Photo HuntEasy45 min
Try Escargot at Gugumuck's — Vienna's Snail Street FoodOnce the city's favourite Lenten snack sold by snail women, escargot is making a comeback at Gugumuck's farm-bistro. Slurp one and tell a local Vienna invented snail street food.WeirdMedium1 hr
Admire World-Class ForgeriesSkip the real masterpieces and hit the Fälschermuseum, a whole museum of art fakes across from the Hundertwasserhaus. Pick the forgery you'd hang in your living room.Rainy DayEasy50 min
Haggle at the Saturday FlohmarktGet to the Naschmarkt flea market before 9am Saturday and dig through Austria's largest pile of vintage junk. Goal: walk away with one gloriously useless object for under five euros.Local DetailEasy1 hr
Get Lost in Spittelberg's LanesSlip behind the MuseumsQuartier into Spittelberg's cobbled Biedermeier maze of ivy and tiny galleries. Find a candlelit courtyard and pretend you live here.Hidden GemEasy40 min
Ring the Doorbell of a Secret BarFind Tur 7 at Buchfeldgasse 7, a cocktail bar hidden behind an unmarked door with no sign, just a bell to press. Ring it and act like you were always on the list.SocialBold1 hr 15 min
Order One Melange and Sit at a Kaffeehaus Table for an HourClaim a marble table at an off-track Kaffeehaus, order a single melange, and sit reading like you own the place, the local way. Tipping the tuxedoed waiter is non-negotiable.CultureEasy1 hr
Picnic Beneath a Flak TowerHead to the leafy Augarten, beloved by locals and skipped by tourists, where a colossal concrete flak tower looms over the lawns. Spread a blanket and contemplate the strangest backdrop in town.ActiveEasy50 min
Run the Prater Hauptallee at sunriseJoin the locals on the dead-straight, chestnut-shaded five kilometres of the Prater Hauptallee just after dawn, before the cyclists and the chestnut blossom claim it. Run as far as your legs allow, then walk back smug.ActiveMedium45 min
Run the Baroque Augarten While the WWII Flak Tower Looms OverheadDo an early-morning loop of the baroque Augarten's gravel alleys, where Viennese joggers and dog-walkers have it to themselves. Finish by craning your neck up at the colossal WWII flak tower that still squats among the lawns.ActiveEasy30 min
Dam a stream at the Donauinsel water playgroundLet the kids loose at the free Wasserspielplatz on the Danube Island, where they can divert shallow streams, work a real ship lock and wobble across a fifteen-metre suspension bridge. Bring a towel, because everyone leaves damp.FamilyEasy1 hr 30 min
Ride the Altwiener Grottenbahn dwarf trainClimb aboard the gloriously kitschy little train at the Wurstelprater and trundle through caves of glowing dwarves and fairy-tale scenes that have barely changed in a century. It is wonderfully odd, and the kids will demand a second loop.FamilyEasy20 min
Conquer the wild-west slide on the JesuitenwieseSkip the fairground crowds and head into the green Prater to the Jesuitenwiese meadow, home to a sprawling wild-west themed playground with an epic slide. Spread a picnic on the lawn while the kids burn off the schnitzel.FamilyEasy1 hr