Red Vienna's biggest experiment in town planning: about 1,587 flats built 1924-1928 in five stages, laid out by sun angle in a park-like setting with squares, a library, a kindergarten and its own café and cinema on Matteottiplatz. It feels like a small town at the foot of the Ottakring hills.
- Address
- Matteottiplatz / Rosenackerstraße, 1160 Wien
- Hours
- Open-air: lived-in housing estate, visit by day
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 45 min
- Price
- Free (residential estate)
- Price level
- €
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Start at Matteottiplatz and walk up Liebknechtgasse and around Nietzscheplatz.
- The Waschsalon Karl-Marx-Hof museum runs guided walks here ('Stadtspaziergang Sandleiten'); they book out.
- Combine with the Wilhelminenberg and the Kuffner observatory further up the hill.