Favoriten (10th district)

The 10th district (Favoriten) is Vienna's most populous district and at the same time one of the least visited. It stretches from the densely built north around Reumannplatz to the fields in the south.

Kurpark Oberlaa is the district's largest park and dates from the Vienna International Garden Show of 1974 – spacious, with themed gardens and a view over the city that hardly any visitor knows. The thermal spa is right next to it.

If you're into technology, the Wiener Tramwaymuseum (Vienna Tramway Museum) is worth a visit, with historic trams that actually ran in Vienna.

Favoriten is the district for a second or third visit to Vienna – once you've ticked off the big names and want to know what the rest of the city looks like.

Historically, Favoriten is the district of the brickworkers: on the Wienerberg, they dug the clay from which the Gründerzeit city of the late 19th century was built. The workers came mostly from Bohemia and Moravia, which is why Favoriten was long known as “the 10th district and the Bohemian Prater”. The Böhmischer Prater (Bohemian Prater) on the Laaer Berg is still in operation today and is the oldest amusement park in Vienna.

Getting there: U1 (Reumannplatz, Troststraße, Oberlaa), trams 6 and 11.