Margareten (5th district)

The 5th district (Margareten) is a residential district without major sights, and that's exactly what makes it interesting: here Vienna looks the way it looks for most Viennese. Gründerzeit buildings from the late 19th century, Gemeindebau (municipal housing) blocks, small bars and restaurants, few tourists.

The best-known destination is the Third Man Museum, a privately run museum about the film “The Third Man” and postwar Vienna. Small, packed with detail, made with visible passion – and with limited opening hours that you should check before your visit.

Coming from the Naschmarkt, you're here in a few minutes. The district is a good way to switch from the bustle of the city center to a quieter Vienna.

The district is worth seeing above all for its housing: the Reumannhof and other municipal housing blocks from the era of Red Vienna in the 1920s stand for a social housing program that attracted international attention. If you're interested in architectural and social history, you'll find more here than in many a museum. The walk here from the Naschmarkt takes ten minutes.

Getting there: U4 (Pilgramgasse, Margaretengürtel), trams 6, 18 and 62.