DK Travel : Vienna : Outdoor

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Stadtpark

The park on the left bank of the River Wien was designed as an artificial landscape within the city in 1862, where paths wind through the grassy areas, past ponds and beautiful plantings of shrubs and flowers. But Stadtpark is most famous for the monument of the “King of Waltz”, Johann Strauss.
Swimming

There are many outdoor as well as indoor pools, and the Danube tributaries are always free to use.
Tennis

Austrian aces Thomas Muster and Barbara Schett ensure plenty of enthusiasm for tennis at the city’s courts.
The Danube Canal

The river that runs around the edge of the city centre is not the actual Danube, but one of its many arms, the Danube Canal. Along the promenade, popular with walkers, cyclists and in-line skaters, there is a lively pub and restaurant scene.
Tiroler Garten

Archduke Johann so admired the Tyrolean landscape and its alpine architecture that he ordered that an area within Schönbrunn Park be kept as a natural alpine landscape in the 19th century. Today it still boasts an alpine-style house with a small farm and an orchard.
Turkish Fountain

The Arabic-style fountain is beautifully tiled.
Vermählungsbrunnen

On the site of the former city gallows Josef Emanuel von Erlach built a fountain of marble and bronze in 1732.
Volksgarten

This garden, which stretches between the Burgtheater and Heldenplatz, is popular with both students from the nearby university and businessmen on their lunch breaks. It has some beautiful rosebeds that bloom spectacularly in spring. The replica of Athens’ Temple of Theseus is used for a range of changing exhibitions.
Walking

Besides walking from sight to sight, you can make use of hundreds of hiking paths that weave through the Vienna Woods (see p124).
Wilhelminenberg

Part of the Vienna Woods, Wilhelminenberg is a huge green area with many hiking paths, including one with signs explaining the local flora and fauna. On top of the hill is Schloss Wilhelminenberg, now a hotel. There is also an observatory here.