Coffeehouse
Café Eiles
A classic Viennese coffeehouse from 1901 at the city end of Josefstädter Straße. Newspapers, marble tables, a proper Melange.
Josefstädter Straße 2 ↗Josefstadt · Vienna 1080
The neighbourhood.
Josefstadt is Vienna's smallest district and one of its most liveable: old coffeehouses, little theatres, bakeries and quiet streets — right behind City Hall and the Ringstrasse.
Our favourites
Around the corner.
All within a short walk of the house.
Coffeehouse
Café Hummel
Family-run since 1935 at the other end of Josefstädter Straße — the neighbourhood's living room, from breakfast to late.
Josefstädter Straße 66 ↗Theatre
Theater in der Josefstadt
One of the oldest theatres in Vienna, founded in 1788. Josefstadt is the city's theatre district.
Josefstädter Straße 26 ↗Theatre
Vienna's English Theatre
Plays in English — handy if your German is still a work in progress.
Josefsgasse 12 ↗Baroque church
Piarist Church Maria Treu
The heart of the Piaristenviertel, with ceiling frescoes by Franz Anton Maulbertsch and a calm little square in front.
Jodok-Fink-Platz ↗Saturday market
Lange Gasse market
Lange Gasse is a shared-space street with an organic and specialty market every Saturday.
Lange Gasse ↗University campus
Altes AKH
The old general hospital, now the University of Vienna's campus — big green courtyards, pubs and beer gardens.
Alser Straße / Spitalgasse ↗Historic street
Lenaugasse
A protected ensemble of early-19th-century houses — one of the prettiest streets in the district.
Lenaugasse ↗On foot
The Ringstrasse is next door.
Walk past City Hall and you're on the Ring — Vienna's grand boulevard.
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Rathaus
Vienna's neo-Gothic City Hall and its park, a few minutes away. Home to the big Christmas market every Advent.
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University
The University of Vienna's main building on the Ring, with its arcaded courtyard.
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Burgtheater
The national theatre, directly across the Ring from City Hall.
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Volksgarten
The rose garden next to Parliament — best in early summer.
Tips from us
How to do Josefstadt.
- Saturday morning: coffee, then the market on Lange Gasse.
- Evening: a play in the theatre district — or a beer in the Altes AKH courtyards.
- Rainy day: a long breakfast in a coffeehouse. Nobody will rush you.
- Advent: the Christmas market at the Rathaus is a short walk away — go early to beat the crowds.