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Donaustadt, Vienna — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Donaustadt is the largest district of Vienna, spread across the Danube plain around the Donauturm and the Vienna International Centre.
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Where to stay in Donaustadt
Where the beds are, and what that means for the visit.
Donaustadt gives travellers a modern base across the Danube from the old city, quieter and greener than the centre of Vienna. High-rise hotels cluster near the Vienna International Centre and the Donauturm, while the bathing shore of Gänsehäufel and the lawns of the Donaupark draw people to the water in summer. It is a wide, spread-out district.
Stay near the Donau City Church for towers, riverside paths, and fast metro links.
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By the Vienna International Centre
Tower hotels rise beside the Vienna International Centre, with metro links straight to the old city.Find hotels in By the Vienna International Centresummer swimming and calmAlong the Alte Donau
The bathing island of Gänsehäufel and the Alte Donau shore turn this edge into a warm-weather retreat.Find hotels in Along the Alte Donaugreen riverside staysAround the Donaupark
The Donaupark and the Donauturm give this quarter open lawns and long views over the Danube.Find hotels in Around the DonauparkHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
Things to do in and around Vienna
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Churches & Religious Sites
8- Donau City Church Heritage
- St. Markus Kirche, Vienna Heritage
- Sacred Heart Church Heritage
- Kagraner Pfarrkirche Heritage
- Asperner Pfarrkirche Heritage
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- Esslinger Pfarrkirche Heritage
- Kapelle zur Unbefleckten Empfängnis, Vienna Heritage
- Stadlauer Pfarrkirche Heritage
Castles & Historic Sites
3- Schloss Süßenbrunn Heritage
- Schloss Essling Heritage
- Schloss Hirschstetten Heritage
Nature & Outdoors
2- Gänsehäufel Heritage
- Donaupark Heritage
Stadiums & Sports
1- Bundesbad Alte Donau Heritage
Landmarks & Notable Places
1- Korea Kulturhaus Wien Heritage
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About Donaustadt
What are the main landmarks in Donaustadt?
Donaustadt spreads its landmarks wide across the plain. The Donauturm rises highest, a slender tower over the Donaupark, while the Vienna International Centre lines the river with its curved office slabs. Along the Alte Donau, much of what follows takes shape.
The Gänsehäufel bathing island sits on the Alte Donau, and the Löwe von Aspern, a stone lion, marks a field where armies once clashed. Older villages left the Schloss Essling and the Schloss Hirschstetten behind.
What is the history of Donaustadt?
Donaustadt was farmland and river marsh long before it was a district, a scatter of villages on the plain across the Danube. Schloss Essling and Schloss Hirschstetten date from those manorial days. The Löwe von Aspern still recalls a battle fought over this open ground.
Vienna reached the far bank only in the twentieth century, when the Vienna International Centre and the towers of Donau City rose on the drained land.
Where is Donaustadt?
Donaustadt spreads across the flat left bank of the Danube in Vienna, a broad district reaching from the Alte Donau out to the fields around Essling.
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What is the best area to stay in Donaustadt?
By the Vienna International Centre: modern high-rise stays. Along the Alte Donau: summer swimming and calm. Around the Donaupark: green riverside stays.
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Updated October 2026