146: Some information about Vienna for job seekers

Vienna is the capital of Austria. Largest and most populous city of country with about 1.9 million inhabitants.

1- Districts:

• Vienna is divided to 23 districts (Bezirke)

1. Innere Stadt (City Center)
2. Leopoldstadt
3. Landstraße
4. Wieden
5. Margareten
6. Mariahilf
7. Neubau
8. Josefstadt
9. Alsergrund
10. Favoriten
11. Simmering
12. Meidling
13. Hietzing
14. Penzing
15. Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus
16. Ottakring
17. Hernals
18. Währing
19. Döbling
20. Brigittenau
21. Floridsdorf
22. Donaustadt
23. Liesing

• Each district has its own administrative office (Magistratische Bezirksamt)

2- Transportation system

• Buses: 127 lines
• Trams (Straßenbahn): 29 lines
• Underground lines (U-Bahn): 5 lines
  • U1 fire red (Feuerrot)
  • U2  red purple (Rotlila)
  • U3 pure orange (Reinorange)
  • U4 May green (Maigrün)
  • U6 ocher brown (Ockerbraun)
• Trains (S-Bahn)

Note: For updated information you can refer to Vienna public transport Wiener Linien. Also you can find information about the tickets, night lines etc.

3- Historical places and Museums:

• Stephansplatz (Innere Stadt, district 1)
• City Hall (Innere Stadt, district 1)
• State Opera House (Innere Stadt, district 1)
• Hofburg Palace (Innere Stadt, district 1)
• Parliament (Innere Stadt, district 1)
• University of Vienna (Innere Stadt, district 1)
• Ring Straße historical buildings (Innere Stadt, district 1)
• Schloss Schönbrunn (Hietzing, district 13)

4- Tourist sites (Shopping Centers, Daily Markets, Temporary Markets and so on):

• Naschmarkt (stands and restaurants)
• Alt Wiener Kaffeehaus (coffee)
• Town hall (for skate in winter)
• Donauinsel (swimming in summer - Alte Donau)

5- Viennese foods (main course, appetizer, dessert, side dish, soup, salad and bread and pastry) and snacks

• Wiener Schnitzel (dish)
• Tafelspitz (dish)
• Palatschinken (dish)
• Wiener Würstel (sausage)
• Kaiserschmarrn (dessert)
• Goulash (stew)
• Apfelstrudel (pastry)
• Sachertorte (cake)
• Punschkrapfen (cake)
• Buchteln (yeast dough roll)

6- Accomodation

The different options of accommodation are reviewed in a separate post but it is summarized as follows:

•  Vacation rental marketplace (peer to peer accommodation)
• Hospitality exchange services
• Hotel or Motel
• WG (Wohngemeinschaft)
• Apartment (flat)