Vienna/Alsergrund

The area is densely populated, with much government-built housing. In 2016, it had 43,000 reside.

Many departments of the University of Vienna, TU Wien and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) are in Alsergrund. There are also many large hospitals, including the biggest in Vienna, the AKH (Allgemeines Krankenhaus, German for General Hospital).

Alsergrund is associated with many notable names of Viennese art and science. It is the birthplace of Romantic composer Franz Schubert. Classic music composer Ludwig van Beethoven died here in his apartment at Schwarzspanierstraße 15. Berggasse 19 is the former residence and office of Sigmund Freud. It was Freud's home from 1891 until his flight to England in 1938, and is now the site of the Vienna Sigmund Freud Museum. Most of the patients Freud treated during the development of his theories of psychoanalysis visited him at his Alsergrund office.

In addition, the park in front of the Votivkirche, on the corner of Währingerstrasse and Schottenring, was named after Freud, in memory of his frequent visits there.

The underground line  U6  is available to the North, the  U4  to the West and the  U2  at the South border. There are the tram lines D, 5, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43 and 44 operating in the Alserground district and the bus line 40A.

Some regional trains from cities north of Vienna terminate at Wien Franz-Josefs railway station. Additionally, the international Silva Nortica train from Prague terminate here.

• 🌍 Wien Franz-Josefs railway station (Wien Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof) (200 m east of  U4  Friedensbrücke; tram 1, 5 and 33 call outside the station). (updated Dec 2023)
• 🌍 Wien Spittelau railway station. Major interchange between regional trains and underground lines  U4  and  U6 . Excellent for commuters but not very useful for the average tourist. (updated Dec 2023)

• 🌍 Volksoper, Währinger Straße 78 (U6: Währinger Straße-Volksoper), ☏ +43 1 514 44 3670, tickets@volksoper.at. The "People's Opera" is a venue for operettas, classical musicals, and ballet productions, as well as lighter traditional operas. Italian operas are often sung in German, and operas occasionally have English subtitles. Attendees under 15 receive a 75% discount. 
• 🌍 Schauspielhaus, Porzellangasse 19, ☏ +43 3170101, office@schauspielhaus.at. A small theatre. €18, students €9, seniors €12. 
• 🌍 WUK, Währinger Straße 59 (U6 Volksoper), info@wuk.at. WUK is a 12,000-m² space of culture, workshops, and social gathering. The cultural center regularly hosts concerts. The place was occupied by squatters in the early 1970s; these days it offers room for different cultural initiatives including rehearsal rooms, photographer black rooms, and a bike repair center. 
• 🌍 Votiv Kino, Währinger Strasse 12 (37, 38, 40, 42 Schwarzspanierstraße), ☏ +43 1 317 35 71, votivkino@votivkino.at. The cinema screens international movies including many French ones. The annual Vienna Film Festival is hosted here. On Sunday morning there is a film breakfast. The cinema opened in 1912. €7-8.50; film and breakfast €13.50. 
• 🌍 Pier9, Spittelauer Lände 12, ☏ +43 1 89046660, info@kletterhallewien.at. Spring, summer, autumn. The outdoor lead wall is 21.5 m high. There are 6 security lines with 13 routes. The boulder wall is downstairs next to the stream and has the same texture concrete wall with different inclinations. €6 lead, free boulder wall. 

• 🌍 Servitenviertel. The small district around Berggasse, Servitengasse, Porzellangasse and the Schlickgasse has several sophisticated shops. 
  • 🌍 Tankai, Berggasse 14, ☏ +43 664 91 58 221, office@tankai.at. Tu-F 10:00-14:00, 15:00-18:00. The shop sells hand made purses and bags (mostly made out of high-quality leather). 
  • 🌍 Curry me home, Servitengasse 6, info@currymehome.at. The place sells curry and salt in all variants. 
• 🌍 Confiserie zum Süßen Eck, Währinger Straße 65 (in front of Volksoper), ☏ +43 1 4027974, confiserie@suesseseck.at. Tu-Sa 10:00-19:30, M Su 14:00-19:30. The Zuckerlgeschäft sells 70 different types of licorice, several bitter chocolates and many typical Austrian sweets like the Zotter handmade chocolate or the Badener Kaffeebonbons. 
• 🌍 Wein & Genuss, Frankhplatz 2, ☏ +43 650 98 11180, g.somloi@wgp.at. M-F 15:00-01:00. The Vinothek sells mostly Austrian wines from the nearby Weinviertel region that excels for white wines. 

Inside of the old general hospital ("Altes AKH") and next to it there are several restaurant options.

Along the Währinger Strasse there are several cafés. Inside of the "altes AKH" and at the Gürtel most bars are to be found.

Alsergrund being a residential area that attracts many academics it is usually quiet and a comfortable classy district to stay.

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