Austria · Loos Bar, Danube Canal and the Grelle Forelle
Vienna
Vienna has the most beautiful small bar in the world (since 1908), a techno scene on the Danube Canal and rooftops from which you can almost touch St. Stephen's Cathedral.
Vienna drinks in bars that have history. The Loos Bar is 27 square metres, unchanged since 1908 and always full. Roberto American Bar and Kleinod have brought the American bar tradition into the present, Tür 7 hides behind a doorbell in the Josefstadt, and If Dogs Run Free has a ceiling you want to photograph.
The Danube Canal is Vienna's summer bar. Between Schwedenplatz and Spittelau lie beach bars, Motto am Fluss and the Grelle Forelle, the club where Vienna listens to techno. The Pratersauna, a club in an old sauna with a pool, is one of the most unusual addresses in Europe.
Vienna is elegant and relaxed at once. There is no real closing time, the night underground runs through at weekends, and the walk from the Loos Bar to the Grelle Forelle takes a quarter of an hour.
The night profile
- Cocktail
- €14
- Beer
- €5
- Club entry
- €15
- Taxi at night
- €14
Viennese: well groomed, not stiff. At the Loos Bar you sit close, at Das Loft the entrance is part of the evening, on the canal anything goes.
The night in Vienna
From the first hour to the last.
May to September for the Danube Canal, December for the Advent season and the ball season from January to carnival for the really grand entrance.
- 18:00Danube Canal
Motto am Fluss or a beach bar on the canal, spritzer and a view of the water.
- 20:00Classic
Loos Bar (small, come early) or Roberto American Bar.
- 22:00Speakeasy
Tür 7 in the Josefstadt: ring, name a wish, marvel.
- 00:00Rooftop
Das Loft in the SO/ Vienna, 18th floor, under the ceiling by Pipilotti Rist.
- 02:00Club
Grelle Forelle on the canal or Pratersauna with pool.
Innere Stadt
Loos Bar, Roberto, Kleinod, Das Loft: the classic Viennese night.
Danube Canal
Motto am Fluss, beach bars, Grelle Forelle: Vienna's summer and Vienna's techno.
Josefstadt
Tür 7 behind the doorbell, quiet pubs behind it.
Mariahilf and Gumpendorfer Straße
If Dogs Run Free and the bars along the Gumpendorfer.
Prater
Pratersauna and the Giant Wheel at night.
The addresses
9 bars in Vienna.
Cult barVienna · Innere Stadt
Loos Bar
27 square metres of world history
Cocktail barVienna · Innere Stadt
Roberto American Bar
The bar as host
Cocktail barVienna · Innere Stadt
Kleinod
Vienna's modern cocktail institution
SpeakeasyVienna · Josefstadt
Tür 7
Ringing in Buchfeldgasse
Rooftop barVienna · Leopoldstadt
Das Loft
18th floor, ceiling by Pipilotti Rist
ClubVienna · Danube Canal
Grelle Forelle
Techno on the canal
ClubVienna · Prater
Pratersauna
Club in the sauna, with pool
Cocktail barVienna · Mariahilf
If Dogs Run Free
The ceiling everyone photographs
Wine and aperitivo barVienna · Danube Canal
Motto am Fluss
Ship's deck at Schwedenplatz
Good to know
Tips for Vienna.
- The Loos Bar has around 20 seats; before 8 pm or after midnight it is quietest.
- Tür 7 takes reservations; without one, the doorbell decides.
- On the canal you drink Spritzer (white wine with soda), not Aperol.
- The underground runs all night on Friday and Saturday, which makes Vienna the most relaxed club city for visitors.
Frequently asked questions
What is the most famous bar in Vienna?
The Loos Bar (American Bar) in the Kärntner Durchgang, built in 1908 by Adolf Loos, with marble, mahogany and a mirrored ceiling on 27 square metres.
Where do you go for techno in Vienna?
Grelle Forelle on the Danube Canal is the first address, followed by Pratersauna and Flex.
Does Vienna have a closing time?
Formally yes, in practice no: bars in the city centre close between 2 and 4 am, clubs later.
