# Best Parks in Vienna

Vienna's best public parks and green spaces. · community starter list

6 parks in Vienna, including Prater (Leopoldstadt, Vienna). The order here is where we started — no votes have been cast yet, and the community's votes decide it from here.

**Where:** [Third Platz](/.md) / [Austria](/austria.md) / Vienna
**Updated:** 2026-08-25 04:33:43

1. **[Prater](/e/prater---1210.md)** (park) — 6-square-kilometre public park opened by Emperor Joseph II in 1766, combining the Wurstelprater amusement area with meadows, forests, and the Hauptallee avenue. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.austria.info/en-us/locations/prater/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prater
2. **[Stadtpark](/e/stadtpark---1211.md)** (park) — Vienna's oldest public park, opened in 1862 along the Wien river, known for its gilded Johann Strauss monument unveiled in 1921 and Art Nouveau riverside architecture. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://www.wien.info/en/livable-vienna/parks-green-spaces/stadtpark-994650, https://www.wien.gv.at/en/leisure/stadtpark
3. **[Volksgarten](/e/volksgarten---1212.md)** (park) — Vienna's first public park, opened in 1823 on the site of fortifications razed by Napoleon's troops, combining a rose garden with the neoclassical Theseus Temple. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksgarten,_Vienna, https://www.wien.info/en/livable-vienna/parks-green-spaces/volksgarten-994420
4. **[Burggarten](/e/burggarten---1213.md)** (park) — Former private imperial garden opened to the public in 1919, home to a Mozart monument and the Art Nouveau Palm House built 1901-1905 by Friedrich Ohmann. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmenhaus_(Burggarten), https://www.wien.info/en/livable-vienna/parks-green-spaces/burggarten-994538
5. **[Donauinsel](/e/donauinsel---1214.md)** (park) — 21-kilometre artificial island built 1972-1988 as Danube flood protection, now Vienna's most popular recreation area with beaches and the annual Donauinselfest. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://viennawurstelstand.com/article/facts-about-the-danube-in-vienna/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donauinsel
6. **[Augarten](/e/augarten---1215.md)** (park) — Vienna's oldest Baroque garden, opened to the public by Emperor Joseph II in 1775, now home to the Augarten porcelain manufactory and two WWII flak towers. — score 0 — endorsements 0 — sources: https://tourguidelady.at/en/home/vienna-top-10-attractions/augarten-park, https://www.wien.info/en/livable-vienna/parks-green-spaces/augarten-994266

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