12 Interesting facts about Vienna you probably didn’t know
This article contains a collection of the most random facts and figures about Vienna, which may come in handy as a “lifeline” when you notice the onset of an awkward moment near the crown.
Have you experienced awkward silence in your life at a party, meeting, or during a video call? So check out the following facts about the Austrian capital, and in the future, one of them will really get you out of your tacit communication situation. All facts are based on statistics recorded by the Vienna authorities in their annual report “Vienna in Figures”.
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Vienna ranks first in the cultivation of cucumbers. Yes, you understood correctly Austria is the agrarian leader of such a vegetable crop as a cucumber. Tomatoes and different types of greens are also among the top five. Therefore, when you come to Vienna, be sure to try a salad of these vegetables with Kernöl pumpkin oil in a cafe.
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Sarah and Alexander are the most popular Viennese names. You probably know at least one Alexander or Sarah or is that your name? It’s nice to know that there are many other people in Vienna who bear your name. Of course, you may also know Helmut or Traudi, but this fact has nothing to do with them.
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Almost ⅓ of Vienna’s population owns a car. Yes, about a third of the city’s residents feel the joy of driving on the Ring at rush hour or driving through the entire Einbahnstrassen (one-way street) in the 7th district.
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In Vienna, people get married at the age of just over 30. On average, women in Vienna get married at 30 and men at 32. Compared to the distant 1988, this is 6 years older than modern marriage. For some, this is not an accidental fact, then what exactly?
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Only 18 minutes of work and the crown will not be left without lunch. On average, in an 8-hour working day, the average Vienna resident can buy 26 ½ Big Macs, that is, in 18 minutes of work – 1 Big Mac.
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More than 55,000 dogs call Vienna their home.
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50% of Vienna is covered with greenery. Hitzing is Vienna’s greenest neighborhood, while Josefstadt is the least green. But the residents of Josefstadt are not upset, there is a lot more interesting in their area!
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Almost 300,000 passengers arrive in Vienna every day. In general, every sixth person you meet in Vienna lives outside the city. Therefore, the Transfer Europe Private Chauffeur service in Vienna is an excellent choice for both tourists and locals.
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A middle-class Vienna resident lives on 35 square meters + another person. Unsurprisingly, many of the Viennese went insane during the 2020 and 2021 quarantines.
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⅔ Vienna’s population lives 250 meters from the parks. For comparison, the famous Danube Tower has a height of 252 meters, that is, the distance to the nearest park for the crown is equal to the height of the main attraction.
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Döbling has the largest number of vineyards in Vienna.
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Vienna is home to 22 species of bats. Many Vienna residents did not even know that there are 22 species of bats and that there are bats in Vienna at all!
