Ok, we admit it: never in a million years could we have imagined that 2020 would have turned out like this. But enough of all the pandemonium, pandemics and problems. Let’s go out looking for happiness instead. And there’s nowhere easier to do that than in Vienna. The Happy Walk will show you precisely where to go. Vienna is full of places that trigger feelings of happiness.   Whether it’s a roller coaster ride at breakneck speed, a sugar rush from too many cakes and pastries, or breathtaking views of the city complete with fantastic wine and traditional snacks. The Happy Walk takes in the places that happiness-inducing music calls home and where baby animals keep everyone smiling. Physical pleasure in a particularly salubrious setting? The Happy Walk knows exactly how to get those endorphins flowing. So, come with us and we’ll show you where happiness awaits in Vienna.

So, come with us and we’ll show you where happiness awaits in Vienna – ideally with ivie, the digital city guide for Vienna.    

“It has to be a slice of heaven, Vienna and its wine.” These lyrics turn into reality at Wieninger on Nussberg.

Wieninger am Nussberg wine tavern

Every year, dozens of baby animals are born at Schönbrunn Zoo. And every single one   makes us feel all warm and fuzzy inside! Welcome to Vienna’s wildest nursery.

Schönbrunn Zoo

Nothing makes humans happier than lovemaking. And anyone looking to experience that rush of hormones in an extra-special setting will be in their element at   Hotel Orient.

Hotel Orient

What a view! Anyone looking for a heavenly feeling should head for the Donauturm. It’s not just one-of-a-kind of views that await at the top of this tower.

Donauturm

The Prater park has always been about enjoying life. So it’s no surprise that the former hunting lodge is a magnet for Sunday afternoon walkers, and the nearby Freudenau race track continues to draw in the punters.    

Lusthaus

Nowhere else in the city are fear and happiness found in such proximity than at Vienna’s Wurstelprater amusement park, where the roller coasters flood our system with adrenaline in a matter of seconds.

Prater

Looking at the cake display cabinets at Café Central, you could be forgiven for thinking you had entered the promised land. These sweet temptations are all about succumbing to desire.

Café Central

2,500 gilt laurel leaves adorn the dome of the Vienna Secession building. All that glitters really is gold, in this particular case.

Golden cupola, Vienna Secession

A gigantic residential complex on the outskirts of the city that is synonymous not with social deprivation, but happy tenants? There’s one in the south of   Vienna. And it was planned by a certain Mr. Happiness (Herr   Glück)!

Harry Glück Building

Ludwig van Beethoven wrote expressive music – from despairing to joyful. Whatever it   is, it’s never boring. Pay him a visit at the Beethoven Museum.    