This former working class district blends hip eateries
and avant-garde cinema with a time travel into 1950s
Vienna. Feel the district’s pulse at Margaretenhof and
Schlossquadrat. 19th-century Margaretenhof is a local
icon, yet has very non-Viennese architecture with its
brick structure and cast-iron verandas. The nearby
urban Renaissance castle of Schlossquadrat houses
several restaurants. In the summer you can sit in its
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romantic shady courtyard over Schnitzel and Kracherl
(traditional fizzy syrup). Siebenbrunnenplatz and its
surrounding shops and grocery stores have remained
virtually unchanged in the past 60 years: taking a
walk there is like stepping into a 1950s film set.
Speaking of movies, head to avant-garde cinema
Filmcasino in the evening. It often stages foreign
language cult films.
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