About this walk
Vienna called this neighborhood the matzah island, and in one night in 1938, its end began.
The stops
Walk them in order; each story plays when you reach its pin.
- 1Stop 1
The island across the water
Across this water lay the district that Vienna called the matzo island.
- 2Stop 2
The road north
The road to Prague ran right through here, and anyone who wasn't allowed into the city itself ended up living on this side.
Read the story - 3Stop 3
Four white columns
A synagogue for two thousand people once stood here, copied as far away as Bucharest. Four white columns now trace its outline.
Read the story - 4Stop 4
The theatre behind the shelves
For half a century, behind the shelves of a supermarket, sat a complete Art Nouveau theatre.
Read the story - 5Stop 5
The waltz nobody wanted at first
The Blue Danube was written in this house, and at its premiere it fell completely flat.
Read the story - 6Stop 6
The Mazzesinsel
Around 1910 a third of the district lived in these streets, with their own schools, shops and theatres.
Read the story - 7Stop 7
The church that gave the neighbourhood its name
The church that gave this neighbourhood its name went up in flames in 1683, along with the rest of the suburbs.
Read the story - 8Stop 8
The Market of 1671
This market was granted its charter in 1671, by the same emperor who had emptied the neighbourhood a year earlier.
Read the story - 9Stop 9
The Church on the Synagogue
This church stands where a synagogue was torn down in 1670, and the neighbourhood is named after the emperor who ordered it.
Read the story - 10Stop 10
Dedicated to all people
An imperial garden thrown open in 1775, with a dedication to all people carved above the gate.
Read the story - 11Stop 11
Singers and porcelain
A baroque palace in the park is home to the Sängerknaben, and right beside it porcelain has been fired for three centuries.
Read the story - 12Stop 12
The tower that can't be removed
Fifty-five metres of concrete, built with forced labour, and too heavy ever to clear away.
Read the story - 13Stop 13
The second tower
Two towers, a garden for everyone and a district that started over. This is what Leopoldstadt made of it.
Ready when you are
Walk Leopoldstadt with ROODS.
13 stops through Vienna. Open ROODS in your browser, walk to the first pin and the story plays.
- Stories on a map, with narrated audio
- Walk at your own pace, stop where you like
- Runs in your browser. An app is optional.
