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Cozy Rooftop Apartment in Vienna
We live in a newly constructed part of a house that was originally built around 1900. Therefore, the house combines the charms of old with the comfort of the new. The apartment is sunny and cozy (65 sqm) and consists of a living dining kitchen facing South, a bathroom, and two bedrooms facing North. There is also an extra toilet and a rooftop terrace that overlooks the courtyard. On nice days one can see parts of the Viennese forest when looking to the West. We are non-smokers and ask you to refrain from smoking in the apartment, but you are welcome to smoke on the terrace.
The street we live in is rather quiet, but the vicinity offers all kinds if amenities: supermarkets, bakeries and drug stores as well as a public swimming pool, an ice skating rink in winter, and a park with a small playground. Furthermore we live rather close to the city center with a good public transport connection (trams and subway) that will take you to all famous Viennese sights, and the "Wienerwald" (vinyards and forests) is also within walking distance.
Our district of Hernals also offers plenty of opportunities to visit a traditional "Heuriger" - a place that serves simple dishes and home-grown wine.
Listing Overview
Property
- Bedrooms 2
- Sleeping Capacity 4
- Bathrooms 1
- Living Area 65 m2
- Total Area 71 m2
House rules
- Small children are welcome Yes
- Pets are welcome Yes
- Non-smoking house Yes
- Pet care wanted No
- Car necessary No
Exchange dates
| Exchange dates | Length of stay (nb of days) | Flexible |
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| Always open for exchange | ||
| April 01, 2026 - October 31, 2026 | 2 weeks | Yes |
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Everything between an extended weekend (if reachable by train) and 2 weeks is possible for us. We will visit Devon in summer 2026, but are still open for offers from Italy, France, Portugal, Spain or Greece in spring (April or May) or autumn (September or October). |
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Exchange periods
Always open for exchange
| Earliest date | Latest date | Length of stay (nb of days) | Flexible dates | |
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Exchange period
1
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Earliest date
2026/04/01
April 01, 2026
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Latest date
2026/10/31
October 31, 2026
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Length of stay (nb of days)
2
Weeks
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Flexible dates
Yes
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Neighborhood
About the neighborhood
Vienna is a nice old city in the centre of Europe.
You could find more information here (https://www.wien.info/en)
We are connected to the city centre by tram (43). It takes 10 to 20 minutes to get to the central district and the main sights. The subway U6 takes you to the main shopping street (Mariahilfer Straße) as well as to "Donauinsel" where you can go walking, jogging, cycling or swimming in the River Danube. It also connects to all other subway lines, so you can get to other sights, the central station, and the airport rather quickly. It also directly connects to Wesbahnhof (Westend station) from where your can easily go to Salzburg (about 3h) and the Alpine region.
Nearest Airport: Vienna International Airport
House amenities
Vehicles included in exchange
- Use/Exchange of car 0
- Number of bicycles 4
- Number of children's bicycles 0
- Number of electrical bicycles 0
- Use of boat 0
House essentials
House features
Instruments
Accessibility
References
Your exchange partner’s home satisfaction rating is 4.0, based on 4 references.
Tom and Paula went out of their way to make us and our friends feel at home and we spent a splendid time in their house.
A very successful home exchange that originally began as a house-sitting arrangement but turned into a full home exchange. The rooftop flat is lovely and within walking distance of the U-Bahn, offering a direct connection to the city centre. Communication was smooth throughout, and we had the pleasure of meeting Tamara, Florian, and Isidor before their return. They are truly delightful people — as second-generation home exchangers, they know all the ins and outs of the process.
Jempi und Yolande haben immer sehr schnell geantwortet und sind uns in vielen Punkten sehr entgegen gekommen. Sowohl ihr Hausals auch die Wohnung am Meer.waren super vorbereitet, sodass wir uns gleich wohl gefühlt haben. Auch unsere Wohnung haben sie in einem sehr guten Zustand hinterlassen. Wir haben uns auch sehr gefreut, dass sie sich am Ende des Urlaubs nich einige Stunden Zeit genommen haben,.um uns zu treffen. Wir haben einen wunderbaren Nachmittag miteinander verbracht.
Im Vergleich zu unseren anderen Tausch-Partner:innen war Paul leider etwas unselbständig, u.a. hat er unseren Wohnungsschlüssel verloren und wir mussten aus der Ferne eine Möglichkeit organisieren, wie er trotzdem in unsere Wohnung kommt. So etwas kann passieren und wir rechnen eigentlich immer damit, dass etwas kaputtgehen kann (das passiert uns daheim ja auch), aber in diesem Fall kam es leider zu einer gewissen Häufung an (kleinen) Reparaturarbeiten, die nach unserem Tausch notwendig waren. Pauls Haus war etwas chaotisch, aber im Großen und Ganzen haben wir uns gut zurechtgefunden. Insgesamt haben die positiven Aspekte des Tausches aber überwogen und wir waren froh, getauscht zu haben.
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Member since
2017
- 7 Exchanges made
We (Florian and Tamara) are in our 30ies. Our son Isidor was born in October 2022. Florian works at the University of Vienna at the Department of East Asian Studies, Tamara is employed at the Austrian Science Fund. After living in Japan for some years we returned to Vienna, but we still feel the strong urge to travel and see different places all over the world. We started exchanging in the summer of 2017 (Gouda/NL and Lisbon/P) and are looking forward to more traveling and meeting new Intervac members.
Destination Wishlist
- United Kingdom
- Iceland
- Isle of Man
- Wales, UK
- Scotland, UK
- Norway
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Finland
