Kahlenberg: the great view and the ridge
The terrace with the whole city below, the church of the 1683 siege, and the ridge down through the vines. This is a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk.

1. Kahlenberg terrace
The bus 38A from Heiligenstadt lands you at the top. The terrace gives you the whole city, the Danube, the plain beyond — go straight to the railing before anything else. Morning, before the coaches, is the version to have.

2. St. Josef (the Sobieski church)
The small church behind the terrace. In 1683 the relief army that broke the Ottoman siege gathered on this hill; the Polish king Jan Sobieski's chapel inside marks it. Quiet, often empty, two minutes from the crowds at the railing.

3. Stefaniewarte
A brick lookout tower from 1887, five minutes from the bus stop. Climb it if it's open for a clear-day view that adds the woods and the far ridges to the city panorama.

4. The ridge path toward Leopoldsberg
Follow the wooded crest east. The *Wald* (the woods) closes over you, then opens at clearings with the river below. This is the walking heart of the route — shade, birdsong, the city appearing and vanishing through the trees.

5. Leopoldsberg
The next summit, with its church and a steep bluff straight over the Danube where it bends into the city. The view here is the river one; the Kahlenberg's is the city one. Worth the extra few hundred metres for both.

6. Down through the vineyards to Nussdorf
The descent drops off the ridge into the vine slopes above *Nussdorf*. Knees permitting, take it slowly; the rows and the rooftops make the best part of the way down. The tram D waits at the bottom.

Kahlenberg: the great view and the ridge