Margareten: the unsung fifth
A courtyard of cafés in an old manor, a village square, and the green edge of the Wien river. This is a Claude-drafted route awaiting the editor's walk.

1. Pilgramgasse (U4)
Start where the U4 surfaces near the Wien river. Walk south into the fifth; within two streets the traffic drops and the *Grätzl* (a small neighbourhood) takes over.

2. Schlossquadrat
The courtyard of the old Margaretner *Schlössl* (a small manor), now a quiet square of cafés and a *Beisl* (a Viennese pub-eatery). Sit in the courtyard; this is the reason the walk exists.

3. Margaretenplatz
The village square of the district, with the old church and the *Grätzl* shops around it. Slow, residential, the Vienna that doesn't perform for anyone.

4. Bruno-Kreisky-Park
A small green square named for the chancellor. A bench, a few trees, the right place to pause halfway. Take the longer way round if the afternoon's warm.

5. Reinprechtsdorfer Straße
The working spine of the fifth — shops, *Beisls*, the everyday rhythm. Walk it west toward the *Gürtel*; it's honest and unpolished and better for it.

6. Margaretengürtel (U4)
The walk ends by the Wien river edge at the *Gürtel*. Look at the river canal before you drop to the U4 platform; it's the seam the district grew along.

Margareten: the unsung fifth