Old Meets New: Hipster Thoroughfares and Trendy Cafés in Neubau, Vienna
Put away between Vienna’s major Ringstrasse and the MuseumsQuartier, Neubau (7th quarter) is a neighborhood where Vienna’s Homeric fineness collides with civic creativity. Formerly known for its manufactories and tradesmen, Neubau is now the megacity’s hipster heartland, buzzing with indie shops, road art, conception cafés, and an immature, cultural energy that’s hard to repel.
🏙️ The thoroughfares Art, Indie Fashion & Hidden Corners
Neubau’s charm lies in its raw authenticity. Walk down Lindengasse, Westbahnstraße, or Kirchengasse, and you’ll discover
- Exchange fashion stores dealing with original developer wear and tear.
- Vinyl record shops
- Second-hand bookstores
- Art galleries are put away into old artificial structures.
These thoroughfares are perfect for slow ambles. With road showpieces, window art, and a mix of the old façades with ultramodern innards, Neubau feels like an open-air gallery of civic cool.
☕ Trendy Cafés: A Coffee Culture Renaissance
Neubau is a paradise for coffee suckers, especially those who appreciate minimalist design, factory-ground options, and specialty brews. Don’t miss these original pets.
- Kaffeefabrik—A compact café offering some of Vienna’s stylish third-wave coffee and single-origin sap.
- Café 7stern – A cozy social space known for its community events, vegan options, and quirky scenery.
- Burggasse 24 – Part stretch apparel store, part café, this spot feels like drinking espresso in an antique art gallery.
- Das Möbel—This café doubles as a cabinetwork exchange, where everything you sit on can be bought. Yes, indeed, the president you are using!
- Grätzlhotel & Café – Hidden in a lateral road, this café is part of a hostel where apartments are former shops and shops.
🎨 Original Culture & Creative Life
Neubau is Vienna’s creative machine. You’ll find
- MQ – MuseumsQuartier, just at the edge of Neubau, home to ultramodern art galleries like Leopold Museum and MUMOK
- Pop-up Pop-up art show, weekend road carnivals, and design requests
- Kin artists, scholars, and generators working in participated workrooms and coworking cafés
🛍️ Shopping With Soul
Forget global chains. In Neubau, it’s all about sustainable fashion, handcrafted jewelry, natural cosmetics, and Austrian-made products. Shops like We Bandits, Greisslerei 8, and Glein are small but full of character.
🚴 Original Vibes & Sustainable Living
The quarter is known for being
- Bike-friendly and eco-conscious
- A mecca for *factory-grounded beaneries, zero-waste shops, and social cafés
- A meeting point for scholars, artists, digital gadabouts, and trendsetters.
✨ Final studies
Neubau is where Vienna’s past meets its progressive present. Whether you are in the mood for slow fashion, a perfect flat white, or a civic disquisition, Neubau offers a stimulating discrepancy to Vienna’s polished Homeric image. It’s the kind of place where you don’t just visit—you belong.
