Hamster hotspots in Vienna

The central cemetery, where the excursion will take place, is only one of several sites where you can observe free-ranging common hamsters in Vienna. For a longer stay in Vienna, you can explore some other hamster hotspots. The best observation times would be in the morning from sunrise to about 8 am and in the evening from about 5 pm to sunset.

Based on a hamster mapping by the City of Vienna in 2020, a map was published showing all current hamster locations in Vienna: www.wien.gv.at/umweltschutz/naturschutz/biotop/feldhamster.html
(This specific site is only available in German, but just scroll down to “Lebensraum Wien” and download the PDF “Hamsterkartierung Wien”)

Despite the central cemetery, many other locations in the south of Vienna are easily accessible.
Here is a small selection of hamster sites:

St. Marx Cemetery Park: Leberstraße 6, 1030 Vienna
www.wien.gv.at/english/environment/parks/sankt-marx.html
This cemetery was closed in 1874 and is now basically a park, but the gravestones (including Mozart’s grave) still exist. This park is in walking distance (about 10-15 min) from our venue. It is not densely populated by hamsters, but you can find burrows between some gravestones mainly close to the entrance on the right-hand side. Please note the opening hours of the park from about 6.30 am to 6.30 pm (with variations of ±half an hour).

Martin-Luther-King-Park: Kundratstraße/Triester Straße, 1100 Vienna
You can reach this park with the bus line 7A (station Martin-Luther-King-Park, directly in front of the park) or tram line 1 (station Davidgasse, 5 min walk to the park). Currently, there is construction work going on, but you can still observe the hamsters there. The park is opened 24h.

Cemetery Meidling: Haidackergasse 6, 1120 Vienna
You can reach this cemetery with the subway U6 (station Meidling) and walk through to the other end of the cemetery where the chance of observing hamsters is higher. Or you access the cemetery at a side entrance opposite the clinic Traumazentrum Wien (Kundratstraße 37-39, 1120 Vienna) using the bus line 63A or 7A (station Unfallkrankenhaus Meidling for both bus lines). Please note the opening hours of the cemetery from 7 am to about 6 pm.

Volkspark Laaerberg: Endlichergasse 6, 1100 Vienna
This park is located between the subway U1 stations Altes Landgut and Alaudagasse and is opened 24h. The hamsters not only inhabit the park, but also the green areas between adjacent apartment complexes in the south of the park.