Short answer: Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt is the one I would book first, because you can walk home from the bars. St Christopher's Vienna has the loudest in-house bar of the three. Hostel Ruthensteiner Vienna is the softer version, garden and guitars, still social. Rates in Vienna move around a lot by weekend, so compare all three on Hostelz before you lock in dates.
Nobody flies to Vienna for the nightlife. You come for the coffee houses, the palaces, the museums, the whole imperial postcard. Then somebody in the hostel kitchen mentions a bar hidden behind a vending machine, and suddenly it is 4am and you are eating a Käsekrainer at a sausage stand with four people whose names you will forget by Tuesday.
That is the thing about Vienna. It does not advertise its nights, and it has no neon strip where the tourists get funnelled. Somebody has to tell you where to go.
Which is what this is for.
Honestly? I like going out in Vienna more than in Prague or Budapest, and I know that is the minority opinion. It is less of a stag-do circuit and more of a slow build. A wine tavern, then a dive bar in a courtyard, then a techno room under a bridge at 2am, then the U-Bahn home because it runs all night on weekends.
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- to party!
- a social Hostel to actually meet people!
- a cool hostel with drinking games and such!
The three hostels below are where those nights usually start. All of them are social by design, all of them sit on the U-Bahn, and all of them attract the kind of traveller who says “just one drink” and means five.
Wondering where to party in Vienna? Start in your own hostel bar. It sounds lazy. It works, and it is how most people here end up with a group by 10pm.
So, the three best party hostels in Vienna, picked for people who want company at night and a bunk they can still find at the end of it.
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Quick Introduction to Vienna
Average price for a bed: On average, the price of a hostel in Vienna is €23 to €35 per night. Prices always depend on the season and holidays. Please always check the exact rates on Hostelz.com, which compares what the different booking sites are asking for the same bed.
City tax: Vienna charges a local accommodation tax (Ortstaxe) on top of your room rate. It went up to 5% of the accommodation price on 1 July 2026, and is due to rise again in July 2027. On a hostel dorm it is small change, but it is the reason your final bill is a euro or two above the quoted rate.
Check-In and Check-Out: The average check-in time is from 15:00 (3 pm), while the Check-Out time is before 11:00 (11 am). Hostels usually offer luggage storage in case you arrive earlier or leave later. Make sure you check if luggage storage is free or if there is an extra cost.
Best time to visit: Summer, if you want the Danube canal bars and the free festivals. More on the seasons further down.
Budget: Check out our Vienna Budget Travel Guide.
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The Coolest Party Hostels in Vienna are …
Let’s jump right into the fun hostels in Vienna for partying:
These are our favorite hostels in Vienna to party. We put all these hostels on the map, including our own insider tips for bars, clubs, and popular night life areas in Vienna (and more!).
Best Party Hostels in Vienna Compared at a Glance
If you only read one thing on this page, read the table. It is the short version of everything below.
| Hostel | Best for | Vibe | Area | Standout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt | Walking home from the bars | Big, busy, international | Naschmarkt, 6th district | Proper bar with real bartenders |
| St Christopher’s Vienna | Guaranteed nightly party | Loud, events-driven, chain-run | Favoriten, 10th district | Belushi’s bar downstairs and a full events calendar |
| Hostel Ruthensteiner Vienna | Social nights without the chaos | Cosy, family-run, musical | Near Westbahnhof, 15th district | Garden, BBQ and instruments lying around |
How to Pick the Right Vienna Party Hostel
Three hostels, three fairly different nights. Find yourself in this list:
- Solo traveller who wants people by 9pm: Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt. Big enough that somebody is always in the bar, central enough that the group can move on foot.
- You want the party handed to you: St Christopher's Vienna. Welcome drinks, beer pong, karaoke, all scheduled. You do not have to be the one who starts a conversation.
- Couples: Hostel Ruthensteiner Vienna has doubles and a garden, and it is the calmest of the three when you want it to be.
- Female solo travellers: all three run female-only dorms. Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt has 24-hour reception and key-card access, which is the bit that actually matters at 3am.
- Groups of four or more: St Christopher's Vienna and Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt both do private rooms sleeping up to six, so you can keep the group together instead of scattering across dorms.
- Light sleepers who still want the social bit: Hostel Ruthensteiner Vienna. The bar is quirky rather than thumping.
- Cheapest bed, whatever the vibe: compare the three on Hostelz. The ranking flips depending on the weekend.
Hostelgeeks Tip: Vienna sells out Friday and Saturday first. Book those two nights early and stay flexible on the rest of your dates, because midweek beds here are noticeably easier to get.
The Best Party Hostels in Vienna, In Detail
Overview: Best Hostels by Traveler Type
| 🙎♀️ best for Female Solo Traveler: | Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt |
| 🧘 Cozy Hostel: | Hostel Ruthensteiner Vienna |
| 📍Top Location: | Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt |
| 🥳Best Party Hostels in Vienna: | St Christopher's Vienna |
| 👯For Groups: | Hostel Ruthensteiner Vienna |
1. Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt
Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt is the best-located hostel in Vienna, right across the street from the Naschmarkt and a short walk from the Hofburg, the Secession building and the State Opera. For a party hostel that location is the whole point: you can go barhopping on foot and get back whenever, with 24-hour reception and guest-only key cards waiting for you.
It is part of one of Europe’s better hostel chains, and it is big. Big means you are never short of people to talk to, and it also means you can find a corner to sit in silence when your social battery dies on night three. Both things are true. Both are useful.
Rooms run from doubles and suites sleeping three to six, through mixed dorms of four to six, with female-only options.
Check prices at:
Hostelworld | Booking.com | Hostelz.com
The bar is the reason this one keeps showing up on party lists. It is a real bar with real bartenders, not a volunteer pouring vodka into juice out of a plastic bottle. By late evening it fills with loud music and a room full of people pre-gaming in six languages.
The morning after, there is a coffee shop by the front door and a stainless steel kitchen upstairs if you are ambitious enough to cook. Most people are not. Most people get the coffee.
Check prices at:
Hostelworld | Booking.com | Hostelz.com
2. St Christopher's Vienna
Here is the honest tradeoff with St Christopher's Vienna: it is not central, and the party is better for it.
The hostel sits in Favoriten, the 10th district, right by the Keplerplatz U-Bahn station and a short walk from Vienna Hauptbahnhof. Getting to the old town means a train ride rather than a stroll, so you will need to plan sightseeing and going out as separate blocks instead of drifting between them. In exchange you get Belushi’s bar downstairs, guest discounts on food and drinks, and a weekly calendar of welcome drinks, beer pong, karaoke and board games.
Being slightly out of the centre also does something the guidebooks never say out loud. It pushes people together. Nobody wanders off alone to find a bar, so the group forms in the common room and leaves together.
Check prices at:
Hostelworld | Booking.com | Hostelz.com
Rooms are private ensuites sleeping one to six and mixed dorms of four to six, both with female-only options. There is no guest kitchen, which is the real cost of staying here, so factor in eating out or eating at the bar.
Worth it? If your trip is mostly about the nights, yes. If you want to walk everywhere, book the Naschmarkt option instead.
Check prices at:
Hostelworld | Booking.com | Hostelz.com
3. Hostel Ruthensteiner Vienna
Somebody is always playing guitar badly in the garden. That is the fastest way to describe Hostel Ruthensteiner Vienna.
It is a family-run hostel a few minutes from Westbahnhof, with instruments scattered around, a garden where breakfast happens, a BBQ that gets used properly in summer, and a small odd bar that pulls people together at night without ever getting rowdy. Schönbrunn Palace is close enough for an easy morning.
This is the pick if you want to brunch by day and drink by night and still sleep. It is a party hostel by Viennese standards, which is to say it is social, not sleepless.
Check prices at:
Hostelworld | Booking.com | Hostelz.com
Rooms cover mixed dorms of six and eight, female-only dorms, private ensuites for up to four, and doubles for couples. The evening pattern is reliably the same: people cook, people share, people leave together for a club around midnight.
Check prices at:
Hostelworld | Booking.com | Hostelz.com
Fun Tips for Party Hostels in Vienna
As you have come to realize, staying at a party hostel is a little different than staying at a regular hostel. Here are some tips to make your stay go a little smoother, and how to be prepared:
How to identify a party Hostel? 4 Simple indicators:
- Is there an age limit? 18+ and an upper age-limit are indicators
- Do they offer Pub Crawls and Drinking Games in the hostel?
- Check for party pictures
- Filter the Reviews on Hostelz.com for keywords like "Party", "nightlife" or "social"
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Things to Bring & Pack
There are a few things backpackers should be sure to bring when staying at a party hostel specifically. These items include earplugs (for early mornings and loud roomates), a padlock (lock up your valuables BEFORE going out), headache medicine (always usefful!), and condoms.
Especially for the bigger European cities where pickpocketing is common we recommend wearing trousers with zippers. This limits the chances of stealing from your pockets.
Read: 23 best items to pack for staying in a hostel
Be Sociable
One of the best things about a hostel is being able to meet new people from every corner of the world. Be sure to talk to people and mingle. Travelling solo is great and life-changing, yet enjoying it with new friends can be even better. Locals especially, can show you hidden secret and some of the best spots in the city.
Read: 18 Rules for Hostels and how to build life-time friendships in Hostels
When to Visit Vienna for Nightlife
Summer is the obvious answer. Locals move outside the moment it is warm, which means the Danube Canal, the “beach” bars along the water, and Karlsplatz in the evening.
The Danube Island Festival (Donauinselfest) is the big free one, three days of stages and food stalls on the island. It has traditionally landed in late June, though the 2026 edition ran from 3 to 5 July, so check the dates before you build a trip around it. Entry is free and it gets very crowded, which is part of the fun.
Popfest Wien is the smaller, better-programmed one. Four days in late July, free, with the main stage floating on the pond in front of the Karlskirche at Karlsplatz and side venues scattered around the square. Austrian acts, mostly. Go anyway.
Winter is a different trip. From mid-November the Christmas markets take over the squares and the drinking moves to Glühwein in the cold, which is charming for about three nights. January and February are ball season, which is not a backpacker thing, unless you count the Rainbow Ball at the Parkhotel Schönbrunn in late January, which is the one queer ball that visitors actually get tickets for.
Spring and autumn are the value windows. Fewer people, cheaper beds, and the clubs do not care what month it is.
How Many Days Do You Need in Vienna?
Three nights. That is enough for two proper nights out and one recovery day, plus the museums and a palace.
Four if you want a day trip, and honestly Vienna rewards a slower pace than most capitals. Two nights works, but you will spend the second one deciding whether to go out or sleep, and you will get it wrong.
Getting There and Around
Vienna International Airport (VIE) is about 18 km southeast of the city. The S7 suburban train is the cheap way in and takes roughly 25 minutes to Wien Mitte, though you need a ticket covering the outer zone as well as the city. The City Airport Train is faster and costs more. Vienna Airport Lines buses run to a few points around town, including Westbahnhof, which is handy for the Ruthensteiner. Taxis and rideshares take around half an hour without traffic.
In town, the U-Bahn does almost everything. Trams fill the gaps, and Vienna is very walkable in the centre.
Hostelgeeks Tip: On Friday and Saturday nights, and the nights before public holidays, the U-Bahn runs 24 hours, roughly every 15 minutes. Every other night the last trains go around half past midnight and the N night buses take over, most of them radiating out from Schwedenplatz. Knowing which night you are on decides whether you can stay out until 5am for free or whether you are splitting a taxi.
Is Vienna Safe at Night?
Vienna is consistently ranked one of the safest capitals in Europe, and it feels like it. Walking back at 2am is normal here in a way it is not in a lot of European cities.
The usual caveats still apply. Pickpockets work the busy stations, especially Stephansplatz, Karlsplatz and Praterstern. Praterstern at night has a reputation among locals that is more about atmosphere than actual risk, but if it feels off, walk to the next street. Watch your drink in clubs, keep your phone in a front pocket on the dancefloor, and use the lockers your hostel gives you rather than leaving a bag on a bunk.
The bigger risk on a party trip is spending more than you meant to. Club entry and drinks in Vienna add up faster than the hostel rate suggests.
What about the cheapest hostels in Vienna?
Of course, there are always cheap hostels. But how do you actually find them? When you are traveling on a shoe-string budget and you want to save every dollar, there are ways to find the cheapest places in Vienna.
- Open Hostelz.com with a full list of all hostels in Vienna
- add your dates
- Order the listings by price
Simple as that.
Hostelz.com is a price comparison site for hostels. They list every single one in the world and tells you exactly which website is cheaper to use.
Another smart Tip: Check what is actually included, and what is excluded. Take a closer look at the location, too. A further location might mean more costs in transport.
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How to book?
The most popular booking platforms are Booking.com and Hostelworld.com. On both platforms, your credit card is 100% protected and the booking 100% confirmed.
We included some handy links to each of the recommended hostel. Just click on the hostel name. The link will lead you to check prices and availability.
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Our Insider Tips
As mentioned in the beginning, this guide is an extension of our article “best hostels in Vienna“. Here is the rest of what we would tell a friend arriving on a Thursday.
Vienna is best described as a very large village. Around two million people, spread out. Walking from A to B is possible more often than you think, but at night the tram or the U-Bahn is usually the better call.
There is no official nightlife district, which is either the best or worst thing about going out here. Good bars are scattered through the city, so a night out means moving between neighbourhoods rather than circling one street.
Start in the first district’s old Jewish Quarter if you want somewhere easy. The bars around there are where new arrivals and locals mix without much effort.
Stay longer and you notice the good local pubs are the ones tucked into courtyards and side streets. Fitzcarraldo, the speakeasy on Neubaugasse 38, is the fun version of this: the door is a fake vending machine, it is over-21, it is tiny, and it fills up on Thursdays and Fridays. Reserve if you can, and do not turn up as a group of eight.
For clubs, the reliable names are Flex under the Augarten bridge on the Danube Canal, Grelle Forelle and Das Werk near Spittelau for techno, Praterdome and Pratersauna out by the Prater, and Titanic in the 6th for something smaller and scruffier. Grelle Forelle tapes over your phone camera at the door and has a 21+ policy, which tells you what kind of night it is. For cheap, free-entry bar hopping, the arches along the Gürtel under the U6 are the move: Chelsea, B72 and rhiz, one after another.
Most visitors skip the Prater, the old amusement park with the Giant Ferris Wheel. Take the U1 or U2 to Praterstern, it is minutes from the centre, and it is a good place to drink outside in warm weather.
The queer scene is easy to find and genuinely welcoming. It clusters around Naschmarkt and the 6th and 7th districts rather than forming a single strip. Felixx on Gumpendorfer Strasse is the polished cocktail-bar end of it, Village Bar and Mango near the Naschmarkt are the neighbourhood classics, and Why Not? in the first district is the main gay dance club on Fridays and Saturdays.
Tanzcafé Jenseits on Nelkengasse is the strange one worth knowing about. Red velvet, tiny, a former brothel, open Tuesday to Saturday until 4am, closed Sundays and Mondays, and closed on Tuesdays through the summer. Get there before 11pm if you want a table.
Marillenschnaps, apricot schnapps, is the shot you will be handed at some point. It is not the national drink, that would be beer, but it is the one that gets poured when somebody decides the night is not over.
If you want to drink during the day like a local, Vienna has proper breweries. Ottakringer out in the 16th and 1516 Brewing Company in the centre both work.
Hostelgeeks Tip: Buy your pre-drinks before 19:30. Austrian supermarkets shut early and stay shut on Sundays, and the only reliable exceptions are the shops inside Westbahnhof and Hauptbahnhof. Learning this at 9pm on a Sunday is a rite of passage nobody enjoys.
FAQ
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What is the best party hostel in Vienna?
Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt is the one we would book first, mostly because of its location by the Naschmarkt and its proper on-site bar. If you want scheduled nightly events instead, St Christopher's Vienna is the stronger pick.
How much does a hostel in Vienna cost?
Expect roughly €23 to €35 per night for a dorm bed, with weekends and summer at the top of that range. Check current rates on Hostelz, since the same bed is often priced differently across booking sites.
Is there a tourist tax in Vienna?
Yes. Vienna charges a local accommodation tax of 5% of the accommodation price as of 1 July 2026, rising again in July 2027. It is added to your hostel bill rather than included in the headline rate.
What is the best area to stay in Vienna for nightlife?
The 6th and 7th districts, around the Naschmarkt and Neubaugasse, put you closest to the bars while staying walkable to the centre. The Danube Canal side is better if techno clubs are your priority.
Does Vienna have good nightlife?
Better than its reputation. It is not a party-capital circuit like Prague or Budapest, but there are strong clubs, a real bar culture, and no single tourist strip, which most travellers end up preferring.
Are hostels in Vienna safe?
Yes. Vienna is one of Europe's safest capitals and hostels here generally have 24-hour reception, key-card access and lockers. Use the lockers anyway.
What is the best hostel in Vienna for solo travellers?
Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt, because its size means there is always somebody in the bar, and its location means the group can walk out together. St Christopher's Vienna works too if you would rather join a scheduled event than start a conversation.
Which Vienna hostel is best for female solo travellers?
All three offer female-only dorms. 1. Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt adds 24-hour reception and guest-only key cards in a central location, which is the combination that matters most when you are coming back late.
Are there party hostels in Vienna with a bar?
Yes. Wombat’s City Hostel Naschmarkt has a full bar with professional bartenders, St Christopher's Vienna has Belushi's downstairs with guest discounts, and Hostel Ruthensteiner Vienna has a smaller bar attached to its garden.
How many days do you need in Vienna?
Three nights is the sweet spot: two nights out and one to recover, with time for the museums and a palace. Four if you want a day trip.
When is the best time to visit Vienna for parties?
Summer, when the canal bars and free festivals are running, with the Danube Island Festival and Popfest both landing in July in 2026. Spring and autumn are cheaper and the clubs are unaffected.
How do I get from Vienna Airport to the city?
The S7 train is the cheapest option and takes about 25 minutes to Wien Mitte, though you need a ticket covering the outer zone. The City Airport Train is quicker and pricier, and airport buses run to Westbahnhof and a few other points.
Does the Vienna U-Bahn run all night?
On Friday and Saturday nights and before public holidays, yes, roughly every 15 minutes. On other nights it stops around 00:30 and the N night bus network takes over.
What are the best clubs in Vienna?
Flex and Grelle Forelle on the Danube Canal for electronic music, Das Werk near Spittelau, Praterdome for a big mainstream night, and the Gürtel bars under the U6 for free-entry hopping between small venues.
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