Prater & Giant Ferris Wheel

Wiener Riesenrad (Prater)

The Before Sunrise wheel: a red wooden cabin over Vienna

Hours

10am–9:45pm on 12 Oct 2026 (official); varies by season

Tickets

Fairground free. Wheel adults €14.50 (Aug 2026). Free with Vienna Pass or Niederösterreich-Card

Address

Across the Danube Canal in the 2nd district, at the entrance to the Prater fairground

This wheel has turned since 1897, and its cabins look like little red wooden houses. You ride standing with a handful of others, rising slowly over the Prater woods and the Danube to St. Stephen's spire in the distance. It's where the couple in Before Sunrise first kiss. The fairground around it is free to wander; you pay per ride.