The hundred waters way: Hundertwasser Kunst Haus to his golden ball at Spittelau

Start: Hundertwasserhaus, 1030
End: Müllverbrennungsanlage Spittelau, 1090 (Spittelau U4/U6)

Length: 4.8km (20–30 mins)
Difficulty: Easy-peasy, perfect for a lazy lunchy Sunday

Directions: This route is basically an extended jaunt, along the waterside on the Donaukanal. Start at the café out the back of Hundertwasser’s Kunst Haus. Be generous to yourself and take a cake, if you please – you’re about to burn it off, anyway! From there, follow the road to the traffic lights, cross, and turn left onto the path by the canal. Stick to the city center side: it’s a much more interesting ride. Once you cross the road at Urania, you won’t have to worry about cars anymore and you can ride safely alongside the canal all the way to Spittelau. Here, take a sloping left and ride up towards the Spittelau station, and swing a hard left towards the golden ball of Vienna’s sexiest rubbish dump. You’re in the 9^th district now. You can ride a bit further for a slap-up meal at the Highlander at Sobieskiplatz for a well-earned beer.

Why the hell would you want to do this bike path? Because of the influx of bars on the canal near to the city, this ride is a great one for meeting with friends along the way. Also, if you still have the urge, you can extend your bike tour beyond that glinting golden ball. Just stay on the path by the water, and ride on and on to where the canal meets the Danube river, and beyond. You won’t work up much of a sweat gliding between the pedestrians, but riding slowly will allow you to take in the interesting graffiti, cool bars and, of course, the lovely bums of runners, along the way.