It’s a melting pot of cultures – Guide to Ottakring

As you might have already noticed from this list, the 16th district is a true melting pot of culture, and therefore, cuisine. With a strong Turkish presence in the neighbourhood, especially around the Brunnenmarkt area, the sight of ladies in head scarves and Turkish men with cheeky grins under moustaches selling produce at the market is one of the most pronounced pictures that come to mind when somebody mentions the 16th district. And there’s something special about how it all melds and blends together with the remaining Austrian culture that can be starkly seen at the sole crowded Würstelstand in the Brunnenmarkt, or when the farmer’s market – populated by farmers from the region – that extends the Brunnenmarkt on Saturday mornings – this is the stuff of what makes a city, a city. When a bunch of very different people, from very different backgrounds, share the same space. The 16th district is the epitome of this.