The Schweizerhaus in Vienna’s Wiener Prater has been a beer garden institution since 1766, serving Czech Budweiser Budvar and the Stelze (roasted pork knuckle) under chestnut trees in a communal-table setting. The Kolarik family rebuilt the establishment after WWII from ruins, originally using a Ferris wheel cab as the bar. Open March to October. U1 to Praterstern, then walk into the Prater. The Budvar is not the American Budweiser; it is a Czech Bohemian lager and the two products have no connection.
beer garden in Vienna
Schweizerhaus
A beer garden institution in the Wiener Prater, operating since 1766. The Budweiser Budvar on tap (Czech, not American) and the Stelze (roasted pork knuckle) are the signatures. Open March to October. Communal tables, chestnut shade, and a crowd that mixes tourists with Viennese families.
- Type
- beer garden
- Destination
- Vienna
- Cost
- Paid entry
- Founded
- 1766
- Era
- Contemporary
- Address
- Prater 116, 1020 Wien, 1020 Vienna
- Coordinates
- 48.2139, 16.4016
- Official website
- Visit website