Just a few paces from Vienna's old city, trendy beach bars along the Danube Canal provide that Riviera feeling with music, cool cocktails and delicious food. Herrmann's beach bar at the Urania is not only a hotspot during the evenings. Drop on by at the weekend for brunch from 10.00 am, accompanied by jazz on Saturdays. The Badeschiff a few steps further down is gleaming again this year after being refurbished. The pool is particularly inviting on hot summer days, the parties below deck are as hot as ever and a beer garden awaits visitors on terra firma. The outdoor area of the nearby Flex Café is also a crowd-puller in summer. On the opposite bank of the Danube Canal Adria Wien is already a long-established meeting place. A new highlight on the Danube Canal is the restaurant Motto am Fluss, in August Tel Aviv Beach opens and offers a cuisine inspired by Israel.

Upstream at the U4 subway station Rossauer Lände is the Summer Stage, which offers a mix of enjoyment, sport and culture as well as a relaxing view of the water. Another good place to relax is the MuseumsQuartier: hanging out in venues under the open sky, chilling out on trendy loungers (colored pink this year, following a public vote), playing boules and listening to the weekend sounds of the DJs on the side - that's modern Viennese gemütlichkeit.

The biggest beach club in the city is "Sand in the City" on Heumarkt. Beneath palm trees and on the finest sand, people come to play volleyball, pump iron at the fitness facilities and refresh themselves afterwards at the food stalls. DJs provide the right atmosphere during the evenings.

Herrmann's beach bar (Strandbar Herrmann)

1., Danube Canal at the Urania
www.strandbar-herrmann.at

Badeschiff

1., Danube Canal between Schwedenbrücke and Urania
www.badeschiff.at

Flex Café

1., Danube Canal / Augartenbrücke
www.flex.at

Adria Wien

2., Danube Canal between Salztorbrücke and Augartenbrücke
www.adriawien.at

Tel Aviv Beach

2., Danube Canal at Schützenhaus
www.tlvbeach.at

Motto am Fluss

1., Franz-Josefs-Kai/Schwedenplatz
www.motto.at/mottoamfluss

MuseumsQuartier

7., Museumsplatz
www.mqw.at

Summer Stage

9., at the U4 subway station Rossauer Lände
www.summerstage.co.at

Sand in the City

3., Lothringerstrasse 22
www.sandinthecity.at