Comfortable minimalist studio apartment — Everything you need—Nothing you don‘t.
We found the apartment well located (but to be honest our son lives around the corner) with easy access to the city center either by walking or by public transit. And by using the trams, which are ideal for sightseeing, trailheads for hikes in the countryside are easily reached. Our ground floor studio apartment was ideal. Space to hide suitcases, a large modern armoire to hang clothes with two shelves and two large drawers offered all the storage we needed. The queen size bed was very comfortable with two individual duvets and large pillows. [One of us found the pillows comfortable; one didn‘t. So you may want to pack a small pillow.] In the high ceiling studio were three tall windows that offered privacy and light with electric exterior horizontal shades that worked very well for both greater privacy and light needs. The windows could also also swung open for ventilation. We stayed in in mid-March and the the room temperature was comfortable thanks to radiant floor heat. Noise—there really was very little. No noise, that is TV, conversation, doors opening and shutting, etc., whatsoever from other apartments except when I heard someone once overhead perhaps either practicing dance moves or doing yoga. It was brief and only once. With the windows closed it was very quiet in the apartment, except for an occasional loud truck or car going by or the trash getting picked up, once during our stay. We do wonder how it might be however with the windows open on a hot summer night. The exterior wall is quite thick which may help keep the apartment from becoming oppressively hot (and helps abate noise) during the summer months; and thus with the windows closed and a fan running on warm nights it might be cool enough to sleep comfortably. But with the windows open with an apartment on the ground floor cars driving by or passersby it may be difficult for light sleepers. For us in mid-March it was entirely comfortable. Ants — I note this as it has been a subject in other reviews. in the apartment there were three small but very effective ant traps. One in the bathroom and two next to opposite walls, dispatching small ants. For us, they were a minor curiosity. Not unpleasant. We never saw any ants more than a foot from the traps. And not many at that. My advice is not to worry about ants crawling around. They stay close to traps.
Alser Strasse U6 station is a five minute walk, and includes a tram stop. An S Bahn (Rapid Transit Railway) stop is only four stops away on the U6. Easy to get to and from the airport using public transportation. Even easier to get to Neno’s traveling by train to Vienna, especially coming from Germany. Two grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants are very convenient. And the major Vienna hospital, the AKH, is a quick ten minute walk.
The above is intended to give you our honest impression of the studio apartment. In summary, we would stay happily again in this minimalist uncluttered apartment even if our son didn‘t live close by. The price seems fair, the care taken in designing and outfitting the apartment is evident and appreciated. For one or two people this is a very enjoyable place to stay. And having noted above a fellow visitor‘s exercising, there is easily enough room for a yoga mat and light exercising in the studio apartment. We hope to come back again to Neno‘s studio apartment, the sooner the better.