4 April 2022

Rooftop bar 'Istros' with 360 panoramic view over Vienna at the first Radisson RED hotel which opened in German-speaking countries is the city's latest hotspot

After around two years of construction time (started in March 2020), the building of the first Radisson RED hotel in German-speaking countries opened recently in a hip area of Vienna at the sidearm of the Danube, the Danube Canal. The location close to the city center has traffic advantages like comfortable bicycle roads to the Vienna Prater for example or the subway station nearby. "Vienna with all its history, music and art is the perfect city for the debut of our Radisson RED brand in the German-speaking market," is Yilmaz Yildirilmar, Area Senior Vice President Central & Eastern Europe at Radisson Hotel Group, cited at the press release.

The lifestyle hotel with 179 rooms is focused on the needs of a diverse clientele from business travelers respectively remote workers to holiday guests. At the ground floor is the heart of the hotel where meeting rooms, co-working spaces, a lounge and a restaurant are architecturally interwoven at the 'Sarai'. Radisson RED Vienna's 'Sarai' references the Silk Road and the cultures along the trade route where people met from all over the world. The restaurant's dishes are developed from culinary traditions from East Asia, India, the Middle East and Europe. The Sarai opens to the inner courtyard where murals by Viennese artist David Leitner reflect the urban surrounding.

The name of the rooftop bar 'Istros' references the old name of the Danube in the region of an ancient Greek colony at the Danube near the Black Sea and the mythological Greek river god of the Danube. The lighthouse-like 360 panoramic view from the bar is already praised in Austrian gastronomy and culinary magazines like Gastro.News or Gault Millau as the new hotspot in Vienna.

Image: View from the terrace of the rooftop bar 'Istros' at the new Radisson RED Vienna, located at the Danube Canal, Obere Donaustrasse 61 in the 2nd district of Vienna. Photo: © Christoph Schubert.