After work
Eight cities where the mountain starts at the stop around the corner. No car, no day off, just a ticket and the right jacket.
All eight by train, bus or cable car
Vertical metres after work
Measured from the city to the top. Tap your city.
Innsbruck · Austria
Old town below, rock and snow above. No other city on this list gets you more vertical metres.
How to get there
Funicular from the Congress, then two cable cars up to the Hafelekar.
Salzburg · Austria
Salzburg's local mountain. The massif sits right on the border with Bavaria.
How to get there
City bus to St. Leonhard, then up with the Untersberg cable car.
Freiburg · Germany
The highest point in the city. On clear days you can see as far as the Alps.
How to get there
Tram to Günterstal, bus to the valley station, then the Schauinsland cable car.
Bolzano · Italy
Up top a little railway crosses the plateau, with the Dolomites opposite.
How to get there
Cable car from Bolzano to Soprabolzano, then on with the Renon railway.
Lugano · Switzerland
A summit right above the lake, almost in the middle of the city.
How to get there
Funicular from Paradiso, on the lakeshore.
Zurich · Switzerland
Zurich's local mountain. In winter people go sledging here with a view over the city.
How to get there
S10 suburban train from the main station to the end of the line.
Bern · Switzerland
From the top you look over the city to the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau.
How to get there
Tram 9 to Wabern, then up with the Gurten funicular.
Vienna · Austria
Vineyards on the slope, and at the top a view over the whole city and the Danube.
How to get there
U4 to Heiligenstadt, then bus 38A to the top.
From the office to the mountain
What looks good in the meeting and doesn't freeze at the summit.
More advice: City backpack guide · Winter boot guide
