Thursday, April 12, 2012

Where to do laundry in Vienna

We are currently in Vienna. It is Saturday and we need to do laundry on Monday. Does anyone know where we can go for self service or full service?




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der ist a new Laundrette / Münzwaschalon





opened in the 05th District, Margeterenplatz





easy to reach with Bus 59A, 14A, 13A, 12 A and U4




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Do you know the address or is the the address or phone number? Thanks!




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Margaretenplatz, 5th district (dont remember the number) is the address and since it is a very small place you cannot miss it it has a total blue window ;)






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We followed these directions and found a laundry drop Putzerei at the corner of Margarentenstrasse and Kettenbruckengasse. The cost was 11 euro per load and a load was big enough to accomodate a week%26#39;s worth of clothes for 2 people. This is a convenient location for those near the southern city center and only a 10-15 minute walk from the Opernring. Very close to Nash-market to grab a bite to eat on the way back into the city.




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This issue has interested me now for some time: the lack of places to do laundry on your own while traveling in Austria.





While there are a few places in large cities, the addresses of which are traded on the internet as %26#39;%26#39;finds%26#39;%26#39;, a %26#39;%26#39;regular%26#39;%26#39; laundromat is virtually unknown throughout the country. I have posed this question to many in the tourist industry and not yet had the feeling that it was considered something important. Even larger, very modern and otherwise very well equipped %26#39;%26#39;Pensionen%26#39;%26#39; do not provide a laundry service. I tried to plant the thought in a few innkeepers heads as a point of differentiation. A washer and dryer for guest use could quickly pay for itself, or set the establishment apart from others. We%26#39;ll see.



Even a so called %26quot;Schnellwäscherei%26quot; in larger towns and cities at best proposes a two day turn-around, with three days the norm. Not good enough, I say.





No idea how the Austrian travels - perhaps stays with family or only uses longer term %26#39;%26#39;Ferienwohnungen%26#39;%26#39; (apartments), where a washer/dryer may be available?





A thought for Tripadvisor: start a list of Austrian laundromats and one-day turnaround laundry services by city. Most of us from North America would welcome this.

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