Call us blasphemous, but the Jesuit order is something like God’s varsity team. Maybe this is why the Jesuitenwiese is Vienna’s most popular meadow for playing soccer. These days, the expansive greens host the annual Volksstimme Fest, the almost out-of-date communist party summer event. If boxers hailing from Slovakia, Nicaraguan sandinistas or white-haired Austrian resistance fighters are your cup of tea, look no further—you’ll find them here.

During the wintertime, the artificial hill becomes a perfect snow retreat for novices to romp around in, so be prepared to come across a collection of freezing moms and dads waiting for their children to exhaust their sleds.