- The Vienna Prater deutsche Version An oasis of pleasure Many people regard the Vienna Prater as just another fun-fair. But it's much more than that: it's a Viennese institution, like the coffee houses or the Heuriger (wine taverns). Its landmark, and one of Vienna's too, is the 65 metre high Giant Ferris Wheel. It towers over the 200 booths in the Prater, the ghost train, go-karts and grotto ...www.tourist-net.co.at/w_pr_1e.htm