What kind of entertainment is there for children in Vienna? Family holidays with children in Vienna. Where to go, what to show your child Interesting sights of winter Vienna
Vienna is an incredibly beautiful, spacious and bright city; Moreover, it is as comfortable as possible for relaxing with children, small and not so young.
And yet, my attitude towards Vienna is twofold. At first, it delights with its imperial grandeur, architecture, cultural potential, purity and correctness of forms. But sometimes it just infuriates you when, in contrast to a beautiful picture, you make your way through homeless people at the station, you are faced with dirt, inappropriate behavior of “aliens” children on the playgrounds (of which there are very, very many), the archaic nature of some services and payment systems, an idiotic non-obvious parking system, inhospitability, manic Ordnung über alles, nightclubs from the last century, snobbery. It is not for nothing that the Austrian public at one time coldly received The Marriage of Figaro, no matter how hard Mozart tried to shift the emphasis and not too much attack the aristocracy. In general, this is how Vienna has remained: committed to the principles and not tolerating criticism.
However, these episodes, this contrast in no way detract from the advantages of Vienna and its attractiveness for travelers of any age.
We visited here for the first time on the road from Copenhagen to Ulaanbaatar. Now we often come here from Bratislava.
Logistics and children
If you go only to Vienna and nowhere else from afar, I would choose a plane (if funds allow); You absolutely don't need a car to get around the city. Moreover, you can break your brain trying to understand the hundred-story abbreviations in German under the parking sign. But even if there are no abbreviations, the markings are white and there is a simple good parking sign - this never means that you don’t need to pay. The fact that to park you have to go to a tobacconist, buy a ticket for an hour and put it under glass is not written on any fence, by the way. So if you still travel by car, park at the hotel and walk. You will save a lot of nerves and money. Or read all about parking in advance and download the payment program. City transport is convenient, metro stops are located close to each other, there are all conditions for strollers, it’s hard to find fault.
Elevators and escalators are everywhere; in extreme cases, there is always somewhere to temporarily stash the stroller (for example, when we walked up to St. Stephen’s Cathedral or rode horses, they offered us places to store strollers). For such cases, I had a kangaroo with me for our youngest (he was 8 months old at the time of his first visit to Vienna). Even in museums or old buildings, where by default there is no elevator for visitors, wheelchair users are taken aside and transported in a service elevator.
My husband is an impatient creature, and therefore searching for an elevator for more than 20 seconds is an impossible task for him. So he often cheerfully ran up the steps with a stroller in his arms, but, in all honesty, not everyone in Vienna can boast of such experience. There are ramps and elevators, and there are many of them.
Of the hotels, I can only recommend Hotel Capri *** (http://www.dascapri.at/), although my review dates back to 2012 and may not be current. The hotel itself is located near the center in a quiet area, there are large two-room rooms, a good breakfast, the Prater is within walking distance. We didn't need anything else. Now I would probably prefer an apartment near the metro.
What to see in Vienna with children
I won’t reinvent the wheel by saying that in Vienna you can come up with an interesting and varied program for the whole family, depending on preferences and weather. We saw only a small fraction of everything, so I don’t pretend to be an all-encompassing program. There are a lot of guides and information on the Internet. I will briefly summarize here what is on the list of my personal preferences at the moment.
- Of course, the Cathedral of St. Stephansdom – look, go inside, climb the observation tower
- You can walk around the city and admire it endlessly. However, if the children get tired of walking for a long time (as in our case), it’s great to ride horses in the center (the eldest was delighted) or take a tourist bus (it will be educational)
- Prater Amusement Park (http://www.prater.at/) - there are quite a lot of unusual attractions for every taste and age, although they are already a little tired. What I don’t like about Prater is that payment is charged for each attraction separately, sometimes an adult is forced to go along with a child, which as a result results in a decent amount of waste. Well, running after these tickets is no good. I am more impressed by amusement parks with a fixed fee, and for little ones I generally recommend Family Park (https://www.familypark.at/), but it is located a little far from the city
- In the Prater you can not only go on rides or stroll in the adjacent park area, but also look into the Windobona wind tunnel. I liked it better than Hurricane Factory in the Tatras; larger diameter and flow power. In my opinion, this is the most interesting point of the Prater, but you need to make an appointment in advance
- Albertina (http://www.albertina.at/) - sounds boring, but my eldest daughter was 4.5 years old at the time of her first visit and she was really interested in seeing paintings by Picasso, Matisse, Monet, Degas in the art gallery, and also look at the museum with the royal chambers. True, she treated fine art with disdain and proudly said: “I can do that too.” For my next visit, I would like to take the family program, because walking through an art gallery with children in itself is pleasing to the eye, but the value it adds is very basic
- There is a beautiful park near Albertina; There are a lot of parks and squares in Vienna. The cafe at Albertina is also very good, they have demel sweets and other food. There you can perfectly replenish your energy balance after exercise with art.
- Again, not far from the Albertina is the Butterfly House. It is quite small and can be overloaded with people. Butterflies sometimes hide, and you can’t always see the most beautiful ones. However, my children are delighted and often ask to look there. At the end of the exhibition they offer to watch a film about the life of an insect; our little one, a lover of beetles and cockroaches, is always interested
- Spanish riding school - if you guess the time, you can see a spectacular equestrian performance. At other times they play a movie on the big screen, which generally looks a bit boring
- The Imperial Treasury is very interesting for adults and not very young children (at about the age when they are at least able to understand what the crown of the Holy Roman Empire is). The exposition is not too big, so even kids who are not too interested can endure it
- Museum Quarter - you can hang out there for a long time. The most famous part of the complex is the Leopold Museum, where works by Klimt and Egon Schiele are exhibited. A very intimate and multidimensional space, you need to spend time there with feeling, sense, and arrangement. There is nothing special for children to do there if there is no person in the family who can competently guide them into the world of art. It’s better to leave your IT husband at home or in the natural history museum. I dragged Vovka there once and now he, poor fellow, bypasses this place on the tenth road. For children, there is a Children's Museum in this quarter; there are various thematic exhibitions, master classes and other interesting things. The Museum Quarter hosts various events, exhibitions, and there is also a young theater. It’s also interesting to just walk there
- When it's raining and gloomy, you can get stuck in the history and natural history museum for the whole day (http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/); very exciting for children and adults. We visited there several times during bad weather (Bratislava cannot boast of such voluminous buildings, except for shopping complexes). The museum is large, and if you go thoughtfully, one day is not enough. The difficulty of visiting is that the interests of our children here are divided: the youngest is terrified of roaring dinosaurs and is drawn to beetles, while the older one has the exact opposite situation. So for the first time we walked in different directions. You can’t take food there, but there is a restaurant there where the food is quite decent for a snack (this is not Holland). The only part I don't like is the one with the stuffed animals, I'm completely disgusted by it. Interesting parts about space, dinosaurs, fish, primitive man, beetles and insects
- The House of Music is another place where everyone will be interested. There you can learn how the ear hears, how sound is formed, what sounds we hear and what we don’t, see different musical instruments, interactive installations, and even try conducting the Vienna Orchestra. The children and I spent at least two hours there. The only big drawback is that a lot of interesting information is presented only in German, which does not make it easier to understand.
- The Mozart House is the house where Mozart lived at the peak of his career. To be honest, Mozart's house in Salzburg would be more interesting. For adults, it is educational to walk around the Vienna House with an audio guide and listen to interesting information. They provide a separate audio guide for children, but the eldest (9 years old), with all her love for Mozart, became sad after 10 minutes and stopped listening. The information is presented a little mournfully and, most importantly, there is nothing for the child’s eye to dwell on: notes, letters, paintings are hung on the walls, as the little one likes to say - boring. A little further on, interesting things appear (a separate room is dedicated to the Queen of the Night), but by this time the children manage to get bored. In general, the place is not for everyone. From our family, only I was interested in listening to everything from beginning to end, and then I had to retell it to everyone. As for me, for such an outstanding personality as Mozart, it would be possible to organize the presentation of information in a form more digestible for children and IT specialists
- Zoo Schonbrunn (https://www.zoovienna.at). If children want to go to the zoo, we go here, because in Bratislava the zoo is poorly organized. For a while we used the annual subscription, but then we all got tired of it and stopped visiting. The zoo itself is very cool, but with parking there are a lot of interrogative interjections
- Next to the zoo is the castle of the same name and the royal gardens (http://www.schoenbrunn.at/en.html) - very beautiful. There are various interesting events for children with dressing rooms and excursions, but you need to find out the time in advance. You can, of course, try to explore the castle, the gardens, and the zoo with your children in one day, if the children are hardy samurai. Ours are not like that; they whine, get tired, want to eat, so we take breaks. After the zoo, all they want is ice cream and a playground, so combining everything in one sitting is very stressful and I’m not sure if it’s justified. Please note that the castle must hand over backpacks at the entrance, even if they are very small. But with a bag it’s possible, even if it’s bigger than a backpack :) We even tried to argue with the guard once, but it was useless. Rules
- Not far from Schönbrunn is the Technical Museum of Vienna - a permanent exhibition dedicated to the history of technological development in Austria. There are a huge number of exhibits - steam locomotives, airplanes, printing presses, steel mills, musical instruments, light bulbs, carriages and much, much more. There is quite a lot of information, translation into English almost everywhere, there are audio guides, films, a library, an archive. There are different demonstrations or presentations at different times, you can check their website. I suspect that taking an excursion is interesting, since parents do not always have the erudition to answer all the questions that arise :). There are not very many interactive exhibits, mostly all are located in the “children’s” section. Although adults are also interested in learning a lot there (for example, what an ideal track should look like in cross-section). However, in other departments you will be able to climb into a steam locomotive, get close to a blast furnace, and run around in a wheel. However, for the most part, it should be remembered that this is more of a museum of the history of technology than a museum of science, so you won’t be able to pick apart the circuit board in the world’s first computer or ring a ship’s bell, you can only watch and control yourself (for little boys, this is unbearable torture) . Science workshops are periodically held for children of different age groups, but mostly in German. The museum is large, you could easily spend a couple of hours there. It is better to take food with you (you are allowed to bring it inside, moreover, there are picnic areas). There is a cafe, but it cannot cope with the flow of visitors.
- Aquarium (house of the sea) – if it’s rainy and there’s nothing to do, you can visit it. It's good and educational. But if you’ve been to large aquariums and oceanariums like Valencia, then it’s not worth wasting your time. But from the top floor there is an excellent panorama of Vienna
- Observation deck on Mount Kahlenberg
If you have a car and time, you can go to the suburbs, it’s very picturesque and there are a lot of options. We were in Baden, it's a cute resort town. We visited the Rose Garden in Doblehof Park; very beautiful, quiet and peaceful (http://rosentage.baden.at/location/index.html)
In our case, since we come to Baden to visit friends, we have a unique program: a slide for hang gliders in the Hohe Wand park http://www.naturpark-hohewand.at, as well as a sports airfield for airplanes. But I won’t bore you :)
About a snack
Eating delicious food in Vienna is not a problem. The cuisine is good, and with Google or Tripadvisor you won’t die of hunger. You can also almost always find something for children that they will eat. Ours are almost omnivores, so there is no big problem. The problem arises at various Christmas markets and similar events, where fast food and woeful cries of “buy something” reign. Half my life ago, European Christmas markets seemed like a fairy tale to me. Now the mere mention makes me shiver and we try to bypass these places along the ring road. And in general, I believe that these days the best Christmas markets in Europe are held in Lviv.
Returning to Vienna. If it’s difficult to feed you, I recommend the Vapiano format, it has a universal assortment (pasta, pizza, soups, salads, risotto, etc.). The food is always fresh, the service is prompt (you just need to figure out their tricky system for ordering dishes using cards). In restaurants, portions are usually very large, children cannot cope. Even ice cream, it turns out, can be too much!
Vienna certainly deserves closer attention and some arthouse photos. But I can’t manage to escape here alone :)
Anything to add? Write! More . And about interesting places between Vienna and Bratislava -.
We are going to Vienna for the autumn holidays with children aged 7 and 12. I read ALL the reviews and yours turned out to be the most informative about children. A few more clarifying questions. Where would you recommend to eat with a child and, if it doesn’t make it difficult to name the main dishes in German, I will simply show you in restaurant, because I don’t know the language at all. In principle, I understood everything about the excursions, but if you add anything else or advise, I will be grateful.
I highly recommend taking your children to the “attraction” at the zoo called “Koala Weighing and Feeding.” The attendant enters the pavilion and, in the process of feeding and weighing, “communicates” with the animals... The employee on this side of the glass comments, however, in German, which, as I understand, is not very convenient for you. But, in principle, everything will be clear. Not only our 13-year-old son, but also my husband and I had a lot of fun.
There was an announcement about the start time of feeding in the pavilion. So we walked around some more and returned at the indicated hour.
By the way, the presence of such “pavilions” (crocodiles and pandas, for example, are also memorable) and “galleries for visitors”, from where you can watch animals (say, tigers), allows you to “warm up” if suddenly you are “unlucky” with the weather.
It seems that some animals are also allowed to see visitors. We saw children in the pen of domestic goats, for example.
Good luck!
"Koala Weighing and Feeding" is amazing!! Please also note that this is part of the daily program - at the entrance they give out a program in which there is a schedule for the whole day - from what I remember chronologically (feeding elephants, feeding and performance with fur seals/lions, feeding koalas, etc.) - that is, in Throughout the day, masses of children swim from place to place. Everything was done very well
Natali_ thank you very much, a very useful link. I’ll print it out and at the restaurant, at least I’ll get my bearings.
Unfortunately, I have basic English. But my children study in a German school, so we’ll test their knowledge.
Is there any amusement park in VIENNA?
We also have a trip to Salzburg and Graz as part of our tour program. Have you been there?
We also saw hippos feeding. And the remains of the tigers' meal. (Close to the glass. And I won’t say it’s very appetizing... The menu could be “identified” in the traditional way used when buying a rabbit carcass at the market.)
We traveled to Austria on our own. Review here
https://www.otzyv.ru/read.php?let=25692&v=280907100146&p=0
We did not visit the amusement park in Vienna. It seemed to us that one day was not enough for Salzburg; we didn’t even have time to see what we had planned.
Just in case - a link to a cheat sheet on Austria - if you haven’t seen it yet (+ see Talyusha’s additions during the discussion):
http://www.otzyv.ru/article.php?id=1354
Copied from the Vienna Zoo website, section "WAS - WO - WANN" (http://www.zoovienna.at/):
An den folgenden Terminen und Treffpunkten erzählen Mitarbeiter des Tiergartens täglich, live und gratis über Tiere und Pflanzen, über Forschungsprojekte und über den technischen und organisatorischen Einsatz hinter den Kulissen (nur das Tropengewitter im Regenwaldhaus bleibt quasi sich selbst überlassen):
10.00 Uhr Orang-Utans
10.00 Uhr Afrikanische Elefanten
10.30 Uhr Mähnenrobben
11.00 Uhr Felsen- und Königspinguine
11.00 Uhr Timberwölfe (außer Mittwoch und Samstag)
11.15 Uhr Insektarium: Über die Welt der Schrecken
11.30 Uhr Schmutzgeier (nur Sonntag)
11.45 Uhr Humboldtpinguine
13.30 Uhr Aquarienhaus: Piranhas (nur Montag)
14.00 Uhr Regenwaldhaus: Schützenfische/Reisterrasse
14.00 Uhr Jaguare / Sibirische Tiger (außer Mittwoch und Samstag)
14.15 Uhr Regenwaldhaus: Tropengewitter
14.30 Uhr Große Pandas
14.30 Uhr Orang-Utans
15.00 Uhr Afrikanische Elefanten
15.00 Uhr Geparde (Montag, Mittwoch und Sonntag)
15.30 Uhr Mähnenrobben
16.00 Uhr Koalas
Any tavern will serve broth with crackers and schnitzel with potatoes. Spine gnawers eat without fail. Pork knuckle, tongue salad, and beef soup also went well. There are many Italian, Japanese and other cafes. I speak German at the 3rd grade school level, but I always found an English translation in the menu or was somehow determined. No problems. And there are plenty of fast food places (to grab a bite), especially in the center. It happened that ham, bread and milk were bought and the child was fed hand-fed in the room.
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Polina, your topic should be renamed so that from the title it would be clear to any reader that we are talking about holidays with children in Vienna. Otherwise, the information collected here will be lost in the sand for future travelers. If there are no objections, write to the moderator yourself.
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Unfortunately, it is not clear from your question: 1) how much free time you will have; 2) who are you (boys/girls?), what interests them; 3) finally, how focused are you on the “children’s” program only; Do you, adults, have any special interests? Check out more museums here, maybe you’ll pick something up:
http://www.wien.info/article.asp?IDArticle=10137&sub="E:%20Die%20Wien-Karte"
Not only this page is interesting - with museums. Lots of other useful information.
The Russian version, as often happens, is poorer. Sometimes the translation is "not very good". But for some, this is also “bread”; especially if there is a problem with paper guidebooks.
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Well, don’t be shy, ask for the menu in English. In restaurants in Vienna, we specifically asked for English for our son, so that he could choose his own food and practice (he only speaks English). It’s not a fact that it will be in stock, but “they don’t take money for demand”...
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I understand that this is a joke. But still... I wouldn't pedal too hard. Austrian German is...
Natali_ I posted our program, take a look, maybe you can tell me something. The children are 7 and 12 years old (girls, they study at a music school, that’s why they chose VIENNA). I, personally, will be interested in everything that is interesting for children. This is our first time We’re going to Europe (Bulgaria doesn’t count), before that the children and I were in Bulgaria, Egypt, Turkey and China (an unforgettable trip). So we saw the East in all its glory, now Europe.
Tour program.
Included in price
Austrian Airlines airline tickets
transfer Vienna airport – hotel – Vienna airport
hotel accommodation in Vienna (7 nights), buffet breakfast;
walking tour with a visit to the Vienna Opera building
walking tour with visit to Schoenbrunn Castle
Vienna Woods, Heiligenkreuz & Baden
day trip to Salzburg including sightseeing walking tour of the city
one-day excursion to Graz, including a sightseeing walking tour of the city
Hotel accommodation
Mercure Wien Westbahnhof ****
Excursions are included in the price
Description of excursions
Monday morning.
Sightseeing tour of the very center of the capital: St. Stephen's Cathedral - Stefansdom, the main streets of the capital Graben and Kärtner, visit to the Vienna Opera House.
Monday day
Sightseeing tour of the historical sights of Vienna: Schoenbrunn and Belvedere castles, Hofburg Palace, Ringstrasse, Parliament, Burgtheater, University, Votivkirche cathedral, Ferris wheel at the Prater.
Tuesday
Excursion through the Vienna Woods. You will see the southern and most beautiful part of the Vienna Woods. After visiting the town of Baden near Vienna, the excursion continues through the Helenental valley, to Maerling Castle, which is famous for the tragic death of the heir to the throne, Prince Rudolf, and his beloved Baroness Maria Vetsera. The tour ends with a visit to the Heiligenkreuz monastery, as well as wine tasting in a small village near Baden.
Thursday
Visit to Salzburg. Moving by railway. The sightseeing tour will introduce you to the most interesting historical places of the city, such as the house where Mozart was born, Mirabell Park, Cathedral Square.
Friday
Visit to the city of Graz, the capital of Styria, with a population of 250 thousand people. It is the second largest city in Austria. The ancient gates of the city, one of the oldest in Europe, were recognized as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO in 1999. You will be delighted by the view of the clock tower, which is called the “jewel in the crown of the city”, and from which you can look back on the entire 850-year history of Graz, a city famous for its collection of courtyards with arcades, spiral staircases, churches, Mediterranean scenes in the squares there is a whole world of impressions that will make you come back here again.
1) Polina, I would first find out which company will act as your “host” and from this point of view look at the reviews on this site. It is important to know about the possible “shoals” of the tour in order to, if not correct, then at least somehow smooth them out, or at least to prepare mentally. So, judging by the program, the excursions on Monday promise to be very “sightseeing”. In addition, you will agree that it will be a shame to come to Salzburg (see round trip travel times, for example here https://www.otzyv.ru/read.php?let=13658... and not get into the fortress. Especially if your children have never seen castle fortresses in Europe before. It seems that your tour includes just such an option.
2) As a result, some “backup” options are needed, well, at least in Vienna itself. It’s better to prepare them at home, so that at any moment you can “break away” from the group and go where you “need” or want. There could be any reasons - you didn’t like the guide, the route proposal is not designed for children, the weather has turned bad (not summer, however), the child is tired and capricious (all sightseeing tours are on foot in the program), but you never know... No need to be afraid, Vienna It’s quite a “simple” city for a tourist and quite a civilized city; you won’t be lost even without knowing German. And for self-confidence, study the map at home, determine where the hotel is located, where are the museums and attractions that interest you, how to get there, etc.
4) Shopping. Give your princesses the opportunity to buy Christmas tree decorations in Vienna. And a souvenir as a keepsake, and a lot of pleasure from the process...
Natali_ thank you very much! If all tourism managers treated their tourists the way you do, I think people would travel more for excursion purposes, and not just a beach holiday (I draw this conclusion from my friends, wealthy and not so). Even my husband is somehow skeptical relates to our trip and kept suggesting that we change our plans to beach countries. Still, people are more afraid of wasting money in Europe than on the beach.
Even to take Disneyland (we really want to go there), but VERY many of my friends went and spat on them. And naturally (with the best intentions) they dissuade me. But I answer, you were there, but we weren’t!
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Well, I have nothing to do with the travel business... I just read this resource for a couple of years before traveling (we travel independently, but organized tours don’t suit us), and I found a lot of useful information. So why not help someone else in turn?
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Internet + a certain amount of desire and free time = and “in vain” it definitely won’t work. Regardless of how one or another person understands what “wasted” is. (To some, “Munich without beer is a waste of money,” to others, “Vienna without an opera is a failed trip”...)
Write a review when you return. Good luck!
If it is already open (starts 6 weeks before Christmas) and the weather is not too bad, be sure to visit (in the evening, it’s more spectacular) the pre-Christmas market near the town hall (Rathause). To complete the experience, buy a caramel apple for the children and a mug of mulled wine for yourself)). Nord See chain of fish restaurants in ViennaVery fast, tasty, you can sit at a table to eat, you can take it with you
Next to your hotel in a side street there is a very cozy Russian restaurant (I think it’s called Vladimir. Russian and Austrian cuisine.
Appolosha, "you are confused in the testimony."
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If you are vacationing in Vienna with children, then your children should not be bored at all, because Vienna is one of the most interesting cities in the world for children.
There is a lot of entertainment for children in Vienna. I will be happy to create an individual excursion program for your holiday with children.
Where to go with a child in Vienna? To the Prater park. This is the best place to stay in Vienna in the summer.
The Prater Park is a special attraction in Vienna and is very popular with children. For centuries this was the hunting ground of the House of Habsburg. In the 18th century, the Prater was opened to the general public. In the Prater, you can take your children on the Riesenrad Ferris wheel or visit Madame Tussauds, as well as see more than 250 attractions for children and adults. At Madame Tussauds Wien, your children will be delighted with the figures depicting Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Sissi, Mozart, Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie, etc. There are so many attractions in Vienna that both children and adults will find something interesting in Vienna !
If you choose a vacation in Vienna with a guide, then in your children's tour of Vienna I include a visit to the children's museum of Schoenbrunn Palace (Kinder museum Schoenbrunn). All kings and emperors were children when they were children, and your children will be able to learn about the life of the children of Empress Maria Theresa. For example, about how they disliked the court dentist (like all children in the world), how many foreign languages they knew, how their day went and why they didn’t have long holidays. Children are always especially delighted by trying on wigs and costumes of a prince or princess from the Baroque era. They will be able to play in this museum, set the table for the imperial banquet, etc.
A Vienna excursion for children may include the Sea House in Vienna (Haus des Meeres). It is located in an air defense tower dating back to the Second World War. Aquariums, a huge number of fish, amphibians, sharks... The House of the Sea in Vienna will not leave you or your children indifferent!
In the Butterfly House (SchmetterlingHaus) you can see amazingly beautiful butterflies of various species and from different regions. Next to the Butterfly House is a children's favorite museum - the Museum of Natural History (Natur Historisches Museum). Stuffed animals, minerals, meteorites, collection of skulls and much more
Children's Museum ZOOM in the Museums Quartier is a museum for children of all ages. Everything is allowed here - playing, touching, asking, creating and learning, in short, everything that is so interesting to your children!
Finally, you can ride in fiacres around Vienna or attend performances at the Spanish Riding School (Spanische hofreitschule), where your children will watch with rapt attention the most complex tricks performed by snow-white Lipizzaner stallions. Or you can just come with your children to Stallburg, where there are stables where Lipizzaner stallions live.
Entrust your holiday with children in Vienna to a professional tour guide in Vienna and then it will be informative and interesting!
I’ll take a little break from the story about the trip and write a thematic note.
I was asked several times: “Where to go with a child in Vienna?” Well, it depends on the age of the child and the time of year you will be in Vienna.
I’ll tell you about the places that we visited with a 12-year-old child in February, and the child was very pleased.
Music Museum
Different areas where you can stick your head in and “plunge” into the sounds of different places on the planet. For example, Broadway, Paris, Times Square, etc.
And also many, many other interesting exhibits.
Music Museum on the map:
Museum of Music. Vein. (photo from Google Maps)
Zoo in Schönbrunn
Of course, the zoo is the place to visit with your child. And it doesn’t matter how old this child is: 5 or 50.
Skating rink near the town hall
In winter, there is an ice skating rink near the Town Hall. Oh, it's not just a skating rink, it's a system of several skating rinks that are connected by paths on which you can skate. This is the first time I've seen something like this. If you know how to ride or just want to try it, this is the place for you!
Near the skating rink there is everything you need - places to relax and food.
Skating rink on the map:
Town Hall. (photo from Google Maps)
Vienna Opera
How can you visit Vienna and not go to the Vienna Opera? Highly recommend. The level of performance is very high. In my opinion, higher than at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg.
We went to the opera The Barber of Seville, Rossini (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA). Everyone, including the child, really liked the opera. Famous arias performed beautifully, funny scenes, and subtitles in English - this is what you need.
The inside of the opera building is interesting in itself. It's nice to take a walk in it during intermission. At the same time, it’s not at all crowded, and service happens at a run (literally).
If you want to choose good seats, then you should buy tickets in advance, at least a month in advance. At the same time, a ticket for a child to any seat (even in front of the stage) costs only 15 euros! For an adult - from 115 to 260 euros. But this also depends on the opera itself. There is cheap standing room in the gallery and at the end of the hall. You can select seats and buy tickets on the opera’s website online.
Vienna Opera on the map:
Baths in Vienna and Baden
Baths in Vienna on the map:
About baths in Baden I wrote in one of the . Here are a few photos from a video camera:
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We're done with the main places.
Then it all depends on your preferences. You can visit the Museum of Art History, where works by the world's most famous artists such as Rembrant, Raphael, Titian, Veronese, Rubens, Van Dyck and many other artists are exhibited. You can visit the Belvedere, where Gustav Klimt’s most famous work, “The Kiss,” is exhibited and walk (and for children, run) around the park of the palace complex. You can visit where you can get acquainted with the life of the family of the last Emperor of Austria, Franz Joseph I, and visit the treasury. There are many more different places. If that's not enough for you, then search the Internet.
If you are interested in children's clothing, you can go to the Haus Des Kindes store in the center of Vienna (see below).
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Museum of Art History
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Museum of Art History. Vein. (photo from Google Maps)
The former winter residence of the Austrian kings is located next to the Kunsthistorisches Museum. I wrote about her in one of the
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If we are not talking about a beach holiday, but about walking around the city, Vienna is the ideal city to try your hand at. Of course, you shouldn’t do what we did and go here in winter. The city has very strong winds and frequent rains. It is better to travel to Vienna in late spring or early autumn.
In winter in Vienna it is cold, windy and snowing. However, the city remains very beautiful and convenient for traveling with children.
Here are the reasons why this trip will be easy and enjoyable even for those who are afraid to take babies on board (and even for those who are not afraid of the cold and come to Vienna in winter):
What to do with yourself and your children in Vienna if you have arrived for a few days?
- On a clear day, take the bus up to Mount Leopoldsberg, admire the magnificent views, and then walk down one of the trails. If you are planning this hike with a small child, do not take a stroller with you up the mountain; it will be more convenient to carry your baby in a backpack.
- Visit the Vienna Opera for just 3 euros. Very young children should not go to the opera, but if the child is already 8-10 years old and is interested in music, queuing for tickets will be a separate adventure for him. You need to arrive 1.5 hours before the start of the performance, and buy tickets at the box office marked “Standing zone” (to the left of the main entrance). The line goes very quickly, there are enough tickets for everyone. If you survive the first act, in the second you will sit in comfortable seats, since many cannot stand a long performance. You will kill two birds with one stone: see the interior of the opera and a good performance.
Vienna Opera, 15 minutes before the start of the operetta Die Fledermaus. - In bad weather, visit the museums. Vienna has many wonderful art galleries where children are always welcome (Albertina, Leopold, Mumok and others).
The Albertina art gallery features impressionists, post-impressionists and a very comfortable changing room. Of course, there are elevators too.
Some museums even allow kids to run around, such as the Jewish Museum.The Technical Museum of Vienna is a real paradise for children of any age and parents who are passionate about technology. Here you can press buttons to your heart's content, study physics, jump in the children's room and ride miniature electric cars.
Parking for strollers at the Technical Museum. You can get to any floor by elevator with a stroller. Parking is available for those who do not want to use a stroller in the museum.
Seryozhka looked, touched, and pressed buttons in the technical museum. - Take a walk around the grounds of the Vienna University of Economics. This is a new complex of colorful buildings built by the Zaha Hadid Architectural Bureau. It’s fun to run around here, take pictures against the backdrop of various unusual walls, and there’s a great children’s playground nearby. You can eat in the student canteen Mensa (closed during student holidays).
And nearby there is another children's playground. - In good weather, see the Wagner Villas and take a walk in the Vienna Woods, which begins right behind the villas.
Villa Wagner. The forest begins right behind it.
This is what the forest looks like in winter.
It is more convenient to walk through the mountains and forests with a backpack, without a stroller. - The old building of the University of Vienna is one of the main attractions of the city. Go inside and wander along the corridors. Buy excellent bean coffee from the machine - for only 1 euro (perhaps this is the cheapest and most delicious coffee in the city). Near the university there is a beautiful park and playground.
- Walk through the Vienna Cemetery. In the warm season it is very green and beautiful there. An ideal place for walking with a stroller. In the cemetery you will find the graves of almost all famous composers - Brahms, Strauss, Beethoven are all buried here.
- Just walk around the city, look into the Gothic cathedrals, see the fountains and admire the architecture, see the buildings of Hundertwasser.
The houses built by Hundertwasser look like playgrounds. Children enjoy playing hide and seek and chase in the courtyards. - If your child's legs can reach the pedals of an adult bicycle, register at one of the city bicycle racks (registration costs 1 euro) and ride around the city (the first hour is free).
- Spend a rainy day at the House of Music. This is a wonderful interactive museum where time flies.
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