Family trip to Vienna with children. Ideas on where to go with your child

In Vienna, young travelers and their parents will easily find interesting entertainment and amusement centers. There are also suitable city landmarks and museums that will leave families excited. ZOOM Museum is an excellent example of such a place. It’s hard to call it a museum in the conventional sense as there are no classic display windows with exhibitions that cannot be touched. It’s not only permitted, but visitors are encouraged to touch all items and exhibits of this interactive museum. Some halls remind of usual playrooms with special educational programs for small visitors. The museum is targeted at children of different age, so parents with both small kids and school-age children will not be disappointed.

Jungle Theater (Dschungel Vienna) is, perhaps, the most unusual theater that is targeted at young audiences. Children aged 6 months and up to 18 years will be excited to attend this creative place. Entertaining and educational performances take place every day at the theater, and both adult and children actors participate in them. Many plays are very insightful and are useful for parents as well. Travelers, who plan to visit Dschungel Vienna, are better to buy tickets in advance as the theater is very popular and so many want to attend it.

Tiergarten Schönbrunn is a no less interesting place. This zoo is strikingly different from zoos in other parts of the world. It resembles a large amusement park rather than a traditional zoo. There are many relaxation areas between spacious cages with animals. Tiergarten Schönbrunn is one of the oldest zoos in the world as first mentions about it date back to 1570. Guests will see elephants, tigers, hippos, turtles, and many other animals – there are more than 500 species in total. Visitors can make their visit to the zoo even more diversified by attending various amusement areas with superb labyrinths and playgrounds for children of different age. There is even an interesting museum for children, which has a very cute mascot – Poldi ghost. Copyright www.orangesmile.com

All children are in love with sweets and desserts. In Vienna, small sweet tooth will have an opportunity not only to enjoy magnificent Vienna strudel but also learn to cook it. The famous Rezidentz café offers such a service. Several times a week, it hosts special culinary master classes for children. Kids will learn to make the traditional strudel and other signature desserts popular in Vienna. Of course, each masterclass finishes with the degustation of the self-made sweets.

Technical Museum is one more family-friendly place that is, therefore, recommended for a visit. Despite such serious name and sphere, the museum is incredibly popular with travelers with children. It’s a great place to see old models of paragliders and see an ancient locomotive from the inside. Besides that, the museum offers various educational excursions for children, during which they will learn much interesting about modern professions, perform exciting experiments, and participate in scientific adventures.

In Vienna, there is an unusual aquarium called House of the Sea. It’s a fantastic place where visitors will see beautiful fish and sea stars, turtles and jellyfish. There is a tropical zone with rare species of snakes and lizards. House of the Sea is home to creatures that one can hardly see in other aquariums, such as ants and bats.