Top 10 experiences for families Highlights for families in Linz

Pöstlingberg Adventure World

A ride on the Pöstlingbergbahn up Linz's local mountain is an experience for the whole family. From the mountain tramway station, it's only a few minutes to the pilgrimage basilica and the viewing platform. From here, you can enjoy a wonderful view of Linz and the Danube.

A special highlight for both young and old is the Grottenbahn – Linz's realm of dwarves and fairy tales. (Please note the opening hours and the days the Grottenbahn is closed)

Fancy having a look round Linz's zoo? Around 600 exotic and native animals of approx. 110 species will captivate both children and adults on the site of almost 4 hectares on Pöstlingberg.

Grottenbahn | Zoo | Pöstlingberg tram

A girl eating an ice cream cone stands next to a boy looking out over a cityscape from a high vantage point through large binoculars on a clear day.

Discover Linz

A group of people wearing helmets ride Segways along a riverside path on a sunny day, with buildings, a bridge and blue sky in the background.

Get to know Linz! Explore the European Capital of Culture 2009 and UNESCO City of Media Arts and its history on the Linz City Walking Tour, a daily tour of the city centre.

City Walking Tour

On a Segway tour, you roll through the city. Almost silent, and with no effort required. You seem to hover through Linz. For children weighing 45 kg or more, accompanied by adults.

Segway tours

Experience the Danube

A harbor tour shows the interplay of culture and nature in Linz. The ship "MS Linzerin" of the shipping company Wurm+Noé sets off from the landing stage below the Lentos Art Museum Linz on a round trip down the Danube and offers exciting perspectives of the graffiti gallery Mural Harbor.

The 45-minute cruise starts at Linz's cultural mile. With views of the Ars Electronica Center, the Lentos Art Museum, forum metall in the Danube Park and the Brucknerhaus, the journey continues downstream. The highlight of the tour is the entrance to Linz's commercial harbor. For some years now, colorful graffiti by international artists has adorned the walls of the industrial buildings here. You get a great view of the works of art from the ship. The MS Linzerin turns here for the return journey. On board the ship, the staff will spoil you with culinary delights. A delight for all the senses!

Harbour tour

Two people stand on the deck of a boat and look out over a wide river with green hills and a bright blue sky with scattered clouds in the background. Tables and chairs are set up on the deck of the boat.

Please note: Due to river engineering measures, it is not possible to enter Mural Harbor from July until around mid-November. Instead, the shipyard harbor will be used. The view of the Murals is therefore only possible to a limited extent.

Children's culture

A musician stands on the stage of a concert hall holding a double bass that partially covers his face. The hall is filled with empty and occupied rows of seats, and listeners can be seen in the background.

Children are very welcome in Linz's venues for music and theatre. Special children's programmes for theatre, music, dance and puppet theatre are available.

Funny stories, exciting adventures and concerts for children allow the young visitors to simply immerse themselves in the cultural experiences.

Culture for families

Museum of the future

The whole family can experiment and research on adventure journeys through the museum of the future, Ars Electronica Center in Linz. In the children's research laboratory, young researchers from 4 to 8 years of age can do handicrafts, make music, draw, program and experiment. This allows them to immerse themselves playfully in the thematic fields of the Ars Electronica Center. The young visitors are invited to observe, reflect and try out new things and can learn from them for the future!

Ars Electronica Center

Visitors interact with a colorful, immersive digital projection on the floor and walls that displays grids, floating symbols and cosmic designs in a dark space, creating a futuristic, interactive environment.

On a discovery tour in the castle museum

A group of people walk through a glass aerial bridge connecting two buildings, with geometric window frames in the foreground and red tiled roofs in the background.

The Linz Castle Museum provides a varied insight into the natural, cultural and art history of Upper Austria from the beginning of life to the 21st century. Here, young and old can discover extraordinary animals, admire historical inventions or visit exhibitions on special topics. Every first Sunday of the month all families are invited to explore the castle museum free of charge. Family afternoons are also offered on a regular basis, with alternating main themes.

Castle Museum

Event highlights for families

Linz offers an extensive cultural programme for the whole family. The highlights include Night of the Family, the Pflasterspektakel, the Kinderklangwolke by the Danube, the Children's Film Festival, the Children's Culture Week, the Knights' Festival and numerous events in Advent.

Many exhibitions, fairs, festivals and more are designed for kids!

Events for families

Colorful balloons with cartoon characters, including unicorns and Peppa Pig, float on a lively fairground under a blue sky. In the background, people ride on a spinning swing above bright amusement park signs and stalls.

Nature in Linz

A young girl in a white dress sits at the edge of a stone path overlooking a pond, surrounded by bright yellow flowers, greenery and trees in a sunny garden.

There are 10,000 different species of plants to admire on more than four hectares at the Botanical Gardens in Linz. The garden's unique protected collection of cacti is the finest in Europe. The natural conditions allow the exhibited plants to be grouped in complete landscapes, so that visitors can imagine they are in the middle of the plant’s natural habitat.

Botanical Garden Linz

Almost half of the municipal area of Linz is green space. Explore the parks, the nature reserves or the green areas with play areas for children and young people as well as extensive forests.

Children's play areas in Linz | Nature in Linz

Explore the city on foot

Discover Linz! Ten different city hiking trails provide you with new perspectives on Linz. An experience of nature for the whole family: Children particularly enjoy the Franz-Josefs-Warte on Freinberg, which offers great views.

City hiking trails Fancy a cycling trip? The  will delight you with well-established cycle routes on the banks of the Danube.

Danube Cycle Path

Two people are looking at a map together outdoors; one is sitting on a tree trunk while the other stands next to it. They are in a meadow with trees and houses in the background under a cloudy sky.

voestalpine Steel World

Currently closed: However, the factory tour is possible.

Four children stand in a modern, blue, tunnel-like exhibition space with information signs on the walls and the word "Welcome" on the floor, suggesting an inviting entrance.

Immerse yourself in the world of steel in Linz and discover voestalpine Stahlwelt in an interactive way. This interactive exhibition uses multimedia to show you what lies behind the Austrian group. The latest technologies and innovative production processes of Linz steel are presented, right through to the finished product.

Special tours for families with children aged 6 to 15 are offered here. The programme is adapted to the age of the young explorers.

voestalpine Steel World