5 Fun European City Trips That Are Perfect for Kids
Vienna, Austria
Vienna has a lot of lovely green parks, almost all them with playgrounds, and there are a lot of fun kids’ museums, making it one of the best toddler-friendly European cities. The public transport network is very efficient and it’s easy to reach almost every part of the city.
Kids 6 years or younger travel for free and they offer great discounts for older kids. Vienna is also easy and cheap to get to by air or rail from a lot of other European cities, which makes it the perfect destination for a family city trip.
Things to Do in Vienna with Kids
Vienna’s expats love to take their kids to Türkenschanzpark, Stadtpark, Währingerpark and Rathauspark. We accidentally stumbled upon Josef Strauss Park and our toddler greatly enjoyed the playground.
You can easily spend a day at Vienna Tiergarten (zoo) on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace. The castle itself is also worth a visit.
Make music at the Haus der Musik (Interactive Sound Museum), discover technology a the Technisches Museum (Technology Museum), take your little ones to the Zoom Kindermuseum or visit the Haus des Meeres (an aquarium inside a World War II anti-aircraft tower).
Kids of all ages will enjoy a city trip to Vienna.
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Prague, Czech Republic
Prague’s Old Town breathes a fantastic medieval atmosphere with its narrow cobblestone streets and amazing architecture. The heart of Prague’s Old Town is the lively Old Town Square where you’ll find lots of street sellers, horse-and-buggy rides, street artists and small, but busy cafés.
The scenic Charles Bridge over the Moldau, the longest river in the Czech Republic, is one of the main tourist attractions. On it you’ll find musicians, sketch artists and numerous other street sellers trying to sell their wares.
Towering Prague Castle is the largest castle complex in the world and looks like a fairy tale castle.
Things to Do in Prague with Kids
One of the things our little one enjoyed most in Prague was the DinoPark, located on the roof of the shopping mall OC Galerie Harfa.
Vytopna, just off Wenceslas Square, was awesome too. It’s a restaurant that has a huge miniature train track with little trains serving your drinks.
Other fun things to do with kids in Prague are taking a river cruise on the Vltava (Moldau), visiting the National Marionette Theatre, taking the funicular railway up to Petrin Hill and watching the changing of the guard ceremony at Prague Castle everyday at noon.
There’s a nice kids’ playground in the Franciscan Garden and one at the Mala Strana side of the Charles Bridge. In the summer, the Biotop swimming pool at Prague-Radotin is a great place to cool off.
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