
Good weather is an advantage when visiting the big party at Vienna Prater. The opening hours in the morning start typically around 10 am. Many attractions are also open late at night in summer, some until after midnight. There is little going on on the Prater in snow and cold in winter. Be careful, the main season is from mid-March to the end of October. The individual providers of gastronomy, rides, etc. Opening hours Prater Vienna: The grounds of Vienna Prater are not closed at night. You can also just do a sightseeing tour and not spend any money. We found the prices on the Prater to be reasonable, not overpriced. Visitors pay for the individual attractions.
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How to get to Prater: The best way to get there is by underground (stop Prater Stern, U1 and U2, also S-Bahn).Īdmission and prices Prater Vienna: The Prater is a fair (Volksfest) and costs no admission. Every day there are several demonstrations, in the afternoon often for children, in the evening for adults. In addition to the Prater Fair you will find the modern Planetarium Vienna, probably the most famous planetarium in Austria. There are several restaurants with food and drinks. Also the gastronomy in the Prater is very popular among tourists and locals. This is a gigantic attraction, which brings the passengers to a height of about 100 meters. Further highlights are for example a wild alpine railway with water and the Prater tower. There is a second Ferris wheel with the beautiful name Blumenrad (flower wheel). Very popular are also the box car tracks and the kart track.

The ghost train is said to have been invented even in Vienna. On the one hand there are several ghost trains like the famous “Hotel Psycho”. Here you can also read a separate page in this travel guide.Īpart from that there are many other attractive attractions on the Prater. We have dedicated an extra page to the gigantic wheel, which you can find here.Ī new major attraction since 2011 at the all-year Prater fair is a branch of the famous wax figure exhibition Madame Tussauds from London. It is in the middle of the Prater amusement park. It has become a landmark of the city of Vienna. However, many attractions have a longer winter break.Īlmost everyone in Germany and Austria knows the Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel. The big attractions like the Ferris Wheel or the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum are open during the cold season. The many attractions are permanently on the Prater. a 300 m 2 wet weather hall washrooms a washing-up room, and separate. It offers 2,500m 2 of camping space and is open all year round.

Our troop is a part of the Transatlantic Council of the Boy Scouts of America and is sponsored by the American International School - Vienna. The Viennese Prater is something like a funfair, folk festival or fair that takes place all year round. The semi-official website for Troop 427 in Vienna, Austria. Mostly, however, the term “Prater” is colloquially understood as the amusement park Prater, which is officially called Wurstelprater. The Prater, north of the city centre of Vienna, is actually a park of several square kilometres.
