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To my disappointment, I read the weather forecast for the 5 days we'll be spending in Vienna: Showers, drizzle, clouds. :(
That changes a lot of our plans -and our son's who wanted to spend all 5 days in the Prater!! :(:(
Just wanted to know:

-Is the zoo (and Prater)totally out of the question when it rains?
-Is nachmarkt (sp?) an open market?
-Any alternatives for kid's activities indoors? (except from museums!)

(Somebody suggested the marionette theatre but i'm not sure we'll find seats because it's very popular).

Thanks

the zoo should be no problem in the rain, at the moment they have 2 baby-icebears, 1 baby-Panda, 1 baby-giraffe
there are also insect-house, a tropical rainforest covered by glass etc.
Naschmarkt is NOT covered, at least not there, where you will go walking, the fruits will be covered !

Prater isn't impossible, it will just be wet :) Besides, some of the attractions may not be available. Maybe you can go with the Lilliputbahn, or rent a bike carriage and check out the park.

Other ideas:
- Spanish riding school, 1st district
- KunstHausWien and/or Hundertwasserhaus, funny architecture, 3rd district on your way to or from Prater
- Haus des Meeres, not really a museum, an old war tower with aquariums and reptiles, 6th district near Mariahilferstrasse shopping area
- Haus der Musik, also not really a museum, largely activity-based, you can conduct the Wiener Philharmoniker and compose your own music, 1st district, not far from Schwarzenbergplatz
- Konditorei Demel in 1st district, delicious cakes, if you get the right table, you can watch the masters while working
- Michaelerkirche, 1st district, mumified bodies in the basement.

If I dare suggest a couple of museums:
- Circus and clowns museum, 2nd district, Zirkusgasse
- Dolls and toys museum, 1st district, Schulhof
- Technical museum, 15th district, not far from Schönbrunn
- Museum of Natural History, 1st district, they have a special children's room
- ZOOM Children's Museum in the Museum Quarter.

HI ;)

We NEVER had 5 days JUST rain in April or May since i can think ;)
Now in April, as yesterday for example, we had a bit rain in the afternoon but the other time just cloudy :)
Please take warm clothes with you - we have 12 degrees when cloudy.

If it rains, Prater will be more or less closed and all outside attractions (MOST) are wet *brrr* thats not so funny.

zoo, as already said, is much better because nearly every animal has an inside-room too.
the technical museum is very interactive for kids as well as the music house, I highly recommend those for rainy days - children and parents do have a lot to do there ;)
as also recommended before: ZOOM-kids museum: http://www.kindermuseum.at/jart/prj3/zoom/main.jart?rel=en&content-id=1127609922453&reserve-mode=active

and in "SCN" Shopping Center North there is an indoorplayground - http://www.ringelspiel.at/Preise.htm (sorry,just german kids 6,50Eur, Parents 1 Eur, open Mo-Fr,Su 13-19:00, Sat 10-19:00)

have fun and ... eat icecream - we have the best ;))