The Giant Ferris Wheel and its Square

The Giant Ferris Wheel is open year round and is one of the most frequented attractions in the Danube metropolis. Ferris Wheel Square was redesigned in 2008. Now this entrance to the Prater amusement park is a nostalgic theme world reminiscent of the Prater in the year 1900.

The traditional city inn "Eisvogel" has returned to the Prater and offers award-winning Viennese cuisine. After its inaugural opening in 1805, the inn and its tasteful, sophisticated offering gradually rose to become a Viennese institution. Even today, the kitchen chefs hold fast to the qualities of yesteryear. Thus the menu is missing neither the classic Vienna schnitzel nor the imaginatively served yeast dumpling. The local foods are creatively dished up with a decent portion of "Viennese charm". 

At Madame Tussauds, visitors can encounter celebrities from around the world up close: from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Falco, Empress Elisabeth and Gustav Klimt to Robbie Williams and Nicole Kidman.

An Attractive Adventure World ...

Today, the Giant Ferris Wheel offers an attractive adventure world: at the entrance area, a "Panorama" tells the history of this monumental ferris wheel and the City of Vienna – with nostalgic installations that drift past you in giant ferris wheel cars.
At the Riesenrad Shop, you can buy exquisite Viennese porcelain and crystal, models of the Riesenrad and high-quality textiles in the Riesenrad-Look. A café-restaurant provides culinary delights and pampers you in a cozy ambiance with Viennese specialties.

The Giant Ferris Wheel was built in 1896/97 by the British engineer Walter Basset and wasn’t the only one of its kind back then: Basset built similar panorama wheels – extremely popular at the end of the 19th century – in Chicago, London, Blackpool and Paris as well.

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Giant Ferris Wheel (Riesenrad)

Riesenradplatz 1
1020   Wien
www.wienerriesenrad.com

Map Accessibility Details

Guide dogs permitted

Main entrance

• Main entrance no steps (Double swing door 200cm wide).

Parking spaces Main entrance

disabled parking spaces available.

More information

Restrooms with access for disabled persons available.

Special offers for disabled persons

50 % discount for visitors with disabilities (ID necessary) and an escort.

Comments

Access to all exhibition rooms and to the restaurant / café: no steps.
2 special wagons of the Ferris Wheel are suitable for extra wide wheelchairs.

Contacts

• +43 1 729 54 30
• info@wienerriesenrad.com

Opening hours

• January to February
  Daily 10 a.m. - 7:45 p.m.
• March to April
  Daily 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.
• May to September
  Daily 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.
• October
  Daily 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.
• November to December
  Daily 10 a.m. to 7:45 p.m., during the Christmas Market, daily 10 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.

Prices

• Adults € 9
• Children (3 to 14 years) € 4

• Cheaper with the Vienna Card

Stadtgasthaus Eisvogel

Prater, Riesenradplatz 5
1020   Wien
www.stadtgasthaus-eisvogel.at

Map Accessibility Details

Guide dogs permitted

More information

Restrooms with access for disabled persons available.

Contacts

• +43 1 908 11 87

Opening hours

• March - September Mo - Su, 11:30 - 22:30
• October - February Mo - Su, 11:30 - 15:00
• Mo - Su, 18:00 - 22:30

Panorama: Prater

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