The zoo covers an area of over 14 hectares and includes natural enclosures, a gorilla house, a tropical house, a bird of prey enclosure, a number of playgrounds, and countless fascinating animals from a wide variety of habitats around the world.
For kids between the ages of 6 - 12.
The dates for 2025 are July 28, 2025 to August 29, 2025.
Sign Up - Sign Up by May 31, 2025
- Please submit a written request per e-mail, and include confirmation that you are either enrolled at the JKU, or that you are employed at the JKU
- Form: Registration form to attend the summer program, opens a file
- In order to be eligible for the JKU tariff, please submit confirmation that you are either enrolled at the JKU, or that you are employed at the JKU
In other cases, a fee for those not affiliated with the university will apply!
General Information
- Please send the summer program registration form, opens a file to the Kidsversity e-mail address by May 31, 2025.
- The kids will need a backpack, including a snack and something to drink!
- Please arrive by 8:00 AM; on some days, the meeting point by even be at 7:45 AM
- Please dress according to the weather (sunscreen, hat, sturdy shoes,…)
- Please take note of information regarding clothing and equipment.
- Children may be picked up by 2:00 PM - please speak with the staff.
Kidsversity
Flexible Child Care
at the JKU
Location
Basement in the Hochschulfond Bldg.
Rooms
HF 9904 and HF 9905
July 28 - August 29, 2025
Mon-Thurs: 7.45 AM - 3.30 PM
Fri: 7.45 AM - Noon
Subject to change
Phone
Kidsversity
+43 732 2468 1268
+43 664 80 765 1569
Dept. of Equality, Equal Opportunity & Diversity
+43 732 2468 3021
General Information:
- If a scheduled outing must be canceled on account of bad weather, we will offer an alternative program at short notice.
- We play "get to know you" games during our daily morning sessions every Monday and on days when new children arrive.
- Snacks, drinks, back packs, sunscreen, etc. are indicated directly in the program (top). Parents will also be notified in advance accordingly by e-mail.
- Children can spend free play time painting, doing arts and crafts, playing board games, playing indoor/outdoor games, exercise game (tag, 1-2-3 – Angeschlagen,...) depending on what they feel like doing! Our childcare professionals are always happy to respond to any needs and game requests.
Gaby Fasching & the JKU Kidsversity Team
More About the Program
The alpacas will meet us at the tram stop.
During a hike with one of man's oldest farm animals, we will learn amazing things about these unique landscape caretakers and fibrous animals. We will then conclude the adventure with refreshments at the Friesenecker family's alpaca farm in Pichling
Wear weather-appropriate hiking clothes and sturdy hiking shoes or hiking boots.
During the guided tour through the station buildings including the fire engine halls, we are sure to learn many interesting facts!
Perhaps pulling the fire hose out of the fire engine and casting water in a high arch across the square will give us the opportunity to see a rainbow.
Covering just under 4 hectares, the Linz Zoo is located halfway up the Pöstlinberg and is home to some 600 exotic and native animals from approximately 102 species. We will visit the well-kept outdoor facilities and the warm tropical house.
A shuttle bus will take us to the Gassel stalactite cave, cutting our walking time by about 30 minutes. During our guided tour, we will learn a lot about what is undoubtedly the most beautiful stalactite cave in the northern Limestone Alps.
Wear weather-appropriate hiking clothes and sturdy hiking shoes or hiking boots.
The ARS Electronica team will be putting together a special tour of museum highlights just for us.
Detailed information will be available shortly.
At the motor skills park in Ansfelden, we will try out a wide range of equipment and physical activities. The children can roam freely and test out over 100 pieces of equipment and activity stations. The equipment was developed based on the principles of sport and training sciences and provides a variety of challenges in the five core motor skills areas: coordination, strength, speed, agility and endurance.
We will visit the Celtic village of Mitterkirchen and explore the world of the ancient people who lived in Machland 2,700 years ago. The many carefully constructed and contemporary buildings reveal how prehistoric people lived and the amazing skills they had at their disposal.
We will have the opportunity to try out prehistoric artisan techniques for ourselves, such as pottery, spinning yarn, metalwork, weaving boards, baking flatbread, archery and building log cabins.
During a guided tour of the Castle Museum, we will learn more about Upper Austria's natural, cultural, and artistic history.
The "treetop walk" is over 1,000 meters long and up to 15 meters high, stretching through the treetops of the Sauwald forest. Over 30 interactive hands-on stations and a 40m high observation tower featuring a magnificent view over the tri-border region of Austria, Germany, and the Czechia await us!
Wear weather-appropriate hiking clothes and sturdy hiking shoes or hiking boots.
In addition to a short, entertaining tour of one of the current exhibitions, we will be exploring artistic techniques. Children will encounter strange creatures, fantastical figures, discover and experiment with art. They can give their imagination and creativity free rein.
At the Stadtgärtnerei Linz, we will learn more about the world of plants & flowers. Our tour will take us through the botanical gardens and then to the planting area where will can help with some of the planting. The gardeners there will provide us with hands-on assistance.
Wear clothing that can get dirty.
At the Climbing Park in Urfahr
As part of a sample course, professional climbing instructors at the climbing park in Urfahr will introduce us to climbing. The children will learn about responsibilities by means of specific exercises and techniques, discover their own personal limits, and be introduced to climbing with confidence by means of coordinative exercises.
Wear sports clothing and tennis shoes.
After climbing the steps to the top of Linz's Freinberg, we will be rewarded with a magnificent view of Linz, the Danube River, Urfahr, and Pöstlingberg.
Wear weather-appropriate hiking clothes and sturdy hiking shoes or hiking boots.
The children will take part in various physical activities designed to burn off a little energy and just have fun.
Activities include different exercises and ball games - the fun factor is a top priority!
