Updated for September 2026
The Best Zoos in Upper Austria
How this list is ordered: by how complete our listing is — how much we hold on opening hours, ticket prices, accreditation, photographs, animals and facilities. It is a measure of our own coverage, not a judgement of the venue. We hold no visitor scores or conservation assessments, so “best” here means every zoo in Upper Austria that qualifies for the list, fullest entry first.
Listed alphabetically
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Petting zooEducation programNight and evening opening
Zoo Linz
Zoo in Linz
The zoo opened in 1980 under the theme "European animals, domestic animals and their wild forms". It keeps about 650 exotic and native animals of around 100 species on some 5.5 hectares, among them red pandas, ostriches, rheas, emus, coatis and meerkats. The site sits at the foot of the Pöstlingberg, with a view over the city.
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Child friendlyGuided tourEducation program
Cumberland Wildpark
Zoo in Grünau im Almtal
The park sits among cliffs on the northern rim of the Totes Gebirge, beside the Almsee, and covers 60 hectares crossed by walking paths. Seventy animal species are kept, including threatened animals such as wild horses. It is known through the work Konrad Lorenz carried out there.
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PlaygroundOn-site diningParking
Tierpark Altenfelden
Zoo in Altenfelden
Tierpark Altenfelden is a zoo in Altenfelden, Austria. Animals on show include Steinkauz, Wolf, Zebra, Polarfüchse and Gepard.
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On-site diningDisability admission concessionImmersive media attraction
Zoo Schmiding
Zoo in Krenglbach
The zoo grew out of Vogelpark Schmiding, Austria's largest bird park, which opened in 1982, and now covers 14 hectares arranged by region of the world. A circuit of four kilometres passes giraffes, white rhinos, red pandas, Siberian tigers and Austria's only gorillas. The zoo, an aqua zoo and an arthropod zoo stand on the grounds of Schmiding castle, first documented in 1100.
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Tiergarten Walding
Zoo in Walding
The collection was started in 1967 by the Mair family at a farm and inn in Pasching near Linz, and the family relocated in 1977 with almost all of the animals, a construction permit following in 1979. Karl Mair died in 1988 and Maria Mair in 1992. Angela Mair has run it since her parents' deaths.
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Tiergarten Wels
Zoo in Wels
The oldest such park in Upper Austria, it holds 650 animals on 28,000 m², bounded by the trade fair grounds, the Almtalbahn line and Maria-Theresia-Straße.
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Our ranking methodology
This is not a ranking. The 6 venues above are listed alphabetically by name, the same order used throughout this site. We do not collect visitor reviews, star ratings, ticket-sales figures or a conservation-impact score, so none of those exist here to rank by — “best” in this page’s title means every venue that qualifies for this list, not first-to-last by quality. If we ever add a data source robust enough to support an honest ranking, this note and the order above will change together.