Family & Advent experience - Advent route

An incredible 14,000 Christmas tree decorations, 200 dolls and doll's houses, tea dolls and doll's toys from years gone by.

A special attraction is the ride on the adventure railway. Well strapped into armchairs, the ride takes you past show booths up to the angel workshop under the roof, where hundreds of angels are preparing for Christmas.

‘Glowing, ringing and enjoyable around the Leopoldi Fountain’ with blacksmithing and Advent brass concerts

Various choirs and brass bands from the region offer a Christmas atmosphere and a varied stage programme. A children's carousel, the Christmas aeroplane and the children's railway await younger visitors.

Small Christmas market in Steyr and open-air nativity scene with life-size figures at Teufelsbach - run by Verein Wohnen Steyr.

The open-air crèche in the Wehrgraben district, near the museum railway station, was founded by Siegfried Jäger in 1996. After his death, it became the responsibility of the Verein Wohnen Steyr (emergency shelter) in 2004. Life-size wooden figures are decorated anew every year at the waterfall. The figures are restored in the “Kraftwerk” day structure, lovingly dressed by many helping hands from all departments of the association and completed with faces by the day center. Great importance is attached to traditional elements, but the creativity of our clients and employees also finds its place in this special nativity scene time and again.

We attach great importance to sustainability and upcycling in these “redesigns”. This year, many old pallets have found a new, valuable purpose and you can buy handmade products at our sales stand right by the Teufelsbach. The greatest gift for our clients is to know that their lovingly crafted specialties have found a happy buyer. Our staff will be happy to provide you with information about our work and support opportunities for our association over a delicious shepherd's punch and cookies.

The highlights of the exhibition in the Palm House are the baroque Lamberg nativity figures and the so-called ‘Waggon Nativity Scene’ by Josef Seidl from Mühlviertel, which was specially made for the ‘Light into Darkness’ campaign.

made especially for the ‘Light into Darkness’ campaign.

The Steyrer Kripperl is one of the last remaining rod puppet theatres that is still performed. In 2018 the theatre was awarded Intangible Cultural Heritage status by UNESCO.

The jocular anecdotes and songs are passed down orally and make fun of bourgeois society with wordplay and in song.

Performances according to the programme!

The Steyrtal museum railway connects the Steinbach Advent with the Christmas town of Steyr. Take a romantic ride on the old steam locomotive through the winter

through the wintry Christmas region to the Advent calendar village of Steinbach a. d. Steyr. 

Opening hours according to timetable!