- Tehnopark is highly rated by visitors, and adults often end up enjoying it as much as their children.
- It suits families with children from about four to fourteen best, along with anyone who likes to try things for themselves.
- Plan a proper visit rather than a quick look; many people stay longer than they intended.
- If you came to Celje mainly for history and atmosphere, the castle on the hill is the better fit.
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Tehnopark Celje is Slovenia's largest science and entertainment park, and its exhibits are made to be used rather than looked at. Across three levels of a former department store in the centre of Celje, you can build an electrical circuit, meet humanoid robots, see how easily your eyes are fooled and lie face down in a simulator to fly like a bird. From Platforma 360 at the top, you look across the town to Celje Castle on its hill, a natural second stop for the same day.
Plan Your Visit
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Opening Hours
Closed now
Opens in 38h 57m
Today: 10:00–17:00
Last entry is one hour before closing. Closed on Easter Monday.
Tue 10:00
New Year's Day (Jan 1)Closed
1 May (May 1)Closed
Day of Remembrance for the Dead (Nov 1)Closed
Christmas Day (Dec 25)Closed
MondayClosed
Tuesday10:00–17:00
Wednesday10:00–17:00
Thursday10:00–17:00
Friday10:00–17:00
Saturday10:00–17:00
Sunday10:00–17:00
Entry Fee
Paid
Adults €13.00
Ticket prices
Official source
Tehnopark Celje
Admission to the interactive science and entertainment exhibitions.
Standard prices
Adults
€13.00
Children up to 6 years
Free
Children 7–15 years
€10.00
Secondary-school pupils and students
€10.00
Pensioners / seniors
€10.00
Disabled visitors
€10.00
Family ticket — up to 2 adults + up to 4 children
€34.00
Annual family ticket
Valid for up to two adults and up to four children; individuals may also buy it.
€120.00
Optional experiences
Birdly
Flight simulator experience.
Per use
Minimum height 140 cm; maximum user weight 120 kg.
€4.00
Center Noordung + Tehnopark Celje
Self-guided admission to Tehnopark Celje and Center Noordung.
Includes
- Tehnopark Celje
- Center Noordung
Standard prices
Children 7–15 years
€18.00
Pensioners / seniors
€20.00
Secondary-school pupils and students
€20.00
Adults
€24.00
Family — 2 adults + 2 children
€62.00
School groups — per pupil
€20.00
Additional child with family combined ticket
Per additional child, up to four children in total.
€4.00
Tehnopark Celje by Train
Return train travel to Celje and admission for two adults and at least one child, up to five people including up to three children.
Includes
- Tehnopark Celje
- Return train journey to Celje
Standard prices
Zone 1 — boarding station 1–50 km from Celje
€33.80
Zone 2 — boarding station 51–100 km from Celje
€40.40
Zone 3 — boarding station 101 km or more from Celje
€44.40
Official prices updated:
10 Sep 2026
- One companion of a disabled visitor enters free.
- The Tehno school programme costs €16 per pupil or student in the 2026/27 school year.
- Some workshops and holiday programmes are priced separately.
Parking Situation
Public car parks a short walk away
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Parking Options
Official source
Situation: Public car parks a short walk away
Parking info updated: 24 Aug 2026
- There is no visitor car parking at Tehnopark Celje itself, but several public car parks and street-parking spaces are a short walk away.
- The covered Celeiapark garage is the recommended option.
- The Zone II car parks are free outside their weekday charging hours, and coaches park on Vrunčeva ulica.
Visitor Requirements
Age guidance
View requirements Requirements
Visitor Requirements
Suitable child age groups
- Young children (4–7 years)
- Older children (8–12 years)
- Teenagers (13–17 years)
Important
- Under 15: Visitors younger than 15 may enter only with an adult; an unaccompanied visit requires explicit parent/legal-guardian consent.
- Family ticket: Covers up to 2 adults and up to 4 children.
- Birdly: Minimum height 140 cm; maximum user weight 120 kg; use costs €4.
- Hang-glider flight: Polet z zmajem nad Celjem is suitable for visitors aged 10+.
- Other VR stations: No additional age, height or other mandatory restrictions.
Parking Fee
Partly Payable
Child safety note
Stairs+1 more
Access Notes
Pedestrian zone — no vehicle access
Suitable For
Families+2 more
Stroller accessibility
Yes
Wheelchair access
Yes
Estimated visit time
2–3 h
Family Friendly
Yes
Pet Friendly
No
Walking Difficulty
Easy
Best season
Spring, Autumn, Winter
Highlights
Energy and sustainability exhibition
Hands-on interactive exhibits
Human body and health exhibition
Largest science centre in the country
World of optical illusions
Flight simulator experience
Hands-on family workshop programme
Humanoid robots and robotics
Rooftop panorama over the town
Virtual reality experience
Safety Notes
!Stairs inside
!Supervise children
Photo Tip
For the strongest picture, go up to Platforma 360: the view takes in the whole of Celje and the castle on its hill, and it looks best in late-afternoon light. Inside, photograph people using the exhibits rather than the machines on their own, and hold the camera steady in the darker illusion section.
Before You Go
!Best combined with nearby attraction
!Check opening hours
!Hands-on interactive exhibits
!Indoor visit
!Last entry one hour before closing
!Lift to all levels
!Lockers available
!Outdoor areas nearby
!Stairs inside
!Ticket required
Access & Parking
Detailed access info in Plan Your Visit ↑
Tehnopark Celje is on Gubčeva ulica, a pedestrian street in the centre of Celje. For train, car and coach arrivals, the final approach is a short, level walk. The railway station is only a few minutes away on foot. There is no visitor car parking at the attraction itself: drivers use public car parks nearby and walk in, while coaches set groups down on Cankarjeva ulica.
Interesting Facts
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A 1971 department store given a second life
Tehnopark occupies the former Tehno Merkator department store on Gubčeva ulica, which generations of locals knew simply as the T store. The 1971 building carries cultural heritage protection, so the renovation renewed its facade, windows and roof while respecting its protected character. The conversion also added a new entrance hall and a panoramic lift before the science park opened.
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Three platforms and about 4,000 square metres
Tehnopark is Slovenia's largest science and entertainment park, with about 4,000 square metres spread over three stacked platforms. The interactive stations fill the first and second platforms and are grouped by theme rather than by age group. A panoramic lift and open stairwells connect every level, up to Platforma 360 at the top.
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From 53 stations to 60
Tehnopark opened with 53 interactive stations, grew to 57 and today has 60 of them. Every station is designed to be operated by the visitor rather than watched from behind a rope. Together they cover physics, mathematics, ecology, energy, the human body and emerging technology.
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Stations named after famous people from Celje
Instead of generic zone names, the park groups its stations under Tehno characters drawn from Celje's history. Tehno Alma refers to the writer and world traveller Alma Karlin, Tehno Pelikan to the photographer Josip Pelikan, whose glass studio still stands nearby, and Tehno Grof to the Counts of Celje. It is an easy way to pick up some local history alongside the science.
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A slogan that echoes Celje's three stars
The park's slogan, Z igro do zvezd, means roughly "through play to the stars". Those stars have a local meaning: three golden stars have been the symbol of Celje and of the Counts of Celje for more than six hundred years, and they still appear on Slovenia's coat of arms.
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Fly like a bird, or over Celje on a hang glider
The flight simulators are among the park's most popular exhibits. On one, you lie face down and steer a bird's flight with your outstretched arms. Another takes you on a virtual hang-glider flight over Celje, and virtual reality headsets add a plank walk from a high window.
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Platforma 360 and its view over Celje
The top level is called Platforma 360 because the view sweeps right around Celje, taking in the old town and the castle hill above it. The space is also used for workshops, conferences and co-working, and it is home to Cele kuha, a culinary programme that runs cookery workshops and tasting events.
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Built around themes, not a collection
Rather than displaying a museum collection, the exhibition is arranged around subjects people already care about, such as the human body and health, ecology and energy, illusions, mathematics and the technologies of the near future. You can build your own electrical circuit, meet humanoid robots and test how easily your senses can be fooled.
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A family day out sold by the national railway
Slovenske železnice, Slovenia's national rail company, sells a family package that combines a return train journey to Celje with admission to Tehnopark. It is designed for two adults travelling with at least one child, and the price depends on how far from Celje you board. From Celje station, the entrance is about a five-minute walk.
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Open since 2020 and already award-winning
Tehnopark opened to the public in September 2020 and has since earned a Tripadvisor Travellers' Choice award and more than nine hundred public visitor ratings. Alongside its public opening days, it runs a separate weekday schedule for school groups, which make up a large part of its audience.
Visitor Wisdom
Traveler Insights
Combined public visitor ratings from Google and Tripadvisor. Last verified August 2026.
- Every exhibit is there to be used, which visitors often contrast with museums where the interesting things sit behind a rope.
- The staff get more praise than anything else: friendly, patient and genuinely knowledgeable.
- The flight simulators are the clear favourite, especially the one where you fly as a bird.
- Adults are often surprised by how much of it is aimed at them, not only at children.
- Explanations are in English as well as Slovenian, which visiting families appreciate.
- Two hours is the minimum, and families who want to try everything often spend three or more.
- Last entry is a full hour before closing, which catches out people who arrive late in the afternoon.
- The park is closed on Mondays and on a few public holidays, so check the opening hours before you set out.
- Bring coins for the cloakroom lockers.
- Food on site is limited to a drinks and snack machine, which also needs coins, so plan lunch in town.
- The bird-flight simulator has its own height and weight limits and costs extra, so check before promising it to a younger child.
- Best for families with children from about four upwards, and especially good for eight- to fourteen-year-olds.
- Best for school and youth groups, which the programme is built around.
- Best for a wet or cold day, because the whole visit is indoors.
- Best for adults who like technology; it is not only for children.
- Less ideal for toddlers, who cannot reach or operate much of it yet.
- Less ideal if you came to Celje mainly for heritage and atmosphere.
- If science is what draws you, the combined ticket with Center Noordung in nearby Vitanje makes a natural same-day science-and-space pairing.
- Arriving on a Monday, when the park is closed.
- Arriving within an hour of closing and being turned away at the desk.
- Budgeting an hour and having to leave halfway through.
- Driving to Gubčeva ulica, which is a pedestrian street, instead of parking and walking in.
- Running out of time before the top floor, where the view and the workshops are.
- Take the lift to Platforma 360 before you start: the view over the town and the castle hill helps children get their bearings, and it is quietest up there early in the day.
- Check the workshop schedule before choosing a date; many workshops are included in a normal visit.
- If you come by train, look at the family train-and-admission package sold by Slovenske železnice.
- At weekends, the Zone II car park by the railway station is free.
- Children take the lead here, which makes the visit feel very different from a conventional museum.
- The hardest part, many parents say, is getting the children to leave.
- The facilities suit young families, with child-height toilets and baby-changing on each level.
- The lift reaches every floor, so you can manage with a stroller or tired children without the stairs.
- Mixed ages do well, because the same exhibit works at different depths for a six-year-old and a fourteen-year-old.
- The birthday-party and holiday-care programmes are popular locally and book up.
- Platforma 360 is the best position, with a full view over Celje and the castle hill.
- Late-afternoon light suits the old-town view best.
- Lighting inside is uneven and deliberately theatrical, so a camera or phone that copes with low light helps.
- The illusion section is the most photogenic part of the interior, and the hardest to expose.
- A child's reaction to an exhibit makes a better picture than the exhibit on its own.
- People tend to describe their visit through the things they tried, most often flying as a bird or watching a robot respond to them.
- Adults who came along for the children often end up just as involved.
- The most common verdict is that the visit took far longer than planned and that they would come back.
Quick Facts
Estimated visit time
2–3 h
Best season
Spring, Autumn, Winter
Walking difficulty
Easy
Family friendly
Yes
Pet friendly
No
Entry Fee
Paid
Access type
Short paved walk
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