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Former location of the Minopolis at the Reichsbrücke

Minopolis was a children's city in Vienna - Donaustadt , where children between the ages of 4 and 12 could try out many different professions. Unlike other children's cities, Minopolis was not a public or non-profit institution, but was operated commercially and financed exclusively by sponsors and entrance fees. The indoor - theme park was opened in November 2005 and closed in November, 2013. It is to be reopened in a new location, which has not happened until then. (As of February 2020)

The location at the Reichsbrücke comprised 25 themed stations such as police , bank, fire brigade , bakery, salesman and newspaper editorial office on 6000 m² . The children could look for work in this play world and exercise different professions or roles, there was a separate currency - Eurolino - with which they “paid”. The money could be earned, spent and invested. The children should be able to get to know economic relationships in society in a playful way and under pedagogical supervision.

The project had to accept criticism because of its content orientation. First and foremost, it serves as a platform to enable sponsors, who are omnipresent in the city, to have direct access to the “customers of tomorrow”. The Catholic youth group criticized that the project "embodies belief in unlimited capitalism"

In December 2008 it was announced that Minopolis was threatened with closure due to financial difficulties. However, the plant could be continued. The company was taken over by Altamont Capital Investment in April 2009.

At the end of 2011, the Cineplexx cinema located in the same building was closed and the property rights of the property were transferred to a real estate group. The existing building complex is to be demolished and a residential high-rise, called Danube Flats , is to be built on the current location . As a result, Minopolis planned to move to a new location in 2013.

In November 2013, Minopolis was closed. Originally, the company announced that it would open a new Minopolis on Vienna's Prater by Easter 2014 , but that never happened. In autumn 2014 the website announced that it would open until the beginning of 2015.

That didn't happen either. The operator is now using the website to look for franchising partners to build new children's play cities based on the Minopolis model.

The building was demolished from the beginning of September 2018 by the company Prajo & Co in order to build the Danube Flats project there.