The quest for the pumpkin patch in Vienna has come to an end. And the news is bad – there is no pumpkin patch in Vienna! Or at least not that I know it.
But the second good news – there is a pumpkin patch almost in Vienna, in a gorgeous, neighboring little town Klosterneuburg. To be precise, around 25 km from the city center. It is called Franzlbauer, and it will take you around 30 minutes by car from Vienna to reach this place. It is open until the 31st of October, every day from 9-19h.
If you come from the USA, the land where anything pumpkin is so beloved, your heart is longing for something that will remind you of home. Of that weekend, when you take your kids to a huge pumpkin patch out of the town, and you do all the things I saw people doing there in some tv shows and movies. So far I only traveled to New York in the US, and as you can probably guess, I didn’t make it to a pumpkin patch. 😀 But I would love to, visit some typical American pumpkin patch or farm, some day. 😀
Anja the poser <3
Franzlbauer will hardly remind you of the pumpkin patch from the movies. Because it is not a real patch – like that you are out in the field. In German this is called “Kürbisschau”, that literally means something like pumpkin exhibition. It is a family run place, small but enough to fit and showcase more than 400 sorts of these colorful beauties.
You will find pumpkin in all shapes and colors, sorted out nicely, with shields that state their name and what are they good to use for. If it is just a decoration pumpkin, or suitable for baking, or maybe better for soups, if it has a nutty or sweet flavor, and so on. This makes it easier to pick the pumpkin with the right flavor profile for you.
Which brings me to a little trivia – I love eating anything orange! Anyone else with the same thing? Also anything with pumpkin – soup, risotto, pie, just roasted, you name it, I would eat it. It is the taste of autumn, that reminds me of my childhood. My grandpa and I loved eating roasted pumpkin, sprinkled with cinnamon and honey.
Wondering what you can do at the Franzlbauer pumpkin patch/exhibition?
– Shop for pumpkin, all grown by the family Hascher and other pumpkin delicacies sold right on the spot.
– Eat pumpkin soup, appetizers, pumpkin gnocchi, and many other pumpkin inspired dishes.
– Drink Sturm – it is fermented grape juice, a bit sparkling, something like grape cider. An Austrian classic, that I love!
– Socialize with other pumpkin lovers 😉 Have some beer or wine.
– And the reason we went there – to take picture perfect pictures of yourself and the pumpkins at this gorgeous setting! It is really nice for some nice family shots, or pictures with your kids for example.
Not sure when you will read this post, but just since it is pumpkin related – Happy Halloween in advance for all of you celebrating! I hope that you will manage to visit this or some other pumpkin patch while they are still open!
xoxo,
Una
Contact Information:
Familie Hascher
Haselbacherstrasse 39
3400 Kierling
Tel: +43 2242 6735
My beautiful friend Spoki <3
PS: If after visiting Franzlbauer you still long for more pumpkin, the world you should google is “Kürbisschau”. Don’t try with pumpkin patch, won’t bring you far. If you know what I mean. 😀
Thank you for reading! <3
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an updated version of the post, but the info is correct. You can visit the farm even now in 2024! 🙂
Thank you very much for the information! We are going to visit this place this Weekend🧡I am very exited about the pumpkin soup🧡