Belgrade with Kids in Winter 2026/27: Indoor Ideas

The Pionir ice hall (Ledena dvorana Pionir) is run by the city sports centre SC Tašmajdan, and it is open to the public for recreational skating through the winter. According to the centre's season announcement, recreational skating began on 23 October 2026.

The schedule from November to March, as listed on the prices and schedule page:

• Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 20:00 to 21:30
• Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 to 12:30, 14:00 to 15:30 and 20:00 to 21:30

For families with young children, the weekend sessions at 11:00 and 14:00 are the only ones that do not finish late in the evening.

Prices on the same page (valid from 10 October 2025; the centre says they are unchanged for 2026/27):

• Single entry: 500 RSD
• Family ticket, one parent and a child under 12: 700 RSD
• Family ticket, parents and children under 12: 900 RSD
• Monthly pass: 8,500 RSD; season pass (October to March): 18,000 RSD

The price list does not mention skate hire, so if your child does not have skates, call the SC Tašmajdan info desk on +381 66 208 802 (weekdays 10:00 to 18:00) before you go.

Skating school

The skating school started on 31 October 2026 and runs on Saturdays and Sundays from 10:15 to 11:00, as 45-minute group lessons. A block of 8 lessons costs 6,000 RSD and a trial lesson 1,000 RSD. The Pionir page asks pupils to wear layered sports clothes and a vest or short jacket. Gloves are compulsory, and scarves and earphones are not allowed. The page gives no minimum age.

Outdoor rinks

In past seasons, the open-air rinks came with the holiday markets. The Winter Fairytale website lists the 2026/27 market at Belgrade Waterfront from 4 December 2026 to 4 January 2027, but when we checked on 1 November 2026 it gave no details about a rink for this edition. Our Belgrade in December guide covers the markets and last season's rinks and will be updated when the details come out.

Belgrade has several professional theatres for children, and much of their repertoire is fairy tales and classic stories. All three theatres below sell tickets online.

Pozorište Boško Buha

While its own building is being renovated, Boško Buha performs at Teatar Vuk, Bulevar kralja Aleksandra 77a, and that is also where its box office is. The repertoire page gives an age for each show. November 2026 weekend matinees include Hajdi (8 November, 12:00, ages 5+), Pepeljuga (Cinderella, 14 November, 12:00, 5+), Lepotica i zver (Beauty and the Beast, 22 November, 12:00, 7+) and Oliver Tvist (29 November, 12:00, 6+). According to the tickets page, children's shows cost 800 RSD from 1 October 2026, or 1,000 RSD for Oliver Tvist and Tri musketara. The box office is open Monday to Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and 15:30 to 20:00, and on Sundays two hours before the show. Latecomers are not let in once a show starts.

Malo pozorište Duško Radović

Malo pozorište Duško Radović is at Aberdareva 1, in Tašmajdan Park. On its November 2026 repertoire, weekend shows are on Saturdays at 17:00 and Sundays at 12:00, for example Guliver (15 November), Ostrvo sa blagom (Treasure Island, 28 November) and Lola, Mila i Zubić Vila (29 November, 12:00). Almost every weekday morning show was already sold out. Tickets for the children's stage cost 800 RSD, with two shows at 1,000 RSD, and the youth stage costs 1,200 RSD. They are sold online through tickets.rs and at the box office, which opens Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 13:00 (phone +381 11 785 84 40). The site did not list ages for individual shows.

Pinokio puppet theatre

The Pozorište lutaka Pinokio puts on most of its shows on Saturdays and Sundays at 12:00 and 17:00, and its repertoire gives an age range and running time for every show. In November 2026 these include Vini Pu (2+, 45 minutes), Crvenkapa (Little Red Riding Hood, 4+) and Knjiga o džungli (The Jungle Book, 4+, 60 minutes). For babies there is Zora i san, a 30-minute show for ages 0+, at 10:00 on 21 and 29 November. Tickets are sold online through pinokio.tickets.rs. The box office is open on Fridays from 12:00 to 14:00 and on weekends from 10:30 to 12:00 and 15:30 to 17:00, and you can call it on 011 269 1715. The theatre's website did not list ticket prices.

The youth theatre Dadov had only evening plays, concerts and films on its November 2026 programme, with nothing for small children.

Ballet for the holidays

The National Theatre's The Nutcracker (Krcko Oraščić) runs on the Main Stage from late November and through December. The 28 November performance is a 14:00 matinee, and the other performances start at 19:00. A separate touring production of The Nutcracker comes to Sava Centar on 20 December.

The Belgrade Philharmonic has a separate page for its children's concerts for 2026/27. When we checked on 1 November 2026, it listed only the concerts for preschoolers, held from 22 September to 2 October at 10:00 and 12:00 in the Philharmonic's hall. No further children's concerts had been announced for the winter. Check the page again before the holidays.

For a cold afternoon, these four museums suit children best. The museums directory lists the rest.

• Nikola Tesla Museum, Krunska 51. Visits are by guided tour only. Tours start every hour and last about 45 minutes, at 400 RSD in Serbian or 800 RSD in English. It is open Monday from 10:00 to 18:00 and Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 20:00, and it takes cash in dinars only (museum website). On Mondays it runs children's tours: free for ages 4 to 7 at 10:00, and 400 RSD for ages 7 to 10 at 18:00 (for one or two children with one parent). Both children's tours have to be booked in advance.
• Museum of Science and Technology, Skenderbegova 51 in Dorćol. It has a Science Playroom and a Toy Gallery, plus a 2-hour birthday programme for ages 8 to 12. It is closed on Mondays. Its website gives two different sets of opening hours, so check before you go. A single ticket has cost 400 RSD since 4 March 2025 (museum website).
• Museum of Illusions, Nušićeva 11. It is open every day from 09:00 to 21:00, with shorter hours on 31 December (09:00 to 18:00), 1 January (10:00 to 19:00) and 6 January (09:00 to 18:00). Tickets cost 990 RSD for adults, 700 RSD for children aged 5 to 15 and 2,750 RSD for a family of two adults and two children (museum website).
• Gallery of the Natural History Museum, on Mali Kalemegdan. From 1 November to 30 April it is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00. Entry is free on Thursdays from 10:00 to 12:00. Adults pay 300 RSD, children over 8 pay 200 RSD, a family ticket is 350 RSD and children under 8 go free (museum website). Exhibitions change, so check what is on.

Our directory also lists Muzej čokolade Beograd, the chocolate museum.

The SC Tašmajdan indoor pool is Olympic-size. According to the prices and schedule page, recreational swimming times are:

• Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 06:00 to 09:00 and 13:00 to 18:00
• Tuesday and Thursday: 06:00 to 09:00 and 12:00 to 18:00
• Saturday and Sunday: 13:00 to 17:00

A single entry costs 600 RSD. The family day ticket is 900 RSD for one parent and a child under 10, and 1,200 RSD for parents and two children under 10. Since 1 September 2026, everyone has to wear a swim cap, whatever the length of their hair (pool notice).

The children's swimming school is for preschool and school-age children. Beginners learn in a fenced area of the big pool that is 110 cm deep, so a child must be at least 120 cm tall. Children are tested before their first lesson. A month of 8 lessons costs 4,500 RSD (4,000 RSD for 8 weekend lessons), and siblings get a discount.

• Book theatre tickets early. Many weekday morning shows at Malo pozorište Duško Radović were sold out for the whole of November when we checked, so plan around weekend matinees and buy as soon as you know the date.
• Pack for the rink. Gloves are compulsory at the Pionir skating school, and layers work better than one heavy coat.
• Bring a swim cap and cash. The Tašmajdan pool requires caps, and the Tesla Museum takes only dinars in cash.
• Check Mondays. The Museum of Science and Technology and the Natural History Museum gallery are closed on Mondays. Monday is also the only day for the Tesla Museum's children's tours.
• Getting there. Our public transport guide explains Belgrade's free city buses, trams and trolleybuses.

Official sources:

• SC Tašmajdan: Cene, termini (prices and schedules, skating prices valid from 10 October 2025)
• SC Tašmajdan: Počinje sezona klizanja (2026)
• SC Tašmajdan: Počinje škola klizanja (31 October 2026)
• SC Tašmajdan: Ledena dvorana Pionir
• SC Tašmajdan: Zatvoreni bazen (indoor pool, swimming school)
• SC Tašmajdan: Važno obaveštenje za korisnike zatvorenog bazena (swim caps from 1 September 2026)
• Zimska bajka: home page (2026/27 dates)
• Beogradska filharmonija: Dečji koncerti 26/27

Theatre pages:

• Pozorište Boško Buha: Repertoar
• Pozorište Boško Buha: Karte (ticket prices from 1 October 2026, box office)
• Malo pozorište Duško Radović: home page (box office, ticket prices)
• Malo pozorište Duško Radović: Repertoar
• Pozorište lutaka Pinokio: Repertoar
• Pozorište lutaka Pinokio: Kontakt (box office hours)
• Omladinsko pozorište Dadov: Repertoar
• Narodno pozorište u Beogradu: repertoire (Krcko Oraščić)

Museum pages:

• Nikola Tesla Museum: Plan your visit
• Nikola Tesla Museum: Ture za decu (tours for children)
• Museum of Science and Technology: home page (hours, ticket price from 4 March 2025, children's programmes)
• Museum of Illusions Belgrade: home page (hours and prices)
• Natural History Museum: Galerija Prirodnjačkog muzeja (hours and prices)