Last-minute tips

Parents’ balancing act: who looks after children during the vacations?

Children look forward to the summer vacations - parents despair about childcare.(Bild: Studio Romantic - stock.adobe.co)

Austrian schoolchildren will soon be able to look forward to nine weeks of summer vacation. For working parents across the country, however, the long break is an organizational nightmare - because who will look after the children during this time? Krone+ has last-minute tips for all moms and dads.

In Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, schools will be closed from June 29 to September 2, while the long-awaited summer vacation begins in the other federal states on July 6 and lasts until September 8. The best time of the year for many children - but often a logistical challenge for their parents. This is because nine weeks of summer vacations plus a few more school-free days a year usually equates to five weeks of vacation per working adult.