Taxham sits in the west of Salzburg City and looks at first glance like a purely residential and sports district. For teens who like board games, consoles or quietly browsing media, the district is surprisingly well equipped. The reason sits at a single site: the children's and youth library Taxham and the directly connected youth centre Taxham, both at Klessheimer Allee 87.
Decide right away: which mode fits today?
- If you want board games, books or films: check the children's and youth library on Wednesday or Friday.
- If you want consoles, internet or music: check the Taxham youth centre, Tuesday to Saturday.
- If you want real tools like 3D printing (making objects layer by layer with a printer): plan the makerspace (an open room with tools and technology) in Lehen as the next step.
What Taxham really offers
1. The game library as a small media and board game treasure
The children's and youth library Taxham is officially more than a classic library. Verein Spektrum lists more than 1,600 books, DVDs, audiobooks and board games there, plus its own game library at the same site. It opens Wednesday from 10:00 to 12:00 by arrangement, plus 15:00 to 18:00, and Friday from 15:00 to 18:00. The library also describes social and cultural formats such as reading and film nights and storytelling hours. That takes the offer well beyond plain lending.
2. The youth centre as a tech and console room
At the same site, the Taxham youth centre opens Tuesday to Saturday from 15:00 to 19:00 for ages 12 to 17. The official page names free internet access, a music system, and consoles and video games explicitly as part of the offer. There is also a shared bike-repair room. For teens who would rather experience tech through gaming than craft projects, this is a realistic, free starting point right in the district.
3. The makerspace in Lehen as a real tech follow-up step
Taxham has no room of its own for 3D printing, laser cutting or a CNC mill (a computer-controlled cutting or milling machine). The Makerspace @ Stadt:Bibliothek in neighbouring Lehen is the official follow-up step. MINT (maths, computer science, natural sciences and technology) Salzburg lists free 2026 sessions there for ages 11 to 18, with registration by email. That is the important next step once console fun in Taxham should turn into real building.
When Taxham is not the best answer
Taxham is no place for a large, loud gaming scene. It is also no substitute for a makerspace right on site. Anyone who wants to start with 3D printing or laser cutting straight away reaches the goal faster with the direct route to Lehen than with a detour through Taxham first.
The next step without a car
The simplest Taxham plan starts at Klessheimer Allee 87, either at the library or the youth centre. Go there first and check on site which offer fits better today. Anyone with energy left for the makerspace afterwards plans the connection to Lehen deliberately as a second step. Check the return time on Salzburg Verkehr beforehand, especially if the way home falls in the evening.
What parents should know
For parents, it matters that both core anchors have clear age windows: the youth centre serves ages 12 to 17, the makerspace in Lehen ages 11 to 18. Both offers run, according to their operators, voluntarily and free, with no fixed registration at the youth centre itself. Only the makerspace session needs registration by email.
If you want to keep planning
For normal afternoons, Taxham after school: youth centre, library and homework help without spending fits well. For hard school days, Taxham when school drains you: the youth centre team, resident service and honest limits helps. For the routes themselves, Taxham without a car: realistic routes for teens fits, and for the wider view of nerdy places across the city, Nerdy activities in Salzburg for teens.
Conclusion
Taxham works for nerdy teens through two concrete anchors at the same site: the game library at the children's and youth library with more than 1,600 items and board games, and the youth centre with consoles, music and free internet. Anyone who wants more tech has a clearly documented next step with the makerspace in Lehen.