Visitors
Looking for fun?
Schaumburg has activities for everyone. Whether you want to enjoy the miles of biking trails, galleries, shopping, theater, music, baseball or festivals. Schaumburg has it all. For a full list of fun activities and additional visitor information, check out the Meet Chicago Northwest.
The Schaumburg Trolley
Schaumburg offers free trolley service between 10 locations in the Woodfield Area. Daily service is offered between Thanksgiving Day to New Years’ Day and also Memorial Day to Labor Day. Service is available Friday, Saturday, and Sunday all other times of the year. Click here to see a list of routes and additional detail.
Popular Attractions
- Prairie Center for the Arts– one of the premiere performance venues in the northwest suburban area, hosting local entertainment as well as international touring acts.
- Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel– award-winning architectural gem attracting tourism to Schaumburg in the form of visitors, events and large exhibition shows.
- Woodfield Mall– providing the finest collection of department stores and specialty shops in the Great Lakes region with nearly 300 stores and restaurants.
- For a full list of activities check out the Meet Chicago Northwest.
Local Activities
International Sculpture Park
A favorite local activity is to stroll through the grounds of the Robert O. Atcher Municipal Center and look for these wonderful works of art. Sculpture locations and artist information is available on our Chicago Athenaeum pages.
Schweikher Home & Studio Tours
The Schweikher House Preservation Trust, provides tours of one of Illinois’ hidden architectural gems, Modernist architect Paul Schweikher’s 1938 home and studio sited on 7 acres in Schaumburg, Illinois.
Schaumburg Township District Library– a 5-star rated library by the Library Journal and the second largest public library in Illinois with more than one million visitors each year.
GETTING AROUND SCHAUMBURG
Schaumburg is located just under 30 miles (48 km) northwest of downtown Chicago and approximately 8 miles (13 km) northwest of O'Hare International Airport.
The Schaumburg Metra Train Station