Keeping children entertained over the summer period isn't always easy but Berlin is full of wonderful places to visit with the kids and there's no reason to just sit around twiddling your thumbs. Here's my list of ideas of what to do with children aged 5 years and over this summer in Berlin...
Outside
Indoors
Outside Berlin
- Ride your bike like a plane on Tempelhofer Feld (free)
- Fight the dragon at the dragon playground (free)
- Cool down with a tasty ice cream
- Get soggy at the WasserMuseum (Water Museum)
- Swim with the ducks at Strandbad Wannsee
- Race a go-kart around FEZ
- Be the hero at the Fairy Tale Playground
- Meet the bee-keepers at Museumsdorf Düppel
- Ride the ramps at Mellowpark
- Clamber up to the skies & through the Trabbis at MountMitte (7 years & over)
- Race a boat down the waterfall in Volkspark Friedrichshain
- Take a water tour on Moby Dick
- Pretend you're rock climbing in Australia at the Ayers Rock playground (free)
- Pretend you're a cowboy whilst horse riding
- Get physical with ParkourONE (for kids 8 - 12 years old)
- Enjoy a family game of volleyball in Mitte
- See the city from a Hot Air Ballon (discounted tickets are sometimes sold through Groupon Berlin)
- Eat Sunday brunch on a farm at Familienfarm Lübars
Indoors
- Explore the skies and starts at the Planetarium
- Get scientific at Spectrum
- Learn how to skateboard at the Skatehalle
- Get together with friends and learn how chocolate is made at the Ritter Sport Workshop (for children 7 years and over)
- Learn how to screen print at Krumulus
- Learn to bowl like a pro
- Explore the labyrinth at Labyrinth Kindermuseum
- Hunt the dinosaurs at the Natural History Museum
- Learn an instrument at the Klingendes Museum
- Catch a movie at Cinestar Sony Centre
- Go miniature with the trains at Loxx
Outside Berlin
- Meet the butterflies at Biosphäre Potsdam
- Walk with the dinosaurs at Freizeitpark Germendorf
- Meet the birds at Vogelpark Teltow
- Pretend you're in the tropics at Tropical Islands
- Step in to a Western at El Dorado Templin
What would you add to the list? Feel free to add some recommendations via the comments section below…
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