There is a small town in Germany with a non-German name Porta Westfalica. It is located in the North Rhine-Westphalia ... read more...

A small and little-known park in the spa town of Bad Holzhausen. There are several ponds with a variety of fish, old majestic trees and artistically designed flowerbeds. Ducks, birds and other feathered friends give the park a unique flavor. There are numerous recreation areas, pavilion and shady, cozy corners read more...

This unique dinosaur park is located at an altitude of 1700 meters, on the Steinplatte mountain. In the park you can find large themed playgrounds, many full-size dinosaur figures, a museum and excellent observation decks read more...

An excellent family park in Magdeburg, covering about 100 hectares, which we recommend. It was created for the 1999 garden festival and, so far, we haven't visited a better place in Germany to hold such festivals, though we've visited quite a few. This is most likely due to the fact that the scale of festivals has decreased recently read more...

Huge playground of 13000 square metres, one of the best playgrounds in Germany at the moment. It is located in a picturesque location on the mountainside near the family recreation centre Center Parcs Park Hochsauerland. Entrance to the playground is free read more...

A little-known option for a trip with children in the Harz Mountains, although you can come here without children. Mount Steinberg can be climbed by car, there is a large parking lot. There will be many cars there, most come for the purpose of hiking mountain trails. There is a nice playground right by the parking lot. There are tables, so you can have a picnic read more...

There is a great playground called Ellmi's Zauberwelt (Ellmi's Magical World) on the Hartkaiser Mountain read more...

According to legend, fairy spruce spirits built a castle on Mount Rosenalm, which is a unique playground. We recommend this place if you are traveling with kids read more...

This article lists family restaurants with playgrounds or children's areas around Hanover. If you can add to the article, please write in the comments read more...

Kaiserwelt Scheffau is a large playground located at an altitude of 1650 meters. The playground is good, interesting, partly located on top of the mountain, partly in a small forest read more...

The distinctive feature of this playground is a huge wooden bear called Penkenpepi. There are routes for children inside the bear, you can climb to the head and go down one of the slides read more...

Restaurant with a large children's playground. A few hundred metres away (51.656389, 5.082306) there is a national park with dunes read more...

We saw this little town while travelling around the island of Fuerteventura. It has a large convenient car park with toilets, a modern playground and a tiny historical centre. It is literally 50 metres from the car park and there is an interesting church called Nuestra Señora de Regla read more...

Hamburg's city park was opened in 1914 and appeared due to the expansion of the city and the absorption of the surrounding forests and garden farms read more...

Herford is one of the most important and most fortified trading towns in Westphalia, was a member of the Hanseatic League from 1342 and is one of the founding members of the Westphalian Hanseatic cities. It was a free imperial city until its annexation by Prussia in 1652 read more...

Children's playground and restaurant in the mountains. Distinctive features are marmots and other animals that live here, as well as the possibility to get here by car along a toll mountain road read more...

Good playground with a water section, open from May to October. Located in a picturesque place, on the river bank and surrounded by high mountains. There is a toilet and a drink machine read more...

There are two outdoor children's pools in the Amsterdam forest. There are similar pools in almost every water center in Europe, but in this case the pools are just in the middle of the forest and they are completely free read more...

A great destination for a weekend trip with children. An old cable car leads up to an altitude of 727 metres where, in addition to the restaurant, there is a large children's playground, a very good summer toboggan run, mountain bike tracks, a rope park and a slide for inflatable rings read more...

A large playground in the woods. There is a fee to enter and there is an opening hours, see here. There are grilling areas that can be rented, info is here. A good place to hold a children's birthday party, however quite remote from big cities read more...

A rather unusual option for a weekend trip with children. Even the name itself is unusual, Utkiek Bassum translates as “Bassum Lookout” and it's Lower German, a dialect spoken by several million people in Northern Germany and the Netherlands read more...

Cafe with a children's playground, entrance is paid, but inexpensive. There is also a small mini zoo nearby. The playground is not very modern, but our children liked it read more...