Fun for kids in Basel
Your list of local things to do with the kids.
Hi All
A full list of events happening now for kids are on the calendar page, below you can find links to all the local great everyday places to take kids.
Animal parks
Basel Zoo – Perfect for every family and look at buying a family card
Tier park Lange Erlan – Great Animal Park, free to enter
Kids clubs
Basel Cub Scouts – Pack 681 Based at the ISB in Aesch. A friendly fun activity group for young boys.
City parks
Grun 80 park and Botanical gardens – Great for taking the kids, feed the fish and a big play park, but watch out for the dinosaur!
Botanical gardens at the University
Kannenfeld park – nice park on the west of the city –
Swimming pools
Aesch / Pfeffingen – outdoor pool – only for summer!
Arlesheim – outdoor pool – only for summer!
Aqua Basilea – indoor water park at Prattlen with lots of slides etc. *Expensive but fun
Backgraben Allschwill outdoor pool – only for summer!
Bettingen Swimming outdoor pool – only for summer
Binningen indoor Speigelfield indoor Swimming pool
Bottmingen Outdoor Pool – only for summer
Eglisse Swimming outdoor pool – only for summer * Closed 2017 for refurb
Laguna Badeland – Indoor pool and outdoor with wave machine. * Good value for money
Muttenz – indoor Swimming pool * Great pool and good value
Naturbad Riehen, fantastic outdoor swimming pool natural * Highly recommended, but bad parking
Reinach Gartenbad – Outdoor Pool – only for summer
Rialto indoor – indoor swimming pool.
Sonnebad at Margerethan Smaller but nice Outdoor Pool – only for summer
St Jakobs Swimming outdoor pool – Family pool only for summer, but laned pool heated!
Museums
Speilzeug Welten – Formerly the puppet museum –
Basel paper Museum – Get creative with the kids –
Naturel History museum Really nice museum, not like its website 😮
Cartoon Museum it is what it says
Mini steam trains
Ysebähnli am Rhy Minature steam trains for kids to ride
Indoor play groups/centres
Oki doki kinderland – The biggest indoor playground for kids, but can get a bit busy
Gymboree Basel – Nice children’s play centre – Weiherweg 86 (by Schützenmatt Park)
Kindermusik at Dreispitz
Swiss Mega Park – Trampolines, climbing and lots lots more
The jump factory Basel – Fantastic indoor trampoline park