Playing with your kiddo
You can't stay holed up in your flat on every rainy day here in Ddorf, so it's important to get out! Finding a place that's kid friendly and that you can also enjoy isn't always easy, but here are a few.
- Pantakea - Indoor speielcafe, best suited for children 0-2. They have great crawling space, a sand box, and snacks and coffee for mamas. papas, and baby. (Pempelfort)
- Bobolinos - A crazy indoor child paradise of bouncy houses, trampolines, climbing areas, and giant slides. On Tuesday mornings they have a toddler only time, so it's quite calm. You can let your child roam a bit while you sit down for a coffee and a chat. (Check out this video - grandpa taking Simon down the slide.)
- Cafe Lätzchen -
- International English Library
- Aquazoo
When the sun shines, there is no shortage of great parks to play in Düsseldorf. Since Simon was still crawling last summer, we didn't explore as many as I know we will this summer. But there are some of my favorites:
- Hofgarten - We love the big Spielplatz at the corner Sternstrasse and Kaiserstraße
- Kolpingplatz - They have a lovely market here on Wednesday and Saturday mornings, all local produce
- Wildpark - It's a great little animal park, where you can mingle among the deer. Bring oats so you can feed them! They also have wild pigs (they like carrots and apples), a nice play ground, an education house, and even more animals. I can't be sure that we've even seen them all. Best of all - it's free!
- Südpark - We finally went here for the first time last week. We went to the Bauernhof, which is a small petting zoo at the south end of the park (Südpark stop off the 701). You buy food to feed the animals, and they have a very nice cafe where you can enjoy the coffee and cake.
- Volksgarten - This is actually a part of Südpark and is located at the north end. We still haven't been, but in summer they have a giant pirate ship water playground. We'll definitely check it out this summer.
Swimming
Other
- Fischmarkt -
- Düsseldorf Galopp -
- Grugapark, Essen - Haven't been but hear it's great on a nice day!
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