Rainy afternoon and the kids are bouncing off the sofa? These are the indoor spots where they can burn it off for real: trampolines, foam pits, ninja courses, climbing walls and big soft-play halls with toddler corners. A couple sit just over the German border. Here's what we checked, from bouldering at ELYS Boulderloft to go-karts at IMPULSIV Kinderland Weil am Rhein.
Jump Factory Basel is a trampoline park in Münchenstein with around 20 zones on one ticket. Kids bounce on the mega and long trampolines, launch into the foam pit, run up the warped wall, race down the speed slide and take on a ninja warrior course, climbing wall, battle beam, ropes course and zip line.
Parents who don't jump can wait in the café while kids play.
ELYS Boulderloft is a bouldering gym with over 2,000 m² of climbing surface and new problems set every week. Kids under 13 boulder in the New Hall with a parent who climbs too, and can earn a bouldering license that opens the Big Hall.
Younger kids have the movement landscape, a play-and-run area with its own family bistro.
Kiddy Park Basel is an indoor play hall with a ball pit, a trampoline jump area, climbing structures and obstacle courses. Babies get soft crawling zones, and under-6s have their own area with smaller equipment.
The play is active and low-tech, with no screens or entertainers. Staff supervise the floor, parents can sit in the lounge, and a snack corner and the Munchkin Island restaurant serve kids' meals.
Hoppolino is a large indoor soft play center. The main draw is a 6 m Spider-Tower with several climbing levels, plus a big climbing frame, a spiral slide that drops into an extra-large ball pit, a 4 m trampoline and a go-kart track.
The smallest children get a separate toddler area, and an interactive floor-and-wall game zone is listed as coming soon.
A big indoor funpark with two giant trampolines (over 20 jump beds with basketball hoops and a tumble line), a two-level kids ninja course, an inflatable donut slide, a climbing volcano with a slide, tunnel and wave slides, and a small soccer pitch.
A three-level play structure with bridges, tunnels and a fast steel slide has a separate toddler area.
Kletterhalle 7 (K7) is an indoor climbing hall with tall roped walls and a separate bouldering room. More than 120 routes have a top rope already hung, so a trained belayer can tie a kid in and climb.
The bouldering room has over 70 problems on walls no higher than 4 m, with thick mats underneath. Families learn together in Saturday taster sessions; kids from 10 have their own courses.
An indoor play hall that is part of the IMPULSIV leisure center, just over the border from Basel. The centerpiece is a big climbing tower with a tube slide, softball shooter, wave slide and rope course, plus a free-fall slide, electric go-karts, a trampoline, a wobble mountain and a soccer cage.
Toddlers get their own area with slides, a ball pool and big Lego blocks.
A large indoor play hall with a climbing tower, trampolines, a go-kart track, bumper cars, a soccer pitch and a roller slide. A separate area is set aside for kids up to 5, and the play equipment is built for adults too.
Parents can sit in the bistro, which serves snacks and hot and cold drinks, or bring food from home.
An indoor mini golf course with 18 holes, played in darkened rooms under UV light. Fluorescent painted scenery and 3D backdrops glow around every hole, and players wear 3D glasses that make the walls pop out.
The same building has a free-roam virtual reality arena, an arcade with billiards, basketball and air hockey, a bistro and a terrace.
Rainy afternoon and the kids are bouncing off the sofa? These are the indoor spots where they can burn it off for real: trampolines, foam pits, ninja courses, climbing walls and big soft-play halls with toddler corners. A couple sit just over the German border. Here's what we checked, from bouldering at ELYS Boulderloft to go-karts at IMPULSIV Kinderland Weil am Rhein.
Jump Factory Basel is a trampoline park in Münchenstein with around 20 zones on one ticket. Kids bounce on the mega and long trampolines, launch into the foam pit, run up the warped wall, race down the speed slide and take on a ninja warrior course, climbing wall, battle beam, ropes course and zip line.
Parents who don't jump can wait in the café while kids play.
ELYS Boulderloft is a bouldering gym with over 2,000 m² of climbing surface and new problems set every week. Kids under 13 boulder in the New Hall with a parent who climbs too, and can earn a bouldering license that opens the Big Hall.
Younger kids have the movement landscape, a play-and-run area with its own family bistro.
Kiddy Park Basel is an indoor play hall with a ball pit, a trampoline jump area, climbing structures and obstacle courses. Babies get soft crawling zones, and under-6s have their own area with smaller equipment.
The play is active and low-tech, with no screens or entertainers. Staff supervise the floor, parents can sit in the lounge, and a snack corner and the Munchkin Island restaurant serve kids' meals.
Hoppolino is a large indoor soft play center. The main draw is a 6 m Spider-Tower with several climbing levels, plus a big climbing frame, a spiral slide that drops into an extra-large ball pit, a 4 m trampoline and a go-kart track.
The smallest children get a separate toddler area, and an interactive floor-and-wall game zone is listed as coming soon.
A big indoor funpark with two giant trampolines (over 20 jump beds with basketball hoops and a tumble line), a two-level kids ninja course, an inflatable donut slide, a climbing volcano with a slide, tunnel and wave slides, and a small soccer pitch.
A three-level play structure with bridges, tunnels and a fast steel slide has a separate toddler area.
Kletterhalle 7 (K7) is an indoor climbing hall with tall roped walls and a separate bouldering room. More than 120 routes have a top rope already hung, so a trained belayer can tie a kid in and climb.
The bouldering room has over 70 problems on walls no higher than 4 m, with thick mats underneath. Families learn together in Saturday taster sessions; kids from 10 have their own courses.
An indoor play hall that is part of the IMPULSIV leisure center, just over the border from Basel. The centerpiece is a big climbing tower with a tube slide, softball shooter, wave slide and rope course, plus a free-fall slide, electric go-karts, a trampoline, a wobble mountain and a soccer cage.
Toddlers get their own area with slides, a ball pool and big Lego blocks.
A large indoor play hall with a climbing tower, trampolines, a go-kart track, bumper cars, a soccer pitch and a roller slide. A separate area is set aside for kids up to 5, and the play equipment is built for adults too.
Parents can sit in the bistro, which serves snacks and hot and cold drinks, or bring food from home.
An indoor mini golf course with 18 holes, played in darkened rooms under UV light. Fluorescent painted scenery and 3D backdrops glow around every hole, and players wear 3D glasses that make the walls pop out.
The same building has a free-roam virtual reality arena, an arcade with billiards, basketball and air hockey, a bistro and a terrace.
