Eight to twelve is when kids start asking for a camp that ends with a real skill. We gathered the holiday camps around Basel that take this age group: football and multisport weeks, science and robotics on university campuses, pony days, skate sessions, forest camps and art rooms. Open any camp for its dates, price and how to book.
A week in the snow in Graubünden with ooink ooink, the youth work team at Basel's Landhof. Kids stay at Vacanza, a rustic group house outside Selva near the source of the Rhine, and spend their days skiing, snowblading and carving in the Milez-Oberalp area, with ski school lessons. Kids who have never skied are welcome. During the week the kids keep an online diary with photos of each day.
Week-long holiday day camps at e9, a children's and youth center on Eulerstrasse in Basel. Each week has its own theme: a ball-games week of Sitzball, dodgeball and team games, rounded off with board games and short nature outings, or a jungle week of crafts, games and learning about plants and animals. Meals are included. Places are subsidized and only open to children living in the canton of Basel-Stadt.
Tagesferien are Basel-Stadt's holiday day camps. The canton funds them and local providers run them at around 20 sites, from after-school centers to an indoor BMX and skate hall. Each provider picks its own theme for the week: sport, crafts, nature or Fasnacht costumes and masks. Kids play, head out on outings and eat lunch together, looked after by trained staff.
Holiday day camps run by Robi-Spiel-Aktionen, the association behind Basel's adventure playgrounds, on behalf of the canton. Each site sets its own theme for the week: winter crafts and climbing at Christmas, then sport, a Basel Zoo week, a riddle trail across the city or making the Robi kids' magazine in the February sports holidays. Kids spend the day playing, building and exploring outdoors, and eat lunch together.
A holiday week outdoors around Basel with the nonprofit allwäg, run for the city's education department. Kids roam forests and meadows, look for animals and plants, invent games and cook over a fire. On bad-weather days they run around a gym, cook in a kitchen and make crafts instead. It suits kids happy to spend whole winter days outside in boots and warm layers.
A ski camp at Melchsee-Frutt in Obwalden, with lessons twice a day in small groups sorted by level. Beginners start in the Fruttli-Land kids' area, and stronger skiers take on red and black runs and the Fruttpark. Nights are spent in a group house in Melchtal, renovated in 2025, with its own cook, a games room with table tennis and foosball, and a gym. Kids bring their own ski gear.
A multi-sport day camp at the Vitis tennis and squash center in Allschwil, just over the Basel city line. Kids choose most of their own activities, switching every hour between more than 20 sports and games: tennis, squash, badminton, indoor soccer, unihockey, scooters, balance courses and dance games for the youngest. It suits kids happy to move for hours; it is not elite training, and not general daycare.
Day trips from Basel for the February sports break. Kids meet their Schöb Events group at Basel SBB station in the morning, travel together to an outing somewhere in the region, as far as Lucerne, Zurich or Aargau, and come back in the late afternoon. Lunch, transport and activities are covered. It suits kids who like a different place each day, less so those who tire of long train rides.
A week of gaming and sport from MS Sports and gaming company MYI. Kids play non-violent games like Mario Kart World, Minecraft and Splatoon 3 on PCs and Nintendo Switch 2, with tips from esports players. Two hours a day go to sport: trampoline, parkour and ball games, outdoors or in a gym.
A workshop covers screen time and gaming risks. Suits first-timers and experienced gamers.
A week of BMX, skateboard and scooter at the Trendsporthalle, an indoor hall of ramps, pipes and courses in Klybeck. Each day mixes workshops in all three sports with free riding, games and group outings.
Loan equipment means kids can try a board or bike they don't own; they bring a helmet, flat sturdy sneakers and a water bottle. It suits first-timers and kids who already ride.
A holiday camp run by ELABasel, the Swiss British School of Basel, during the Fasnacht school break. Each week follows one theme, and past weeks have covered science, art, sports, dance, engineering and STEM. Teachers and teaching assistants lead the days and pitch activities to each age group. Some weeks run at the school's St. Alban-Vorstadt campus, others at specialist sites. Open to families outside the school too.
A multi-sport holiday week run by Verein Sport-Kids, a sports association based in Bettingen. Each day mixes several sports, such as floorball, parkour, acrobatics, athletics and football, so kids try things they might never pick themselves. Sessions move outdoors in good weather and back to the gym when it turns. The week ends with a games tournament. It suits active kids who like variety more than drilling one sport.
A holiday sports week at the Van der Merwe Center, a sports and leisure club in Allschwil. Coaches teach squash, badminton, bowling, billiards and fitness, and kids work on the sports they choose. The focus is on learning through play, with close attention to each child.
Suits kids who like trying a few different games rather than drilling one.
A holiday week in a dedicated indoor badminton hall in Oberwil, just outside Basel. Qualified coaches mix badminton with table tennis, floorball, football, basketball and team games, so kids who are new to badminton still get a varied day. It suits sporty kids who like being active from morning to mid-afternoon, and families who can sort out lunch themselves.
A sports day camp for the Fasnacht holidays where kids try many sports in one week instead of drilling one. Days mix group games, football, floorball, table tennis and gymnastics, led by trained leaders and coaches from different sports. No experience needed.
It suits kids who like to move and haven't picked a favorite sport; one after serious single-sport training will find it light.
A holiday football camp run by the Simplyfoot football school at the Swiss Mega Park in Frenkendorf. It suits beginners as much as kids who already play, and the coaches tailor the drills to each child's strengths and weak spots. Days mix varied training with a kids' lunch, fruit and drinks, and families get free photos from the camp afterward.
Morning language lessons in German, English or French over the school holidays at ILS Basel. Groups are small, eight students at most, and sorted by level, from beginners to advanced. Lessons lean on speaking, games and projects, with outings and a challenge day to put the new words to use. It suits kids who want a boost over the break and still have their afternoons free.
KidsVenture is the holiday camp at OVERGROUND, an indoor movement hall in St. Johann built for ninja courses, parkour and trampoline. Kids spend the days on obstacle runs, chase tag, acrobatics, bouldering, tricking and jumps into a big airbag, with games indoors and out. Coaches are educators and pro athletes. It suits kids who climb everything at home and need to burn energy over the holidays.
A holiday tennis camp at TC Reichenstein in Arlesheim, run by Christoph Mutti's tennis academy. Beginners and experienced players train in separate groups with the Bollettieri method: softer training balls for the youngest, technique and match play for older kids. Breaks bring football and coordination games, and lunch is a hot meal at the clubhouse. The courts are outdoors; rain moves play to a hall or a backup program.
Eight to twelve is when kids start asking for a camp that ends with a real skill. We gathered the holiday camps around Basel that take this age group: football and multisport weeks, science and robotics on university campuses, pony days, skate sessions, forest camps and art rooms. Open any camp for its dates, price and how to book.
A week in the snow in Graubünden with ooink ooink, the youth work team at Basel's Landhof. Kids stay at Vacanza, a rustic group house outside Selva near the source of the Rhine, and spend their days skiing, snowblading and carving in the Milez-Oberalp area, with ski school lessons. Kids who have never skied are welcome. During the week the kids keep an online diary with photos of each day.
Week-long holiday day camps at e9, a children's and youth center on Eulerstrasse in Basel. Each week has its own theme: a ball-games week of Sitzball, dodgeball and team games, rounded off with board games and short nature outings, or a jungle week of crafts, games and learning about plants and animals. Meals are included. Places are subsidized and only open to children living in the canton of Basel-Stadt.
Tagesferien are Basel-Stadt's holiday day camps. The canton funds them and local providers run them at around 20 sites, from after-school centers to an indoor BMX and skate hall. Each provider picks its own theme for the week: sport, crafts, nature or Fasnacht costumes and masks. Kids play, head out on outings and eat lunch together, looked after by trained staff.
Holiday day camps run by Robi-Spiel-Aktionen, the association behind Basel's adventure playgrounds, on behalf of the canton. Each site sets its own theme for the week: winter crafts and climbing at Christmas, then sport, a Basel Zoo week, a riddle trail across the city or making the Robi kids' magazine in the February sports holidays. Kids spend the day playing, building and exploring outdoors, and eat lunch together.
A holiday week outdoors around Basel with the nonprofit allwäg, run for the city's education department. Kids roam forests and meadows, look for animals and plants, invent games and cook over a fire. On bad-weather days they run around a gym, cook in a kitchen and make crafts instead. It suits kids happy to spend whole winter days outside in boots and warm layers.
A ski camp at Melchsee-Frutt in Obwalden, with lessons twice a day in small groups sorted by level. Beginners start in the Fruttli-Land kids' area, and stronger skiers take on red and black runs and the Fruttpark. Nights are spent in a group house in Melchtal, renovated in 2025, with its own cook, a games room with table tennis and foosball, and a gym. Kids bring their own ski gear.
A multi-sport day camp at the Vitis tennis and squash center in Allschwil, just over the Basel city line. Kids choose most of their own activities, switching every hour between more than 20 sports and games: tennis, squash, badminton, indoor soccer, unihockey, scooters, balance courses and dance games for the youngest. It suits kids happy to move for hours; it is not elite training, and not general daycare.
Day trips from Basel for the February sports break. Kids meet their Schöb Events group at Basel SBB station in the morning, travel together to an outing somewhere in the region, as far as Lucerne, Zurich or Aargau, and come back in the late afternoon. Lunch, transport and activities are covered. It suits kids who like a different place each day, less so those who tire of long train rides.
A week of gaming and sport from MS Sports and gaming company MYI. Kids play non-violent games like Mario Kart World, Minecraft and Splatoon 3 on PCs and Nintendo Switch 2, with tips from esports players. Two hours a day go to sport: trampoline, parkour and ball games, outdoors or in a gym.
A workshop covers screen time and gaming risks. Suits first-timers and experienced gamers.
A week of BMX, skateboard and scooter at the Trendsporthalle, an indoor hall of ramps, pipes and courses in Klybeck. Each day mixes workshops in all three sports with free riding, games and group outings.
Loan equipment means kids can try a board or bike they don't own; they bring a helmet, flat sturdy sneakers and a water bottle. It suits first-timers and kids who already ride.
A holiday camp run by ELABasel, the Swiss British School of Basel, during the Fasnacht school break. Each week follows one theme, and past weeks have covered science, art, sports, dance, engineering and STEM. Teachers and teaching assistants lead the days and pitch activities to each age group. Some weeks run at the school's St. Alban-Vorstadt campus, others at specialist sites. Open to families outside the school too.
A multi-sport holiday week run by Verein Sport-Kids, a sports association based in Bettingen. Each day mixes several sports, such as floorball, parkour, acrobatics, athletics and football, so kids try things they might never pick themselves. Sessions move outdoors in good weather and back to the gym when it turns. The week ends with a games tournament. It suits active kids who like variety more than drilling one sport.
A holiday sports week at the Van der Merwe Center, a sports and leisure club in Allschwil. Coaches teach squash, badminton, bowling, billiards and fitness, and kids work on the sports they choose. The focus is on learning through play, with close attention to each child.
Suits kids who like trying a few different games rather than drilling one.
A holiday week in a dedicated indoor badminton hall in Oberwil, just outside Basel. Qualified coaches mix badminton with table tennis, floorball, football, basketball and team games, so kids who are new to badminton still get a varied day. It suits sporty kids who like being active from morning to mid-afternoon, and families who can sort out lunch themselves.
A sports day camp for the Fasnacht holidays where kids try many sports in one week instead of drilling one. Days mix group games, football, floorball, table tennis and gymnastics, led by trained leaders and coaches from different sports. No experience needed.
It suits kids who like to move and haven't picked a favorite sport; one after serious single-sport training will find it light.
A holiday football camp run by the Simplyfoot football school at the Swiss Mega Park in Frenkendorf. It suits beginners as much as kids who already play, and the coaches tailor the drills to each child's strengths and weak spots. Days mix varied training with a kids' lunch, fruit and drinks, and families get free photos from the camp afterward.
Morning language lessons in German, English or French over the school holidays at ILS Basel. Groups are small, eight students at most, and sorted by level, from beginners to advanced. Lessons lean on speaking, games and projects, with outings and a challenge day to put the new words to use. It suits kids who want a boost over the break and still have their afternoons free.
KidsVenture is the holiday camp at OVERGROUND, an indoor movement hall in St. Johann built for ninja courses, parkour and trampoline. Kids spend the days on obstacle runs, chase tag, acrobatics, bouldering, tricking and jumps into a big airbag, with games indoors and out. Coaches are educators and pro athletes. It suits kids who climb everything at home and need to burn energy over the holidays.
A holiday tennis camp at TC Reichenstein in Arlesheim, run by Christoph Mutti's tennis academy. Beginners and experienced players train in separate groups with the Bollettieri method: softer training balls for the youngest, technique and match play for older kids. Breaks bring football and coordination games, and lunch is a hot meal at the clubhouse. The courts are outdoors; rain moves play to a hall or a backup program.
