Some kids need more movement than a playground gives them. This list gathers the places where they can climb, skate and bowl: bouldering halls, ice rinks, ropes courses and bowling alleys. It's a good place to start on a rainy weekend, or when a kid wants to try a sport before committing to a club.
Der Kegel is a climbing gym built around a former bunker, now an 18-meter cone-shaped climbing tower on the RAW grounds in Friedrichshain. Around it sit 550 square meters of indoor and outdoor bouldering up to 4 meters, across every grade, plus a small roof terrace with a snack bar.
Rope climbing on the tower is lead-only with your own rope, so most families come to boulder.
Ostbloc is a bouldering hall of over 1,000 square meters by the Rummelsburger Bucht, open since 2010. Bouldering means climbing at jump-off height with no ropes or harness, over thick mats, at every difficulty level.
Kids under 8 have their own Kinderland area. Under-12s who want the main mats first take the Boulderführerschein, a course done with a parent that covers the hall rules.
Boulderklub Kreuzberg is a bouldering gym with 1,300 square meters of floor: short walls over thick mats, no ropes or harnesses.
Kids climb in their own zone around a climbing ship, marked in yellow on the mats and kept apart from the adult walls, where grown-ups jump and fall from height. A parent stays beside them the whole time, so it is not a drop-off.
Erika-Heß-Eisstadion is Berlin's third-largest ice rink, with a covered rink and an open-air rink side by side on Müllerstraße in Wedding. The open-air ice reopened for public skating in 2026 after years closed.
In winter it draws neighborhood families and skaters from across the city. The covered rink keeps sessions going when it rains, and the open-air rink is the one to pick on a crisp, dry day.
Eisstadion Neukölln is the district's open-air artificial ice rink, at the edge of the Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportpark by Tempelhofer Feld. The public rink is about 65 by 39 meters, next to a separate competition rink used by hockey and figure skating clubs.
A rental shop on site rents skates in all sizes, plus double-blade gliders for kids up to 1 meter tall. Beginners can join the local skating schools that teach here.
Horst-Dohm-Eisstadion is a large public ice rink run by the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district, with room for first-timers and confident skaters on the same ice. A rental shop on site lends skates and sharpens blades, so kids without their own pair can still go.
The restaurant inside the stadium is the place to warm up between laps.
Berolina Bowling is a 32-lane alley in a basement near Nollendorfplatz: 28 classic lanes, four VIP lanes in a private lounge, a bar and a kitchen.
Kids' birthday packages cover 90 minutes of bowling with bumpers on request, shoe hire, a decorated table, a sweets plate, a kids' meal (burger, nuggets or pizza) and a drink. Families can bring their own cake.
Magic Mountain is a big climbing hall with roped walls, bouldering areas and an outdoor climbing garden. Autobelay stations let a first-timer climb without a partner after a short briefing at the desk.
Kids can start with a trainer-led taster session, climb alongside their parents in a family session, or join term-long kids training and holiday camps. It suits active kids who like heights.
Some kids need more movement than a playground gives them. This list gathers the places where they can climb, skate and bowl: bouldering halls, ice rinks, ropes courses and bowling alleys. It's a good place to start on a rainy weekend, or when a kid wants to try a sport before committing to a club.
Der Kegel is a climbing gym built around a former bunker, now an 18-meter cone-shaped climbing tower on the RAW grounds in Friedrichshain. Around it sit 550 square meters of indoor and outdoor bouldering up to 4 meters, across every grade, plus a small roof terrace with a snack bar.
Rope climbing on the tower is lead-only with your own rope, so most families come to boulder.
Ostbloc is a bouldering hall of over 1,000 square meters by the Rummelsburger Bucht, open since 2010. Bouldering means climbing at jump-off height with no ropes or harness, over thick mats, at every difficulty level.
Kids under 8 have their own Kinderland area. Under-12s who want the main mats first take the Boulderführerschein, a course done with a parent that covers the hall rules.
Boulderklub Kreuzberg is a bouldering gym with 1,300 square meters of floor: short walls over thick mats, no ropes or harnesses.
Kids climb in their own zone around a climbing ship, marked in yellow on the mats and kept apart from the adult walls, where grown-ups jump and fall from height. A parent stays beside them the whole time, so it is not a drop-off.
Erika-Heß-Eisstadion is Berlin's third-largest ice rink, with a covered rink and an open-air rink side by side on Müllerstraße in Wedding. The open-air ice reopened for public skating in 2026 after years closed.
In winter it draws neighborhood families and skaters from across the city. The covered rink keeps sessions going when it rains, and the open-air rink is the one to pick on a crisp, dry day.
Eisstadion Neukölln is the district's open-air artificial ice rink, at the edge of the Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportpark by Tempelhofer Feld. The public rink is about 65 by 39 meters, next to a separate competition rink used by hockey and figure skating clubs.
A rental shop on site rents skates in all sizes, plus double-blade gliders for kids up to 1 meter tall. Beginners can join the local skating schools that teach here.
Horst-Dohm-Eisstadion is a large public ice rink run by the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district, with room for first-timers and confident skaters on the same ice. A rental shop on site lends skates and sharpens blades, so kids without their own pair can still go.
The restaurant inside the stadium is the place to warm up between laps.
Berolina Bowling is a 32-lane alley in a basement near Nollendorfplatz: 28 classic lanes, four VIP lanes in a private lounge, a bar and a kitchen.
Kids' birthday packages cover 90 minutes of bowling with bumpers on request, shoe hire, a decorated table, a sweets plate, a kids' meal (burger, nuggets or pizza) and a drink. Families can bring their own cake.
Magic Mountain is a big climbing hall with roped walls, bouldering areas and an outdoor climbing garden. Autobelay stations let a first-timer climb without a partner after a short briefing at the desk.
Kids can start with a trainer-led taster session, climb alongside their parents in a family session, or join term-long kids training and holiday camps. It suits active kids who like heights.
