Babies and toddlers need different things from a day out: a soft floor to crawl on, a sandpit at their height, somewhere warm to feed and change. This list pulls together the places and events that welcome kids under 3, from baby play rooms and gentle sensory sessions to playgrounds and parks with toddler corners. We keep it current, so check back as seasons change.
Little House is a shoe-free indoor play house and café built for babies and children under 6. Kids roam the play areas while parents get coffee, breakfast or lunch from the café, which also stocks baby food and kids' snacks.
The house runs classes too: baby rhythm and motor-skills sessions, ballet, toddler dance and music, plus postnatal fitness, Pilates and yoga for parents.
A non-profit café staffed by volunteers, which gives all its profits and tips to charity.
Next to the tables is a play corner with toys, books and a play kitchen, and the menu has a children's section: oatmeal with banana, toasties, fruit and veggie sticks. It suits babies, toddlers and preschoolers with a parent; school-age kids will find little to do beyond a meal.
Bette is a baby- and kid-friendly café with a menu for babies, kids and adults, including porridge for babies from 4 months. The play room has mattresses, a climbing den, a reading nook and dress-up clothes, and more toys and games are spread around the café.
The changing room stocks diapers, cream and wipes at no charge, with a microwave for warming bottles and a kids' toilet.
A calm, intimate classical concert made for small children. Kids get close to the musician and hear, and see, how a classical instrument sounds and looks up close, with each concert built around a different instrument.
The pace is slow and the room is relaxed: there is space for curiosity, and nobody expects a toddler to sit still the whole time.
A fenced playground in Enghaveparken with a spider climbing net, a zip line, a small ball court, sandpits, a fire pit and bike tracks that wind around the equipment. Staff run it and lend out pedal cars, balls and toys.
The playhouse has a toddler room with a play kitchen and a room for older kids with foosball, table tennis and board games.
Laid out in the early 1600s as the kitchen garden of Rosenborg Castle, this is Denmark's oldest royal garden. Today its lawns fill with picnics and games on sunny days.
Kids head for the fairytale playground and, in summer, a traditional puppet theater. Tree-lined avenues lead past a rose garden, fountains, the Hercules Pavilion and a statue of Hans Christian Andersen.
The city's largest public library sits in the old town, facing the Round Tower. For families, the reason to come is LÆS, a 1,000-square-meter children's floor designed around how kids learn language and reading. Its 10 zones include reading caves, the Ordbjerget play area for letters and movement, a drawing station with board games, and a shelf of books in English and five other languages.
A train-themed playground in Grøndalsparken, on the north side of Femte Juni Plads and right up against the S-train line.
Younger kids play at the station and platform, climb on the rails and take the driver's seat of the train. Older kids get a tall climbing frame with balance sections, a slide and a view of the passing S-trains. A rubber mound gives parents a place to sit and watch.
Babies and toddlers need different things from a day out: a soft floor to crawl on, a sandpit at their height, somewhere warm to feed and change. This list pulls together the places and events that welcome kids under 3, from baby play rooms and gentle sensory sessions to playgrounds and parks with toddler corners. We keep it current, so check back as seasons change.
Little House is a shoe-free indoor play house and café built for babies and children under 6. Kids roam the play areas while parents get coffee, breakfast or lunch from the café, which also stocks baby food and kids' snacks.
The house runs classes too: baby rhythm and motor-skills sessions, ballet, toddler dance and music, plus postnatal fitness, Pilates and yoga for parents.
A non-profit café staffed by volunteers, which gives all its profits and tips to charity.
Next to the tables is a play corner with toys, books and a play kitchen, and the menu has a children's section: oatmeal with banana, toasties, fruit and veggie sticks. It suits babies, toddlers and preschoolers with a parent; school-age kids will find little to do beyond a meal.
Bette is a baby- and kid-friendly café with a menu for babies, kids and adults, including porridge for babies from 4 months. The play room has mattresses, a climbing den, a reading nook and dress-up clothes, and more toys and games are spread around the café.
The changing room stocks diapers, cream and wipes at no charge, with a microwave for warming bottles and a kids' toilet.
A calm, intimate classical concert made for small children. Kids get close to the musician and hear, and see, how a classical instrument sounds and looks up close, with each concert built around a different instrument.
The pace is slow and the room is relaxed: there is space for curiosity, and nobody expects a toddler to sit still the whole time.
A fenced playground in Enghaveparken with a spider climbing net, a zip line, a small ball court, sandpits, a fire pit and bike tracks that wind around the equipment. Staff run it and lend out pedal cars, balls and toys.
The playhouse has a toddler room with a play kitchen and a room for older kids with foosball, table tennis and board games.
Laid out in the early 1600s as the kitchen garden of Rosenborg Castle, this is Denmark's oldest royal garden. Today its lawns fill with picnics and games on sunny days.
Kids head for the fairytale playground and, in summer, a traditional puppet theater. Tree-lined avenues lead past a rose garden, fountains, the Hercules Pavilion and a statue of Hans Christian Andersen.
The city's largest public library sits in the old town, facing the Round Tower. For families, the reason to come is LÆS, a 1,000-square-meter children's floor designed around how kids learn language and reading. Its 10 zones include reading caves, the Ordbjerget play area for letters and movement, a drawing station with board games, and a shelf of books in English and five other languages.
A train-themed playground in Grøndalsparken, on the north side of Femte Juni Plads and right up against the S-train line.
Younger kids play at the station and platform, climb on the rails and take the driver's seat of the train. Older kids get a tall climbing frame with balance sections, a slide and a view of the passing S-trains. A rubber mound gives parents a place to sit and watch.
