When it's cold, wet or dark early, kids still need somewhere to burn off energy. These are the indoor halls we head to: trampolines and zip lines, climbing walls built for small hands, laser tag arenas, glowing mini golf and bowling with bumpers. Here's what we checked, from the airbag tower at Superfly to the toddler jungle wall at Boulderwelt.
Superfly Frankfurt is a trampoline park of nearly 4,000 m². Its standout is the Zip Out, a zip line that carries jumpers over the hall.
Around it are open trampoline courts, a ninja obstacle run, a 15-meter tumbling lane, basketball dunk lanes, a trapeze swing, and a foam pit and giant airbag for big drops. It suits kids who want to burn energy; nervous jumpers can stay on the courts.
The Frankfurt section of the German Alpine Club (DAV) runs this climbing center, with over 1,700 square meters of walls spread across an indoor hall and an outdoor area. There are top-rope and lead routes, autobelay lines, and a small bouldering room upstairs with a big panorama window.
It suits families with some belaying experience. Complete beginners can start with a coached taster session.
Boulderwelt Frankfurt is a large bouldering gym: rope-free climbing on short walls over padded floors. Kids get their own area with child-sized holds, split into a course section modeled on the adult walls and a jungle-themed zone for the youngest climbers.
Older kids can also climb with an adult in a mixed section of the main hall, and parents get a lounge with coffee.
LaserZone Frankfurt is a 1,140 m² laser tag arena on several levels, with towers, platforms and glowing corridors. Players wear vests and infrared phasers and pick from more than 40 missions, solo or in teams, after a short briefing from staff.
Games are sold as timed flat-rate blocks, and a lounge sells drinks, pizza and snacks between rounds.
An indoor mini golf course where 18 holes run through rooms of graffiti painted in UV neon paint and lit by blacklight. Special 3D glasses make the walls pop and the ball seem to float over obstacles. Holes include an XXL loop, pinball-style lanes and play across two floors. It suits school-age kids; the holes get tricky for younger ones.
Friday's Bowling is a large bowling hall with more than 25 lanes, interactive scoring screens and bumpers that keep a beginner's ball out of the gutter. Light balls start at 2.5 kg and rental shoes at size 24, so small kids can bowl properly.
Between games there are billiard tables, darts, shuffleboard and arcade machines, and the Eco Kart electric go-kart track sits 50 meters away.
Monkey Town Frankfurt is an indoor play hall inside the NordWestZentrum mall, by the Praunheimer Steg entrance. Kids work through slides, a ball pit, a volcano, a spider tower, a kart track, a multisport area and a laser tag arena, while under-4s have a separate toddler zone. Parents can watch from the bistro tables. Air conditioning keeps it cool on hot days.
Tiggolino is a 2,300 m² indoor play hall in Mörfelden-Walldorf, about 15 to 20 minutes' drive from Frankfurt. The centerpiece is a climbing volcano with a 7-meter drop slide.
Around it sit a trampoline arena, a bouncy castle park with an airbag jump, a multicourt with an airtrack, ball cannons, electric cars on a kart track and a separate toddler zone. A jungle-themed snack bar serves burgers and pizza.
A dinosaur-themed adventure park with life-size dinosaurs that move and roar among volcanoes and palms. Kids cross a 150-meter climbing course 4 meters up, dig for fossil bones, pan for gold, paddle canoes along a river, dodge lasers in a dark cave and fire softball cannons at a T-Rex.
It is not a trampoline-style play center, so kids who mainly want to run off energy may find it slow.
When it's cold, wet or dark early, kids still need somewhere to burn off energy. These are the indoor halls we head to: trampolines and zip lines, climbing walls built for small hands, laser tag arenas, glowing mini golf and bowling with bumpers. Here's what we checked, from the airbag tower at Superfly to the toddler jungle wall at Boulderwelt.
Superfly Frankfurt is a trampoline park of nearly 4,000 m². Its standout is the Zip Out, a zip line that carries jumpers over the hall.
Around it are open trampoline courts, a ninja obstacle run, a 15-meter tumbling lane, basketball dunk lanes, a trapeze swing, and a foam pit and giant airbag for big drops. It suits kids who want to burn energy; nervous jumpers can stay on the courts.
The Frankfurt section of the German Alpine Club (DAV) runs this climbing center, with over 1,700 square meters of walls spread across an indoor hall and an outdoor area. There are top-rope and lead routes, autobelay lines, and a small bouldering room upstairs with a big panorama window.
It suits families with some belaying experience. Complete beginners can start with a coached taster session.
Boulderwelt Frankfurt is a large bouldering gym: rope-free climbing on short walls over padded floors. Kids get their own area with child-sized holds, split into a course section modeled on the adult walls and a jungle-themed zone for the youngest climbers.
Older kids can also climb with an adult in a mixed section of the main hall, and parents get a lounge with coffee.
LaserZone Frankfurt is a 1,140 m² laser tag arena on several levels, with towers, platforms and glowing corridors. Players wear vests and infrared phasers and pick from more than 40 missions, solo or in teams, after a short briefing from staff.
Games are sold as timed flat-rate blocks, and a lounge sells drinks, pizza and snacks between rounds.
An indoor mini golf course where 18 holes run through rooms of graffiti painted in UV neon paint and lit by blacklight. Special 3D glasses make the walls pop and the ball seem to float over obstacles. Holes include an XXL loop, pinball-style lanes and play across two floors. It suits school-age kids; the holes get tricky for younger ones.
Friday's Bowling is a large bowling hall with more than 25 lanes, interactive scoring screens and bumpers that keep a beginner's ball out of the gutter. Light balls start at 2.5 kg and rental shoes at size 24, so small kids can bowl properly.
Between games there are billiard tables, darts, shuffleboard and arcade machines, and the Eco Kart electric go-kart track sits 50 meters away.
Monkey Town Frankfurt is an indoor play hall inside the NordWestZentrum mall, by the Praunheimer Steg entrance. Kids work through slides, a ball pit, a volcano, a spider tower, a kart track, a multisport area and a laser tag arena, while under-4s have a separate toddler zone. Parents can watch from the bistro tables. Air conditioning keeps it cool on hot days.
Tiggolino is a 2,300 m² indoor play hall in Mörfelden-Walldorf, about 15 to 20 minutes' drive from Frankfurt. The centerpiece is a climbing volcano with a 7-meter drop slide.
Around it sit a trampoline arena, a bouncy castle park with an airbag jump, a multicourt with an airtrack, ball cannons, electric cars on a kart track and a separate toddler zone. A jungle-themed snack bar serves burgers and pizza.
A dinosaur-themed adventure park with life-size dinosaurs that move and roar among volcanoes and palms. Kids cross a 150-meter climbing course 4 meters up, dig for fossil bones, pan for gold, paddle canoes along a river, dodge lasers in a dark cave and fire softball cannons at a T-Rex.
It is not a trampoline-style play center, so kids who mainly want to run off energy may find it slow.
