Once kids hit 13, the playground stops working. This list keeps only the plans set for teenagers aged 13 to 17, places and events alike, so you're not wading through toddler workshops and puppet shows to find something a teen will agree to.
The Caricatura Museum shows cartoons, comic strips and caricatures, built on more than 10,000 original drawings by the Neue Frankfurter Schule, the group behind the satire magazines Pardon and Titanic.
Special exhibitions fill the ground floor and gallery, and the collection on the first floor changes every six months. Many cartoons carry German captions and political satire, so it suits teens more than toddlers.
The Jewish Museum tells the story of Frankfurt's Jews from around 1800 to today, across three floors of the Rothschild Palais, the former home of the banking family. Every floor has hands-on stations and labels written for kids, alongside films, media stations and art.
The last room holds everyday objects, letters and photos from Anne Frank's Frankfurt family. It suits school-age kids with some patience for history more than toddlers.
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.
Dialogmuseum runs Dialog im Dunkeln, a tour through four rooms with no light. Groups of up to eight follow a blind or visually impaired guide, finding their way with a white cane, their hands and their ears. The last room is the DunkelBar, where the group orders a drink in the dark and talks with the guide. Anyone can leave at any point, though there is no way back in.
The west tower of the Kaiserdom, the church where Holy Roman emperors were crowned, rises 95 meters over the Altstadt. A narrow spiral staircase of 328 steps climbs to a viewing platform 66 meters up, with views over the Römerberg, the Main and the skyscrapers, and on clear days the Taunus hills. There is no elevator, so it suits kids who can manage a steep, steady climb.
Hafenpark is a 40,000-square-meter park on the Main riverbank, right below the European Central Bank tower. Its Concrete Jungle skate park draws amateur and pro skaters, and a second, smaller skate area is set aside for kids.
Around it sit basketball, volleyball, badminton and soccer courts, a climbing course, playgrounds, outdoor fitness equipment, and open lawns with wide wooden loungers for picnics.
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.
A high-ropes climbing forest beside the Waldstadion, the Eintracht Frankfurt stadium, with 13 courses and about 150 climbing elements. Younger kids start on the Bambini courses, older ones move up through intermediate and expert routes to the Skyline course 30 meters up. Five tall towers look out over the stadium and the skyline. Everyone climbs on a continuous safety system after a briefing from staff.
Once kids hit 13, the playground stops working. This list keeps only the plans set for teenagers aged 13 to 17, places and events alike, so you're not wading through toddler workshops and puppet shows to find something a teen will agree to.
The Caricatura Museum shows cartoons, comic strips and caricatures, built on more than 10,000 original drawings by the Neue Frankfurter Schule, the group behind the satire magazines Pardon and Titanic.
Special exhibitions fill the ground floor and gallery, and the collection on the first floor changes every six months. Many cartoons carry German captions and political satire, so it suits teens more than toddlers.
The Jewish Museum tells the story of Frankfurt's Jews from around 1800 to today, across three floors of the Rothschild Palais, the former home of the banking family. Every floor has hands-on stations and labels written for kids, alongside films, media stations and art.
The last room holds everyday objects, letters and photos from Anne Frank's Frankfurt family. It suits school-age kids with some patience for history more than toddlers.
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.
Dialogmuseum runs Dialog im Dunkeln, a tour through four rooms with no light. Groups of up to eight follow a blind or visually impaired guide, finding their way with a white cane, their hands and their ears. The last room is the DunkelBar, where the group orders a drink in the dark and talks with the guide. Anyone can leave at any point, though there is no way back in.
The west tower of the Kaiserdom, the church where Holy Roman emperors were crowned, rises 95 meters over the Altstadt. A narrow spiral staircase of 328 steps climbs to a viewing platform 66 meters up, with views over the Römerberg, the Main and the skyscrapers, and on clear days the Taunus hills. There is no elevator, so it suits kids who can manage a steep, steady climb.
Hafenpark is a 40,000-square-meter park on the Main riverbank, right below the European Central Bank tower. Its Concrete Jungle skate park draws amateur and pro skaters, and a second, smaller skate area is set aside for kids.
Around it sit basketball, volleyball, badminton and soccer courts, a climbing course, playgrounds, outdoor fitness equipment, and open lawns with wide wooden loungers for picnics.
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.
A high-ropes climbing forest beside the Waldstadion, the Eintracht Frankfurt stadium, with 13 courses and about 150 climbing elements. Younger kids start on the Bambini courses, older ones move up through intermediate and expert routes to the Skyline course 30 meters up. Five tall towers look out over the stadium and the skyline. Everyone climbs on a continuous safety system after a briefing from staff.
