When it's dark by mid-afternoon and too cold for the playground, kids still need somewhere to run it off. These are the indoor spots we'd pick for that: trampoline parks with foam pits and ninja courses, climbing gyms with beginner sessions, smoky laser tag arenas and bowling alleys. Here's what we checked, from the zip lines at JumpYard to the laser mazes at Laserdome.
A trampoline park inside the Heron City leisure center at Kungens Kurva. Beyond the trampolines there are foam pits for practicing flips, a ninja course, colorful climbing walls that need no helmet or special shoes, and dodgeball.
Kids can also drive mini go-karts on a track. Add-ons include the SkyRider, a rail zip line high over the park, and Valo Arena, a mixed reality game floor played without a headset.
A trampoline park on the second floor of the Nacka Forum mall. Besides the main trampoline court, kids can flip into foam pits, run the ninja course, scale the climbing walls, play dodgeball or indoor football, and try parkour, Battle Beams, the Jump Tower and the SkyRider. Staff may have time to help kids learn a new trick. It suits kids who need to burn energy on a dark day.
JumpYard Barkarby is an indoor trampoline park with rows of connected trampolines, foam pits for practicing flips, and high-performance trampolines with padded walls for wallrunning.
Kids can also climb the colorful Clip 'n Climb walls with no helmet or special shoes, tackle the Mini Ninja obstacle course built for the youngest, play trampoline dodgeball, and knock friends off the Battle Beam into the foam pit.
YOUMP's biggest trampoline park covers 4,200 square meters with trampolines from wall to wall. Beyond the open FreeJump area there's a ninja course, a big airbag, dodgeball, an AirTrack tumbling strip, a slackline and a separate toddler and baby area. No experience is needed, and kids jump at their own level.
The park also runs birthday parties, trampoline classes, holiday camps and evening discos.
Karbin is a climbing hall in Västberga with rope walls and bouldering walls. On the ropes, the person belaying needs a Swedish Green Card (Grönt Kort); the climber does not.
New kids can start at an instructor-led taster session, then move on to the climbing school or Klätterlekis, the group for preschoolers. A party room with glass walls looks onto the hall.
An indoor climbing gym with two ways to climb: bouldering, which uses no ropes, and roped climbing. Courses suit complete beginners as well as experienced climbers, so a first-timer has a way in.
Klätterverket also runs regular courses and events for children, plus kids' birthday parties and school-holiday camps.
Ninja World is the indoor ninja warrior hall at the Sports Club Vallentuna gym, which has more than 150 padded obstacles in all. Six courses run from easy to very hard, and kids earn a colored wristband for each one they clear. Smaller kids get a 10-obstacle parkour course and a Baby Park of soft blocks. Next door, OCR Heaven adds military-style obstacles, treadmills and a bouldering cave.
A dark, smoke-filled laser tag arena in Vasastan where players in vests hunt each other through UV-lit corridors to music. Each 16-minute game takes up to 40 players, in two to eight teams or everyone against everyone.
Between games, the lobby has a live scoreboard, arcade games, darts, foosball and table tennis. Birthday party packages bundle games with food, ice cream and a candy bag.
Laserdome Farsta is a laser tag arena lit by UV light, with three themed zones (toxic waste, biotech and lava), smoke machines, sound effects, and corridors and alcoves to hide in. Players suit up with a sensor vest and a laser gun and play everyone against everyone or in teams. A computer tracks every hit, and scores go up on a screen in the lobby after each game.
Laserdome Bromma is a laser tag arena on several floors, kept dark and smoky with UV lighting and music. Up to 40 players wear vest-style jackets and play in two to four teams or all against all, with personal score sheets afterward.
The same activity center has Quest, 15 team challenge rooms that mix puzzles and physical tasks, plus The Cube puzzle boxes for teens and adults.
An indoor activity center in the Arninge industrial area with a 40-vest laser tag arena spread over several levels, six interactive bowling lanes, a 9-hole darklight minigolf course under UV light, an arcade hall, billiards, darts, shuffleboard and indoor golf.
Kandy'z candy shop stocks close to 1,000 kinds of candy, the ice cream café serves soft-serve and scoops, and the restaurant serves food from opening to closing.
Birka Bowling & Dart is a 17-lane bowling hall on Birkagatan in Vasastan, open since the early 1970s. Three of the lanes sit in a glassed-in VIP lounge with disco lights and an iPad for choosing the music.
Alongside bowling there are social darts with automated scoring, billiards, a restaurant known for its burgers and a sports bar. Daytime suits families; after 6pm the party lighting comes on.
Bowl-O-Rama has 29 lanes, which makes it the biggest bowling hall in the city. On weekend evenings half the hall turns into disco bowling with neon lights and music, while the other half stays lit as usual.
Local bowling clubs train here, so casual players often bowl next to league regulars, and staff or experienced bowlers can share tips. A restaurant serves food and drinks between games.
When it's dark by mid-afternoon and too cold for the playground, kids still need somewhere to run it off. These are the indoor spots we'd pick for that: trampoline parks with foam pits and ninja courses, climbing gyms with beginner sessions, smoky laser tag arenas and bowling alleys. Here's what we checked, from the zip lines at JumpYard to the laser mazes at Laserdome.
A trampoline park inside the Heron City leisure center at Kungens Kurva. Beyond the trampolines there are foam pits for practicing flips, a ninja course, colorful climbing walls that need no helmet or special shoes, and dodgeball.
Kids can also drive mini go-karts on a track. Add-ons include the SkyRider, a rail zip line high over the park, and Valo Arena, a mixed reality game floor played without a headset.
A trampoline park on the second floor of the Nacka Forum mall. Besides the main trampoline court, kids can flip into foam pits, run the ninja course, scale the climbing walls, play dodgeball or indoor football, and try parkour, Battle Beams, the Jump Tower and the SkyRider. Staff may have time to help kids learn a new trick. It suits kids who need to burn energy on a dark day.
JumpYard Barkarby is an indoor trampoline park with rows of connected trampolines, foam pits for practicing flips, and high-performance trampolines with padded walls for wallrunning.
Kids can also climb the colorful Clip 'n Climb walls with no helmet or special shoes, tackle the Mini Ninja obstacle course built for the youngest, play trampoline dodgeball, and knock friends off the Battle Beam into the foam pit.
YOUMP's biggest trampoline park covers 4,200 square meters with trampolines from wall to wall. Beyond the open FreeJump area there's a ninja course, a big airbag, dodgeball, an AirTrack tumbling strip, a slackline and a separate toddler and baby area. No experience is needed, and kids jump at their own level.
The park also runs birthday parties, trampoline classes, holiday camps and evening discos.
Karbin is a climbing hall in Västberga with rope walls and bouldering walls. On the ropes, the person belaying needs a Swedish Green Card (Grönt Kort); the climber does not.
New kids can start at an instructor-led taster session, then move on to the climbing school or Klätterlekis, the group for preschoolers. A party room with glass walls looks onto the hall.
An indoor climbing gym with two ways to climb: bouldering, which uses no ropes, and roped climbing. Courses suit complete beginners as well as experienced climbers, so a first-timer has a way in.
Klätterverket also runs regular courses and events for children, plus kids' birthday parties and school-holiday camps.
Ninja World is the indoor ninja warrior hall at the Sports Club Vallentuna gym, which has more than 150 padded obstacles in all. Six courses run from easy to very hard, and kids earn a colored wristband for each one they clear. Smaller kids get a 10-obstacle parkour course and a Baby Park of soft blocks. Next door, OCR Heaven adds military-style obstacles, treadmills and a bouldering cave.
A dark, smoke-filled laser tag arena in Vasastan where players in vests hunt each other through UV-lit corridors to music. Each 16-minute game takes up to 40 players, in two to eight teams or everyone against everyone.
Between games, the lobby has a live scoreboard, arcade games, darts, foosball and table tennis. Birthday party packages bundle games with food, ice cream and a candy bag.
Laserdome Farsta is a laser tag arena lit by UV light, with three themed zones (toxic waste, biotech and lava), smoke machines, sound effects, and corridors and alcoves to hide in. Players suit up with a sensor vest and a laser gun and play everyone against everyone or in teams. A computer tracks every hit, and scores go up on a screen in the lobby after each game.
Laserdome Bromma is a laser tag arena on several floors, kept dark and smoky with UV lighting and music. Up to 40 players wear vest-style jackets and play in two to four teams or all against all, with personal score sheets afterward.
The same activity center has Quest, 15 team challenge rooms that mix puzzles and physical tasks, plus The Cube puzzle boxes for teens and adults.
An indoor activity center in the Arninge industrial area with a 40-vest laser tag arena spread over several levels, six interactive bowling lanes, a 9-hole darklight minigolf course under UV light, an arcade hall, billiards, darts, shuffleboard and indoor golf.
Kandy'z candy shop stocks close to 1,000 kinds of candy, the ice cream café serves soft-serve and scoops, and the restaurant serves food from opening to closing.
Birka Bowling & Dart is a 17-lane bowling hall on Birkagatan in Vasastan, open since the early 1970s. Three of the lanes sit in a glassed-in VIP lounge with disco lights and an iPad for choosing the music.
Alongside bowling there are social darts with automated scoring, billiards, a restaurant known for its burgers and a sports bar. Daytime suits families; after 6pm the party lighting comes on.
Bowl-O-Rama has 29 lanes, which makes it the biggest bowling hall in the city. On weekend evenings half the hall turns into disco bowling with neon lights and music, while the other half stays lit as usual.
Local bowling clubs train here, so casual players often bowl next to league regulars, and staff or experienced bowlers can share tips. A restaurant serves food and drinks between games.
