Rain on the forecast again and the kids are bouncing off the walls? Let them do it somewhere built for it. We picked the indoor spots around The Hague where kids and tweens wear themselves out: trampoline halls, bouldering walls, a VR arena, real snow slopes and arcades. Here's what we checked, from a trampoline hall inside a former church to the steepest indoor ski run in Europe.
Planet Jump & Play is a trampoline park inside a former church. Kids bounce across the trampoline courts, and toddlers get a separate play area of their own, away from the bigger jumpers.
It sits a short walk from Kunstmuseum Den Haag, so it pairs easily with a museum morning when the weather turns.
EPICX Den Haag is an indoor play center where one ticket covers several activity zones. Kids can run across the Mega Bounce, a giant inflatable, jump on the interactive Active Pixel floor, explore the Fun House and play laser tag.
Toddlers get a zone of their own, there is a Clay Café Lab for creative play, and mini e-karts are an add-on for older kids.
An inflatable park with more than 1000 m² of air cushions: waves, a pyramid, a climbing wall, slides and obstacle runs like Wipe Out and Ninja Run. Beyond the bouncing there is a net course for climbing and balancing at height, interactive games such as Tag & Run, and GlowGolf, an 18-hole mini golf played in the dark. Built for burning energy on a rainy day.
Bounce Valley Zoetermeer is an inflatable park where air cushions take the place of trampolines, across more than 1,000 m². Kids start in a bounce area with a pyramid, a jelly mountain and waves, then move on to an obstacle run, a ninja run, a jump tower, a climbing wall, extreme slides and light-up games like Catch the Light. Adults can sit on an air-conditioned terrace inside or jump along.
Klimmuur BOK is the climbing center inside the De Uithof sports complex, with indoor and outdoor walls up to 22.5 meters high and more than 125 roped routes, from easy grades to hard ones.
Kids who would rather skip the rope can boulder in a separate hall over thick crash mats. First-timers can start with an intro lesson, then move on to courses or free climbing.
Beest Boulders is a bouldering hall in The Globe building beside Hollands Spoor station. Climbers go up short walls without ropes or harnesses, with thick mats underneath to land on. Routes are reset every week, so kids who come back find new problems to solve.
De Klimmuur, a rope-climbing wall with much taller walls, shares the building. The hall has its own kitchen for lunch and dinner, plus a climbing shop.
Boulderhal De Campus is an indoor bouldering hall: short climbs up to four meters with no ropes or harnesses, over thick crash mats. Routes run from beginner to advanced, and some walls are set just for kids. Younger siblings who are not climbing yet have a play corner of their own.
The Park Playground is a free-roam virtual reality arena in the Binckhorst. Players wear wireless headsets and move around a large open space together, with no cables, after a host's short briefing and intro video. Each booking plays on its own field. Games range from an Egyptian tomb adventure with puzzles and archery to escape rooms, shooters and horror, and the host helps match the game to the group.
De Uithof is a sports center with a year-round indoor ski slope on real snow: a 211-meter main run, a separate kids' slope and a freestyle park. Next to it sits a semi-covered 400-meter speed-skating track, opened in 1973, with a covered fun rink in the middle where beginners skate without a set direction.
The same building has a climbing wall, laser tag and a Monkey Town soft play.
SnowWorld Zoetermeer is an indoor ski center on real snow, kept at -5 degrees all year. It has four slopes: two 140-meter blue runs for beginners, a 300-meter red run that is the steepest indoor slope in Europe, and Kinderland, a 30-meter green slope with a belt lift for the youngest skiers.
Next door, Adventure Valley adds climbing routes, zip lines and a 17-meter indoor climbing wall.
An indoor arcade in the same building as the Pathé Ypenburg cinema. Kids load credit onto a blue Playcard and swipe it at each machine: air hockey, pinball, Mario Kart with real kart seats, a giant Hungry Hippos for up to four players, Break a Plate and claw machines. Many games pay out tickets, and better scores win more. There is a coffee corner for parents and lockers on site.
Lucky's Bowling is a ten-pin bowling alley inside the Dekker Zoetermeer leisure center, on Brunswick lanes with a wide video wall that plays animations behind the pins. The vintage-style hall has a bowling bar with drinks and snacks.
The building also holds an indoor playground for kids up to 8, plus Italian and burger restaurants for a meal before or after a game.
FunZone Delft is a covered indoor playground with a climbing volcano, a family slide, a toboggan run, a Snowglider, a ball cannon and extra-high trampolines. A separate toddler corner gives the youngest their own space.
Parents can watch from the café terrace, which serves coffee and sandwiches and has free Wi-Fi. At least one adult has to stay for the whole visit.
Rain on the forecast again and the kids are bouncing off the walls? Let them do it somewhere built for it. We picked the indoor spots around The Hague where kids and tweens wear themselves out: trampoline halls, bouldering walls, a VR arena, real snow slopes and arcades. Here's what we checked, from a trampoline hall inside a former church to the steepest indoor ski run in Europe.
Planet Jump & Play is a trampoline park inside a former church. Kids bounce across the trampoline courts, and toddlers get a separate play area of their own, away from the bigger jumpers.
It sits a short walk from Kunstmuseum Den Haag, so it pairs easily with a museum morning when the weather turns.
EPICX Den Haag is an indoor play center where one ticket covers several activity zones. Kids can run across the Mega Bounce, a giant inflatable, jump on the interactive Active Pixel floor, explore the Fun House and play laser tag.
Toddlers get a zone of their own, there is a Clay Café Lab for creative play, and mini e-karts are an add-on for older kids.
An inflatable park with more than 1000 m² of air cushions: waves, a pyramid, a climbing wall, slides and obstacle runs like Wipe Out and Ninja Run. Beyond the bouncing there is a net course for climbing and balancing at height, interactive games such as Tag & Run, and GlowGolf, an 18-hole mini golf played in the dark. Built for burning energy on a rainy day.
Bounce Valley Zoetermeer is an inflatable park where air cushions take the place of trampolines, across more than 1,000 m². Kids start in a bounce area with a pyramid, a jelly mountain and waves, then move on to an obstacle run, a ninja run, a jump tower, a climbing wall, extreme slides and light-up games like Catch the Light. Adults can sit on an air-conditioned terrace inside or jump along.
Klimmuur BOK is the climbing center inside the De Uithof sports complex, with indoor and outdoor walls up to 22.5 meters high and more than 125 roped routes, from easy grades to hard ones.
Kids who would rather skip the rope can boulder in a separate hall over thick crash mats. First-timers can start with an intro lesson, then move on to courses or free climbing.
Beest Boulders is a bouldering hall in The Globe building beside Hollands Spoor station. Climbers go up short walls without ropes or harnesses, with thick mats underneath to land on. Routes are reset every week, so kids who come back find new problems to solve.
De Klimmuur, a rope-climbing wall with much taller walls, shares the building. The hall has its own kitchen for lunch and dinner, plus a climbing shop.
Boulderhal De Campus is an indoor bouldering hall: short climbs up to four meters with no ropes or harnesses, over thick crash mats. Routes run from beginner to advanced, and some walls are set just for kids. Younger siblings who are not climbing yet have a play corner of their own.
The Park Playground is a free-roam virtual reality arena in the Binckhorst. Players wear wireless headsets and move around a large open space together, with no cables, after a host's short briefing and intro video. Each booking plays on its own field. Games range from an Egyptian tomb adventure with puzzles and archery to escape rooms, shooters and horror, and the host helps match the game to the group.
De Uithof is a sports center with a year-round indoor ski slope on real snow: a 211-meter main run, a separate kids' slope and a freestyle park. Next to it sits a semi-covered 400-meter speed-skating track, opened in 1973, with a covered fun rink in the middle where beginners skate without a set direction.
The same building has a climbing wall, laser tag and a Monkey Town soft play.
SnowWorld Zoetermeer is an indoor ski center on real snow, kept at -5 degrees all year. It has four slopes: two 140-meter blue runs for beginners, a 300-meter red run that is the steepest indoor slope in Europe, and Kinderland, a 30-meter green slope with a belt lift for the youngest skiers.
Next door, Adventure Valley adds climbing routes, zip lines and a 17-meter indoor climbing wall.
An indoor arcade in the same building as the Pathé Ypenburg cinema. Kids load credit onto a blue Playcard and swipe it at each machine: air hockey, pinball, Mario Kart with real kart seats, a giant Hungry Hippos for up to four players, Break a Plate and claw machines. Many games pay out tickets, and better scores win more. There is a coffee corner for parents and lockers on site.
Lucky's Bowling is a ten-pin bowling alley inside the Dekker Zoetermeer leisure center, on Brunswick lanes with a wide video wall that plays animations behind the pins. The vintage-style hall has a bowling bar with drinks and snacks.
The building also holds an indoor playground for kids up to 8, plus Italian and burger restaurants for a meal before or after a game.
FunZone Delft is a covered indoor playground with a climbing volcano, a family slide, a toboggan run, a Snowglider, a ball cannon and extra-high trampolines. A separate toddler corner gives the youngest their own space.
Parents can watch from the café terrace, which serves coffee and sandwiches and has free Wi-Fi. At least one adult has to stay for the whole visit.
