When the weather keeps everyone inside, these are the halls where kids can climb, bounce and yell without anyone minding. Some are soft-play halls with ball pits and toddler corners, good for a rainy morning with the youngest. Others are trampoline parks with ninja courses and airbags for older kids who need to wear themselves out. Here's what we checked, from Kiddy Park's ball pits to FLIP LAB's trampoline zones.
Kiddy Park is an indoor play hall with a ball pit, a trampoline area, and a climbing frame with obstacles and slides. Kids under 6 get their own zone with smaller equipment. The focus is active, imaginative play, with no screens or entertainers.
A snack corner and the Munchkin Island restaurant serve kids' menus. Outside food and drink are not allowed, and socks are a must.
An indoor playground with trampolines, a giant climbing frame with slides, a ball pit, electric cars, a laser maze and minigolf under blacklight. Toddlers get a separate area with smaller equipment.
Play is hands-on, with no screens or entertainers. Parents can sit in the lounge, where the Munchkin Island restaurant serves pasta, pizza and coffee.
Kids Playland is an indoor play center inside the Letzipark shopping center in Altstetten, with room for free play and organized activities.
Birthday parties run in themed VIP rooms (ocean adventure, superheroes, disco and Ice Queen), with packages that include snacks and drink options. School classes come on group trips too. A second Kids Playland has opened in Dietlikon.
Starbie is an indoor play hall with a climbing course and adventure frame, slides, bouncy castles, a ball pit and a separate area for toddlers. Parents can sit in the bistro while kids play, and there are party rooms for birthdays.
It suits a cold or rainy afternoon with kids who need to run off energy.
Trampolino is an indoor play hall of about 4,000 m² in Dietikon, built around what it calls the largest indoor climbing frame in Switzerland. Kids also find ten trampolines, a kids' Ferris wheel, a bouncy castle, a giant swing, a mini train and a climbing volcano with a 14-meter net tube slide.
Under-6s get a separate area of their own. There are no screens or entertainers, only free play.
Paradisimo is an indoor playground with a climbing labyrinth, a kids ninja gym, a climbing tower, an inflatable slide, trampolines and a neon net, plus a toddler area with its own trampoline. Kids 6 and up can play laser tag.
The parents' lounge sits in the middle of the L-shaped room, so adults can sit with a coffee, a board game or a massage chair and still see the kids.
Minicity is a supervised drop-off play area on level 4 of the Sihlcity mall, laid out like a small town. Kids ride Bobby-Cars around a traffic garden, climb, jump into a ball pit, play in a treehouse, watch kids' films in a mini cinema and dress up in a toy department store.
Parents can't come in, so it suits kids happy to stay with staff.
FLIP LAB Zürich is a trampoline and freestyle hall with 12 zones. Kids warm up, then move between a bungee zone with a harness, an airbag for first flips, a ninja course, a dodgeball court, basketball hoops for trampoline dunks, a wall walk and a trampoline parkour course. Instructors stay on the floor and explain the hall rules before each session. Parents can watch from a terrace overlooking the hall.
Milandia is a sports and leisure park beside a nature reserve near the old town of Greifensee. Kids get two playgrounds, one with a big tower and four slides, an 18-hole minigolf course, and a chemical-free natural pool with a paddling area.
A fitness club, climbing center, padel courts and football pitches share the site, and staff in the Kinderparadies mind small children while parents stay on site.
When the weather keeps everyone inside, these are the halls where kids can climb, bounce and yell without anyone minding. Some are soft-play halls with ball pits and toddler corners, good for a rainy morning with the youngest. Others are trampoline parks with ninja courses and airbags for older kids who need to wear themselves out. Here's what we checked, from Kiddy Park's ball pits to FLIP LAB's trampoline zones.
Kiddy Park is an indoor play hall with a ball pit, a trampoline area, and a climbing frame with obstacles and slides. Kids under 6 get their own zone with smaller equipment. The focus is active, imaginative play, with no screens or entertainers.
A snack corner and the Munchkin Island restaurant serve kids' menus. Outside food and drink are not allowed, and socks are a must.
An indoor playground with trampolines, a giant climbing frame with slides, a ball pit, electric cars, a laser maze and minigolf under blacklight. Toddlers get a separate area with smaller equipment.
Play is hands-on, with no screens or entertainers. Parents can sit in the lounge, where the Munchkin Island restaurant serves pasta, pizza and coffee.
Kids Playland is an indoor play center inside the Letzipark shopping center in Altstetten, with room for free play and organized activities.
Birthday parties run in themed VIP rooms (ocean adventure, superheroes, disco and Ice Queen), with packages that include snacks and drink options. School classes come on group trips too. A second Kids Playland has opened in Dietlikon.
Starbie is an indoor play hall with a climbing course and adventure frame, slides, bouncy castles, a ball pit and a separate area for toddlers. Parents can sit in the bistro while kids play, and there are party rooms for birthdays.
It suits a cold or rainy afternoon with kids who need to run off energy.
Trampolino is an indoor play hall of about 4,000 m² in Dietikon, built around what it calls the largest indoor climbing frame in Switzerland. Kids also find ten trampolines, a kids' Ferris wheel, a bouncy castle, a giant swing, a mini train and a climbing volcano with a 14-meter net tube slide.
Under-6s get a separate area of their own. There are no screens or entertainers, only free play.
Paradisimo is an indoor playground with a climbing labyrinth, a kids ninja gym, a climbing tower, an inflatable slide, trampolines and a neon net, plus a toddler area with its own trampoline. Kids 6 and up can play laser tag.
The parents' lounge sits in the middle of the L-shaped room, so adults can sit with a coffee, a board game or a massage chair and still see the kids.
Minicity is a supervised drop-off play area on level 4 of the Sihlcity mall, laid out like a small town. Kids ride Bobby-Cars around a traffic garden, climb, jump into a ball pit, play in a treehouse, watch kids' films in a mini cinema and dress up in a toy department store.
Parents can't come in, so it suits kids happy to stay with staff.
FLIP LAB Zürich is a trampoline and freestyle hall with 12 zones. Kids warm up, then move between a bungee zone with a harness, an airbag for first flips, a ninja course, a dodgeball court, basketball hoops for trampoline dunks, a wall walk and a trampoline parkour course. Instructors stay on the floor and explain the hall rules before each session. Parents can watch from a terrace overlooking the hall.
Milandia is a sports and leisure park beside a nature reserve near the old town of Greifensee. Kids get two playgrounds, one with a big tower and four slides, an 18-hole minigolf course, and a chemical-free natural pool with a paddling area.
A fitness club, climbing center, padel courts and football pitches share the site, and staff in the Kinderparadies mind small children while parents stay on site.
