Playgrounds and things to do with kids in Amsterdam
A park playground with a sandpit and a paddling pool, set among walking and cycling routes.
Nature play with hut building and water features, paved paths and free entry for individual visits.
A large forest with play equipment, two toddler pools and an English-language nature trail with app hunts.
A playground in a nature park with mature trees, next to Parknest, a volunteer-run cafe serving coffee and hot chocolate.
An open-water nature playground with free play for kids through age 13, on grounds that are always accessible.
A nature playground on a farm site, with a toddler sandpit in the shade and the Pof cafe next door.
A nature playground and a large paddling pool, plus a skatepark, a sports area and a cafe inside the park.
A staffed neighborhood playground mixing classic play and sports, with activities for older kids and an accessible toilet.
A large park with several playgrounds, one for climbing and sliding by Groot Melkhuis and a quieter section for younger kids.
A park with playgrounds beside cafes, a shallow splash pond and the Woeste Westen adventure playground nearby.
A building playground for kids from age 6, built around construction rather than slides, in Rembrandtpark.
A compact neighborhood playground run by DOCK, with a staffed clubhouse, an indoor space and coffee on site.
A playground with a large sandbox in a city park, with the Terrasmus cafe right beside it for coffee and lunch.
A playground in a mature park, close to the De Uylenburg animal farm and its drink terrace.
Two kinds of play, a classic playground and a new nature-play forest, woven among old trees by the De Pijp streets.
A climbing playground and a small farm that are free to use, with paid rides and a cafe on the grounds.
A playground for ages 2 to 12 behind a pancake house, with a screened-off younger section and a clubhouse.
An observation deck over the IJ, reached by the free ferry from behind Central Station, with an optional swing.
A history museum for ages 10 and up, covering the Holocaust with heavy subject matter.
A city zoo with two separate museums alongside it, Micropia and the Groote Museum.
A microbe museum with lab talks, best for curious school-age kids, with free entry for under 13s with a paid ticket.
A kids cruise add-on to the city canal cruise, with a pirate story on audio in Dutch or English.
A junior section on the wartime occupation and resistance, made for ages 9 to 14 and serious in theme.
A film museum with Cinemini screenings for preschoolers and the Mission Supereyes booklet, with the exhibition free under 18.
A goat farm with a cafe in the Amsterdamse Bos, with no entrance fee.
A miniature museum and shop built around the Sam and Julia books, with free entry and mouse-door painting.
A culture museum with a junior experience for ages 6 and up.
A free neighborhood animal farm.
A kids' cooking cafe with a help-yourself bar and party sessions by age group, with outdoor play beside it.
A maritime museum whose admission includes a replica ship to explore, and a short ship-led visit suits younger kids.
A science museum with hands-on experiments, engineering and science play, best for school-age explorers.
A big public library with a spacious youth department and a Maakplaats makerspace, plus a cafe and restaurant in the building.
The artist's own house, with a kids story in Dutch or English and hands-on demonstrations.
A Family Quest game turns the paintings into a hunt, with a nursing room and a welcome for strollers.
Family Lab activities, an audio hunt and coloring pages make modern art hands-on, all free with museum admission.
A street-art museum with free entry for under 13s alongside an adult ticket, reached by the NDSM ferry.
Hunts for a younger and an older age group, picked up at the information desk, turn the galleries into a game.
Junior is the museum's route for under-13s, with a Get to the North Pole program that starts at age 6.