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bison from a herd founded in 1976, wolves and eagles in forest enclosures near Międzyzdroje
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models of monuments and lighthouses of the Baltic countries at a scale of 1:25, with a miniature Baltic Sea
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amusement park with Viking and dragon zones, 25 rides and features, and shows
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fort from 1807 turned into an amphitheatre that hosts festivals and concerts
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farm with alpacas, capybaras and camels, with campfire picnics near Kołobrzeg
two summer tent playgrounds in Sarbinowo for children up to 12
life-size dinosaurs, a mini zoo and an activity zone near Kamień Pomorski
play area with a monkey grove and a ball pit, plus a cafe for parents
seasonal land of bouncy castles, trampolines and slides in Dziwnów
pirate Upside-Down House on Solna Street in Kołobrzeg, a stop for a rainy day
an upside-down house with an optical illusion where you can walk on the ceiling
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mini zoo with alpacas, donkeys and llamas, and a playground, in Rogozina
trampoline park with a monkey grove, laser tag, a VR zone and electric go-karts
play room with an animator, workshops and a ball pit, a short walk from the lighthouse
creative play room with millions of building blocks and five zones in Kołobrzeg
play centre with slides, a trampoline zone and a café for parents
park of nearly a hundred wooden games and machines in Krupy near Darłowo
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interactive exhibition about the sea: rescue, fishing, the Cold War and amber
butterfly house with freely flying exotic butterflies beneath the lighthouse
exhibition with 3D paintings about Baltic fishermen, with special effects
rope park in the forest on Chełmska Hill with a route ending in a 110 m zip line
a Nerf blaster arena with four game modes, from age 6, also for birthdays and groups
Things to do with kids in West Pomerania: dozens of places, from the Oceanarium in Kołobrzeg to rope parks, play centres and miniature parks.
This is a guide for parents planning a day with children by the sea, in Szczecin or in the lake district. Alongside large amusement parks you will find small play centres, interactive exhibitions and treetop trails. Every place carries the "Dla rodzin" (family) tag, and most also have the "Na deszcz" (rainy day) tag.
Play centres, indoor exhibitions and aquariums work best in bad weather. In Kołobrzeg that means Klockowisko, Muzeum 6D and the Oceanarium, in Szczecin Powerland and Królestwo Zabawy, and in Szczecinek Raban Szczecinek. All of them carry the rainy day tag.
Play centres with a monkey grove, a ball pit and an obstacle course operate in many towns. Bosco in Wołczkowo near Szczecin welcomes children from one to nine years old and has a cafe for parents. Sala Zabaw BAJKA in Złocieniec takes children from one to eleven and has an outdoor area with bouncy castles. In Jarosławiec, try Funky Plaza, which runs entertainers and creative workshops.
Older children and teenagers will like places built around movement: Big Wall with a wall up to fifteen metres high, the trampoline parks, and the Neon Shot Park arena in Białogard with Nerf guns. More indoor ideas are collected in the Rozrywka (entertainment) category.
Kołobrzeg has the most entries here: eight places, with more close by. For a seaside day with children, three stops in town are enough: the Oceanarium, Muzeum 6D and Klockowisko. The other places need a short drive.
The Oceanarium is a compact aquarium exhibition in the town centre, with piranhas, moray eels, stingrays, sharks and colourful tropical fish. Muzeum 6D stands on the promenade by the holiday resorts and tells the story of old fishermen through 3D paintings and special effects. Klockowisko is an indoor play centre built from bricks: five zones, slides and foam pits.
Children who like trick photos will enjoy the Dom do góry nogami (Upside Down House) on Solna Street, styled as a pirate house with no time limit on play. Older visitors can see Fort Wilczy, a fortification from 1807 rebuilt in 1925 as an amphitheatre. A separate page collects ideas for the town: things for children in Kołobrzeg.
It is about ten kilometres to Al-pako in Kolonia Charzyno, a family farm with alpacas, capybaras and camels, open for picnics with animal feeding. In Zieleniewo you will find Park Rozrywki Dziki Zachód (Wild West Amusement Park): an Indian village, a western town, a funfair, a motor park and a mini zoo, all on one ticket. In Pyszka, in the Dygowo commune, Pomerania Fun Park has a play hall, a Viking village and laser tag. The Hortulus Spectabilis Gardens in Kolonia Smolne are worth a trip for the hornbeam maze and the twenty-metre viewing tower.
The list covers four places in Szczecin, in the districts of Niebuszewo-Bolinko, Pomorzany, Dąbie and Arkońskie-Niemierzyn. All are indoors and carry the rainy day tag, so they suit an autumn Saturday.
Big Wall in Niebuszewo-Bolinko is a climbing centre with a wall up to fifteen metres, a bouldering room, a gym and a cafe. Fun Jump Szczecin sits in the Hit2Fit centre in Pomorzany, on Milczańska Street, and combines trampolines with a monkey grove, laser tag, a VR zone and go-karts. In Dąbie, on Potok Street, Królestwo Zabawy is a play centre with slides, trampolines, obstacle courses and a cafe for carers. Powerland on Chopin Street is described by its operator as the largest facility of its kind in the city, and it also hosts school groups and birthdays.
More ideas for a day out with children in the regional capital are gathered on the page for children in Szczecin. Just beyond the city, add the Bosco play centre in Wołczkowo.
Rope parks stand in Koszalin, Świnoujście, Międzyzdroje, Czaplinek, Jarosławiec and Szczecinek. Choose by the age of the children and the distance from your accommodation, because the courses differ in difficulty and length.
Na Linie in Koszalin lies in the forest on Góra Chełmska, covers about a hectare, and has courses for children and adults up to twelve metres high plus a Big Swing. Park Linowy Bluszcz in Świnoujście is in the town centre, in the park on Matejki Street next to the amphitheatre, with ten courses of varying difficulty. The same company runs the rope park in Międzyzdroje, with thirteen courses.
On the shore of Lake Drawsko is Linolandia in Czaplinek: six courses of rising difficulty, plus a grill and a campfire spot. In Szczecinek, Park Linowy Linolandia stands on Mysia Wyspa by Lake Trzesiecko. In Jarosławiec you will find Park linowy Ju-Huu, aimed mainly at children, with four courses. None of the rope parks carries the rainy day tag, so plan them for good weather.
Children can see animals in several places tagged "Zoo" and in parks with a mini zoo. On Wolin island there is a bison enclosure, and on the coast animals await in Niechorze, Kołobrzeg and Zieleniewo.
The Zagroda Pokazowa Żubrów (Bison Show Reserve) in Wolin National Park, founded in 1976, shows bison, wolves, deer and white-tailed eagles. In Niechorze, the Motylarnia (Butterfly House) on Polna Street lets exotic butterflies fly freely, and nearby in Rogozina Donkey Szot has more than two hundred animals and a playground. Add the Oceanarium in Kołobrzeg and the mini zoos in Zieleniewo and Pyszka. For more on the coast, see the Beaches and coast category.
Three resorts on and next to Wolin island offer over a dozen places for a shared day: miniature parks, interactive exhibitions and theme parks. Some operate seasonally, so check the venue's website before you travel.
In Międzyzdroje, families can visit Bałtycki Park Miniatur (Baltic Miniature Park): models of monuments and lighthouses of the Baltic states at a scale of one to twenty-five, with a miniature Baltic Sea and a model railway. Nearby are the rope park and the bison enclosure mentioned above. More about the resort is on the page for children in Międzyzdroje.
Dziwnów has three places: Park Miniatur i Kolejek (Miniatures and Railways Park) with miniatures of almost thirty lighthouses of the Polish coast and a model railway with more than a thousand metres of track, Morskie Centrum Nauki Nautica Park (Nautica Park Maritime Science Centre) with an exhibition on sea rescue, fishing, the Cold War and amber, and the seasonal Dmuchany Świat Letti Lili (Letti Lili Inflatable World) with bouncy castles, trampolines and slides. All are described on the page for children in Dziwnów. In Rewal there is Park Wieloryba (Whale Park): more than a hundred models of sea creatures in four themed lands, with pirates and talking parrots. Not far away is the Bałtycki Park Dinozaurów (Baltic Dinosaur Park) in Wrzosowo near Kamień Pomorski, with dinosaur models, a mini zoo and a mineral exhibition.
The middle of the coast has several places that suit a holiday stay: two tent playgrounds in Sarbinowo, an illusion house in Mielno and a wooden games park in Krupy near Darłowo.
Bajeczny Namiot is a pair of summer playgrounds in Sarbinowo for children up to twelve, with dry ball pools, slides and a pontoon slide. Gigapark operates in the same town, on Południowa Street, under the large Big Tent, with inflatable attractions and the Wild Safari track. In Mielno, on Kościuszki Street, the cookie-themed Dom do góry nogami offers an optical illusion effect. Leonardia in Krupy is an education and entertainment park with almost a hundred wooden games, open since 2013.
Those heading further east will find Hossoland in Brojce, a seasonal park with four zones, twenty-five attractions and stage shows. For a long day in good weather, try Dziki Zachód or Pomerania Fun Park.
Away from the coast, families will find play centres, rope parks and a few unusual venues in Stargard, Koszalin, Białogard and the Drawsko Lakeland. Most of them suit a cloudy day.
PlayPark in Koszalin is a trampoline park with thirty-five trampolines, a foam pit, snowtubing, a climbing wall and a Ninja course. In Stargard, Playhouse Stargard offers ASG ranges, VR games, retro arcade machines and UV painting in a cyberpunk setting, so it is one for older children. Raban Szczecinek takes babies and children up to twelve, with a monkey grove, a ninja course, trampolines and a games zone. Local guides to these towns are the pages for children in Szczecinek and in Szczecin.
It is best to pick one coastal town as a base and add two places for day trips. Kołobrzeg, Dziwnów and Międzyzdroje each have several places for children in one resort, so it is easy to build a relaxed plan.
When planning, combine places for children with classic sightseeing: a walk through parks and nature, a visit to museums, a trip to lakes or viewpoints. Older children will also like lighthouses and ports, and after a swim it is worth looking at water parks and swimming pools. Sites tied to history are collected in a separate category, Places of remembrance, written in a different, matter-of-fact tone.
To play centres, interactive exhibitions and the oceanarium. In Kołobrzeg that is Klockowisko, Muzeum 6D and the Oceanarium, in Szczecin Powerland, Królestwo Zabawy and Big Wall. The vast majority of places here carry the rainy day tag.
Bosco in Wołczkowo takes children from one year old, so does Sala Zabaw BAJKA in Złocieniec, and Raban Szczecinek even takes babies. The bison enclosure, the Butterfly House and the Oceanarium are calmer, with no need to run or climb.
Try Big Wall in Szczecin, the trampoline parks in Szczecin and Koszalin, the ASG ranges at Playhouse Stargard or Neon Shot Park in Białogard. The rope parks in Świnoujście, Międzyzdroje and Koszalin also suit this age.
Some parks have separate courses for children, for example Na Linie in Koszalin, and Ju-Huu in Jarosławiec is aimed mainly at the youngest. Each park's website gives its age and height limits, so check before you arrive.
Seasonal places include Hossoland in Brojce, Park Wieloryba in Rewal, Dmuchany Świat Letti Lili in Dziwnów and Bajeczny Namiot in Sarbinowo. Check the venue's website before you travel to be sure.
The Szczecin list covers Big Wall, Fun Jump Szczecin, Królestwo Zabawy and Powerland. These are play centres, trampolines and climbing, and each carries the rainy day tag.
