Favourite things to do with kids in Ams!
Annemarie 01/10/2026
From hanging out at Monk Bouldering to the STRAAT museum, to dinosaurs by the beach: Annemarie’s favourite family spots in and around Amsterdam …
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- Vrog underground trampoline park, they also have a big space for parkour and they offer lessons
- Monk is a bouldering hall in Noord that has an attacked cafe/bar where you can watch everyone climb, which is a lot of fun.
- Close to Monk is PARK Amsterdam, an indoor skate park where there’s also skateboarding lessons for kids starting 6 year old. They have an
- attached burger restaurant with windows that let you watch the skaters.
- Graffiti museum Straat, next to the IJhallen, very impressive. It’s so big and colourful that kids will be impressed too.
- Verbroerderij is the home to two wonderful big pigs and has a lot of sandy room to roam for kids and good snacks. Sometimes there’s yoga and live music.
- Take the tram, and ferry, or take the train to the beach and go to Dino World in Zandvoort.
- Pathe at Buikslotermeerplein has a nice arcade and a few restaurants.
- Eye filmmuseum has a lot of activities and viewings for kids, as well as the Wereldmuseum and of course the Scheepvaartmuseum.
- For the summer: the Vondelpark openluchttheater with free concerts.
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