Rainy Day Archives | Swiss Family Fun

Appenzeller Cheese Dairy

Learn about Swiss cheese making in a fun way at this dairy where you can watch live cheese making, sample the local cheese, and make your own alpine herbal mix to take home.

Eastern Switzerland

Maison Cailler Chocolate Factory

This chocolate factory near Gruyères in western Switzerland has a fun multimedia tour, free samples, chocolate workshops, Escape Game, and a fun playground to get your wiggles out.

10 Fun Indoor Playgrounds near Zurich

Fun indoor play halls with trampolines, climbing equipment, bouncy castles, slides, and ball pits and other amusements for kids.

Winterthur Skills Park

Enjoy sports indoors at this warehouse filled with trampolines, a freestyle skate course, pumptracks, parcour obstacles, big air jumps, and a Ninja warrior style obstacle course.

5 Best Indoor Swimming Pools near Zürich

Thanks to indoor swimming pools, I always have an easy, kid-friendly activity if the weather doesn’t cooperate. Here’s what to expect and a few of our favorites near Zürich.

Technorama Science & Technology Museum

Science discovery museum, with four floors of hands-on exhibits. Lots to learn and experience for all ages, A great rainy day option near Zürich.

Swiss Museum of Transport Lucerne

This huge museum dedicated to all modes of transportation (planes, trains, automobiles, water craft, space, etc) has lots of kid-friendly interactive exhibits to both educate and entertain.

Umwelt Arena – Museum for Sustainability & the Environment

A huge interactive museum focused on the environment, with educational games scattered through the museum. We loved testing a variety of scooters, bikes and electric cars on the testing track. A great way to learn about ways to improve our family’s environmental impact.

Glasi Hergiswil • Glass Factory, Museum & Labyrinth

A fun glass factory and museum near Lucerne, with a mirror maze, lots of interactive exhibits, giant marble run, and play area by the lake.

Museum of Communication in Bern

Fun museum with interactive exhibits relating to different forms of communication: speech, body language, post, digital media, etc. Better for older children and adults that can read.

Maestrani’s Chocolarium

Fun interactive discovery tour where you learn about chocolate making, see a live chocolate factory, sample chocolate, and make your own chocolate bar.

Dinosaur Museum Aathal

Tons of fossils, dinosaur bones, life-size dino models, dioramas and informational displays spread throughout this surprisingly large museum. Great for kids.

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