Events for children & families in Cologne

Events for children and the whole family, family outings for young and old in Cologne

Taking children into the city and having a good day yourself at the same time: It sounds like a contradiction, but in Cologne it is surprisingly easy to solve. The city has an impressive family program and a calendar of events that doesn't stop at bouncy castles and cotton candy, but offers real cultural experiences for young and old alike. Anyone looking for regular family activities will find what they are looking for at the Cologne Museum Service, which coordinates an extensive children's and family program for the city's museums with guided tours, hands-on activities and workshops throughout the year and which ties in with local exhibitions. The Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum also offers its own regular children's workshops, where the diversity of world cultures is not only explained but also experienced with hands, which can be surprisingly entertaining even for parents. If you want to go to the theater with children, you are spoilt for choice in Cologne: the Comedia Theater in Ehrenstraße is one of the most renowned independent children's and youth theaters in Germany and stages plays all year round that are not just cute bedtime shows, but have real dramaturgical quality. Anyone interested in puppet theater, participatory theater and puppetry will also find regular children's theater events throughout the year at various venues in the city in Cologne's calendar of events. The Odysseum in Cologne-Kalk, an adventure museum that stages science and technology as an experience on several floors and lures children into a world where touching, trying things out and being amazed is expressly encouraged, is somewhat more interactive. For all those who want to get out and about in summer, the children's and family program of the Cologne Summer offers a colourful hands-on program of theater, music and creative activities in the open air at various open-air venues in the city every year, which has no admission barriers and brings families together in a very uncomplicated way. And if you simply want to immerse your children in a creative world of their own, the Cologne Museum Service offers regular vacation workshops in various municipal museums, where they can paint, build, print and do handicrafts, and parents can actually go home relaxed afterwards. In short: Cologne has a program for families that goes far beyond the classic family outing. Take a look at the calendar of events, choose your next favorite day together and get out and about.