Skåne's top activities for kids

Welcome to a world full of fairy tales. Funnys Äventyr is a cultural paradise for children filled with play and adventure. Meet Funny and her friends, Pettson & Findus, Moomin, Alfons Åberg and the Viking children Halvdan and Meia. Experience three thousand square meters of fun and games for the whole family. Join in with plays and dance in the theatre, ride the magical carousel then enjoy food and ‘fika’ in the garden café.

Skånes Djurpark is home to more than a thousand wild and tame Nordic animals. Have a picnic while watching the majestic elks, look for the foxes as they hide in the bushes and stroke and feed some cuddly animals in the petting zoo. Don’t miss the world's first Shaun the Sheep theme park or the “Expedition Up” with wooden bridges in the trees where you can watch the animals from high above.

Zoom down what’s probably the world’s coolest zipline, scale the high-altitude courses and hit the heights while you climb the trees at Multilevel. After some quick training you’ll be hitting speeds of up to 75 km/hour on the zipline. This adventure centre in Sandåkra close to Hässleholm offers gentle, sustainable and accessible facilities for training, zipline and climbing enthusiasts for all ages and abilities. Never tried before? It’s time you did.

The oldest people’s park in Sweden, Folkets Park has been a popular venue for leisure and fun ever since the 18th century. There is no entrance fee to the park which is a perfect place lazing with an ice-cream, browsing the flea markets or enjoying one of the outdoor concerts and theatre shows. Play mini golf, stop by the paddling pool and go skating in the wintertime. Two enormous playgrounds feature giant swings, slides and climbing frames. The terrarium has snakes, lizards, turtles and miniature monkeys.

Malmöhus Castle is the oldest preserved renaissance castle in the Nordics. Children will love the aquarium with its colourful fish in coral reefs and poisonous frogs from the rain forest. One ticket gives you access to the Technical and Nautical Museums just across the street, a Mecca for kids who love ships and trains. Climb through a real submarine, admire full size steam engines and let children play in the pirate ship playground. 

This intriguing system of underground caves close to Hässleholm in central Skåne lies 12 metres below ground. The caves have been used as background in many films including Ronja the robber's daughter, based on the Astrid Lindgren novel. 8 different species of bat live here. The caves are closed from October until March/April to protect the bats.

Glimmingehus in eastern Skåne near the small city of Simrishamn is the best-preserved medieval castle in Scandinavia. The fortress dates back to 1499. The castle features a lot of unique defence elements, such as gaps to pour hot tar over intruders, drawbridges, trenches and other deadly traps. Listen to ghost stories in the summertime, try your hand at Middle Age-chores, join one of the guided tours or relax in the beautiful herb garden. There's a small entrance fee.

Trolley cycling is a fun adventure for children and a great way to see some of the most beautiful parts of Skåne. Rent a trolley bike and take a trip through scenic countryside where kids can pedal their parents through Skåne’s rolling meadows and deep forests. There are several starting points to choose from – Romeleåsen's dressincykling is one of them.

All children love climbing trees, and Embla Träd in Fulltofta in the middle of Skåne offers adventurous climbing in a safe way. Using harnesses and safety ropes, kids of all ages can scoot up large trees, then lower themselves down again. If you fancy a night out in the wild you can sleep among the trees in specially prepared hammocks.

Ziplining, climbing, bungy rocket and summer sleighing are just some of the exciting things for children at this adventure park in Hallandsåsen. Experience the awe of being catapulted 25 metres into the air, flying down the beautiful Hallandsåsen countryside on the zipline, or hurtling down the almost 1 kilometre long toboggan track.

Pick up a Canadian Canoe from the Wetlandi Nature Resort in Axeltorp and explore Ivösjön, the Skåne’s largest lake. You and your kids leave everyday life behind while you paddle through untouched nature. If you’re feeling really adventurous, take the Robinson Crusoe package where you pitch your tent on one of the islands, cook your food on the barbeque, and enjoy a cosy campfire. Camping equipment and logs included.

Kullaberg Nature Reserve is a paradise for outdoor-lovers and young adventure seekers. Run up and down the nature trails, dive, cave, climb the rocks, swim in the sea, or just splash around on your own bit of secluded beach. There’s even a porpoise safari that sails around the coves as well as guided cave walks where you visit some Stone-Age dwellings.

Hembygdsparken around the sand dunes in Ängelholm is a great area for children, with buildings, sculptures, museums, animals and a playground. It’s free to enter the park where kids can ride the train to and from the railway museum, check out the birds, horses, donkeys and pigs, or enjoy the balloon theatre where Swedish children’s favourites Pettson and Findus have their own show.

Want to take home your own piece of dinosaur history? On a guided fossil hunt in Bromölla you can sift oysters, squid pieces, shark teeth and other exciting fossils from the mighty Cretaceous ocean that covered the area 80 million years ago. Who knows, maybe you’ll take home a part of one of the mighty sea dragons that used to roam the waters. Tours available from Havsdrakarnas hus (house of the sea dragons) in Bromölla.