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Museum
Natural History Museum
Fribourg · Sarine
Stuffed animals, minerals and temporary exhibitions designed for children. Entry is free.
The museum is preparing to move: some rooms are already closed. It leaves its current site in 2027 and reopens at the end of 2028 on Route des Arsenaux.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Musée d’histoire naturelle de Fribourg
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Museum
Espace Jean Tinguely – Niki de Saint Phalle
Fribourg · Sarine
Jean Tinguely’s moving machines and Niki de Saint Phalle’s colourful sculptures, in a former tram depot. Children love watching the machines whirr into action.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: Christophe Badoux, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Museum
Maison Cailler
Broc · Gruyère
The chocolate factory in Broc: a tour through the history of chocolate, the production line and a tasting at the end.
Official website ↗
Photo: Fridolin freudenfett, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Museum
La Maison du Gruyère
Pringy · Gruyère
A demonstration cheese dairy: watch the cheesemakers make Gruyère behind a glass window, with a sensory trail.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © La Maison du Gruyère
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Museum
Gruyères Castle
Gruyères · Gruyère
A medieval castle at the top of the little town of Gruyères, with furnished rooms, ramparts and a garden. The car-free town is explored on foot.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Tonatiuh Ambrosetti / Château de Gruyères
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Leisure
Gruyère Thermal Baths
Charmey · Gruyère
Thermal baths with indoor and outdoor pools facing the mountains, a good option on cold days.
Access rules and times for children: check the website before you go.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Les Bains de la Gruyère
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Leisure
Papiliorama
Kerzers · Lac
Tropical domes with hundreds of free-flying butterflies, a rainforest and a world of nocturnal animals. The station is right next door.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Papiliorama
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Museum
Murten Museum
Murten · Lac
In a former mill by the lake: the Battle of Murten of 1476 and the history of the region.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: JoachimKohler-HB, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Museum
Frog Museum
Estavayer-le-Lac · Broye
An unusual 19th-century collection: stuffed frogs posed like humans. Small museum, big smiles.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Steiner Brouillard / Musée des grenouilles
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Museum
Vitromusée
Romont · Glâne
The stained-glass museum in Romont Castle, with a space for children to play with shapes, colours and light.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Workshop
Atelier Pastel art school
Fribourg · Sarine
Drawing, painting and sculpture classes in small groups, discovering great artists. For children: 1½ hours a week, on Tuesday or Wednesday. Free trial class, creative birthday parties on Saturdays (in French).
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Atelier Pastel
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Workshop
Un temps pour créer
Fribourg · Sarine
A workshop for illustrated notebooks and journals in the old town: writing, collage, painting and drawing to tell your own stories. Materials provided, creative café one Tuesday a month (in French).
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Un temps pour créer
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Workshop
Introduction to Tiffany stained glass
Attalens · Veveyse
A day to make your own stained-glass piece: design, choosing and cutting the glass, copper foiling and soldering. For teens aged 15 and over, with a parent for example.
Dates and prices on request.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Cours Vitrail Suisse
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Leisure
Grimper.ch Fribourg climbing gym
Fribourg · Sarine
A large bouldering gym a 5-minute walk from the station: about 1000 m² of walls and 200 problems, no ropes, above thick mats. Children’s classes from age 5 and birthday parties.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Grimper.ch
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Leisure
Grimper.ch Givisiez climbing gym
Givisiez · Sarine
Bouldering gym with a children’s area on the edge of Fribourg. Regular classes from age 5, holiday camps and birthday parties.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Grimper.ch
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Leisure
L’Entrepôt, bouldering and trampolines
Bulle · Gruyère
Indoor leisure centre with bouldering walls above mats, climbing routes and trampolines, plus a bar-restaurant for parents.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © L’Entrepôt
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Leisure
La Ruche, trampolines and games
Granges-Paccot · Sarine
Large leisure centre at Forum Fribourg: almost 900 m² of trampolines, a Kids Park for ages 4 to 12 with a corner for ages 0 to 3, bowling and laser tag. Open every day.
Trampolines without an adult and laser tag from age 8.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © La Ruche
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Leisure
Saint-Léonard ice rink
Fribourg · Sarine
Two rinks next to the BCF Arena, alternating between skating and free hockey. Free with the Fribourg City Card. Public skating times on winter.kaldo.ch (in French).
Official website ↗ · link checked on 29 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Leisure
Jean Tinguely ice rink (Marly)
Marly · Sarine
Indoor ice rink in Marly, with public skating on Wednesday afternoons and at weekends. Public skating times on winter.kaldo.ch (in French).
Official website ↗ · link checked on 29 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Leisure
Espace Gruyère ice rink, temporarily in Charmey
Charmey · Gruyère
For the 2026/2027 season, the Espace Gruyère ice rink in Bulle has moved to Charmey. Ice stock sport on Friday evenings. Public skating times on winter.kaldo.ch (in French).
Official website ↗ · link checked on 29 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Leisure
Glâne ice rink (Romont)
Romont · Glâne
Indoor 60 × 30 m rink, with skate and helmet hire on site. Public skating times on winter.kaldo.ch (in French).
Official website ↗ · link checked on 29 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Leisure
Les Paccots ice rink
Les Paccots · Veveyse
Indoor rink in the heart of the village, renovated in 2023, with ice discos on some evenings. Public skating times on winter.kaldo.ch (in French).
Official website ↗ · link checked on 29 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Leisure
La Gouille ice rink (Estavayer-le-Lac)
Estavayer-le-Lac · Broye
Ice rink a stone’s throw from the lake, free entry. Times shared between free hockey and public skating. Public skating times on winter.kaldo.ch (in French).
Official website ↗ · link checked on 29 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Leisure
Sense-See regional ice rink (Düdingen)
Düdingen · Sense
Indoor rink with skating, hockey and curling (taster sessions on request). Times vary a lot from day to day. Public skating times on winter.kaldo.ch (in French).
Official website ↗ · link checked on 29 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Museum
Vallon Roman Museum
Vallon · Broye
Two large Roman mosaics still in their original place, including a hunting scene of almost 100 m². Workshops and birthday parties for children. Open Wednesday to Sunday afternoons.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: Ludovic Péron, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Museum
Electrobroc
Broc · Gruyère
Groupe E’s electricity centre, inside a real working hydroelectric power station. Free guided tour of about 1½ hours, easy to combine with the nearby Maison Cailler.
Guided tours only, book at least one day in advance.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: Roland Zumbuehl, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Leisure
Ependes Observatory
Ependes · Sarine
Look at the Moon, planets and stars through a telescope with the club’s astronomers. Free public evenings on Fridays, and solar observation on some days.
Booking required the week before, 5 people at most per booking.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: Martignoni, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Walk
University Botanic Garden
Fribourg · Sarine
A large garden in the city, with tropical greenhouses that stay warm even in winter: carnivorous plants, cacti, ponds. Open every day, free entry.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: Bobo11, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Walk
St. Nicholas Cathedral tower
Fribourg · Sarine
Over 360 steps up a spiral staircase to the top of the tower, 74 m high: views over the whole old town, the Sarine and the Pre-Alps. Tickets at the Info Point Bourg.
Narrow staircase, no pushchairs. Climbs from March to November.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Museum
Museum of Art and History (MAHF)
Fribourg · Sarine
Knights, sculptures and treasures of Fribourg in a grand town house. Free activity booklets for children aged 4 and over at reception, and family workshops on some weekends.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: GFreihalter, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Museum
Wallpaper Museum
Mézières · Glâne
In Mézières Castle, whole rooms covered in old wallpapers: landscapes, jungles and 18th-century decors, with changing exhibitions. Open in the afternoon, Thursday to Sunday from April to October, at weekends in winter.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: Spyridon, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Leisure
Cruises on Lake Murten and Lake Neuchâtel
Murten and Estavayer-le-Lac · Lac
The boat from Murten goes through the Broye canal to Neuchâtel; others leave from Estavayer and Portalban. Free up to age 6, half price after that. Bikes allowed on board.
Few sailings in winter: check the timetable.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: Anthony Levrot, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Leisure
MEMO, library and toy library
Fribourg · Sarine
The city library and toy library under one roof: books for all ages, games to borrow and corners to read and play on site. Open Tuesday to Saturday.
Game loans with a membership.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Leisure
Le Levant swimming pool
Fribourg · Sarine
The indoor pool in the Jura district, open to the public outside school hours: a place to swim even in winter. 3 francs for ages 6 to 16.
Limited public hours on weekdays, closed for part of the summer.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Fribourg Région
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Workshop
Aux P’tites Bottes educational farm
Siviriez · Glâne
Farm workshops for children: caring for the animals, parent-and-child sessions from 6 months, little farmer clubs and camps for ages 4 to 12, horse rides and pony sledging in winter (in French).
By appointment, Monday to Saturday.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Aux P'tites Bottes
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Leisure
Goolfy, glow-in-the-dark minigolf
Bulle · Gruyère
Indoor minigolf in the dark, with decors that glow under black light, at the Fun Planet centre. Free for under-3s, 8 francs for children.
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026
Photo: © Fun Planet
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