Family days out in Sense (Fribourg): museums, walks, activities

Walk

Frères Brigands mystery trails

Various places

Outdoor mystery games to discover the canton as a family: you follow the clues from one place to the next (in French).
- Outdoors
- Ages 6+
- Half day
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026

Photo: © Les Frères Brigands
Walk

Schwarzsee (Lac Noir)

Plaffeien · Sense

A mountain lake with a flat walk around it of about an hour, picnic spots and swimming in summer; sledging and a frozen lake in winter.
- Outdoors
- All ages
- Full day
- Free
- Summer and winter
- Pushchair OK
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026

Photo: Türke Andras, CC BY-SA 4.0
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).
- Indoors
- Ages 3+
- 1 to 2 hours
- In winter
Official website ↗ · link checked on 29 October 2026

Photo: © Fribourg Région
Walk

La Madeleine Hermitage

Düdingen · Sense

Caves dug by hand into the cliff above Lake Schiffenen more than 300 years ago: a chapel, kitchen and corridors to explore, at the end of a short forest walk.

Cliff and stairs: hold little ones by the hand.
- Outdoors
- Ages 4+
- 1 to 2 hours
- Free
- Mainly in summer
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026

Photo: Хрюша, CC BY-SA 3.0
Walk

Witch’s Trail

Schwarzsee · Sense

A 2-hour walk around the Schwarzsee with seven legends of the Sense district, games, riddles and a dragon by the water. Witch kit available at the tourist office.
- Outdoors
- Ages 3 to 12
- 1 to 2 hours
- Free
- Mainly in summer
- Pushchair OK
Official website ↗ · link checked on 30 October 2026

Photo: Lutz Fischer-Lamprecht, CC BY-SA 4.0