Germany - kids fun dortmund,cologne

going for work to germany and need to leave 3young kids(9,7,4) and wife to their own devices for a day-can anyone suggest anything interesting for them in cologne,dortmund area to do?would be in august

thanks

The Ch:pcolate museum in Cologne is generally a favourite with kids. They also might like Claudius Therme (http://www.claudius-therme.de/en/) in Rhinepark, which is conveniently across the river from the zoo. There is a cable car over the river (http://www.koelner-seilbahn.de/english/index.html) that connects the tw:cool:.

Phantasialand (http://www.phantasialand.de/en/home) is also popular

going for work to germany and need to leave 3young kids(9,7,4) and wife to their own devices for a day-can anyone suggest anything interesting for them in cologne,dortmund area to do?would be in august

thanks

The Zoo in Duisburg maybe a good idea. It is easy to reach by train and bus.

If they have a car, there are a lot of nice things to do with kids in the Sauerland-Area http://g.co/maps/j2c42

HTH

S.

if you're with kids in Cologne - go to Odysseum. its a place where they can discover science and adventure... time will fly by. www.odysseum.de

for young childs (like yours: 4,7 and 9 years) there is also a nice indoor playground at dortmund (wis wifi internet free of charge for the mom):
http://www.monkey-town.com/

going for work to germany and need to leave 3young kids(9,7,4) and wife to their own devices for a day-can anyone suggest anything interesting for them in cologne,dortmund area to do?would be in august

thanks

Do they like football/soccer?

Dortmund has the largest football stadium in Germany, home to the German champions Borussia Dortmund. You can do a tour a few times a week as well.

http://www.stadiumguide.com/westfalenstadion/

Have been before and it's an amazing experience.