Skåne in the south of Sweden is the perfect place for a family vacation. Spend your days in the beautiful countryside or on the long sandy beaches, explore some of the many interesting sites and cities or visit a zoo or an amusement park. Here are some great things to do with your children in Skåne.

Tip. Fan of outdoor museums? Also read our article on unique and family-friendly outdoor museums here.

Funnys Äventyr

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Funnys Äventyr

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.

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Skånes Djurpark

Children feeding a moose calf with grass

Skånes Djurpark

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.

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Multilevel

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Multilevel

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.

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Folkets park in Malmö

Two friends having a snack by a water fountain in folkets park in Malmö

Folkets park in Malmö

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.

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The Malmö Museums

Exterior view from the moat of Malmö Museum in Malmöhus Castle

The Malmö Museums

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. 

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Tykarpsgrottan

A family with lanterns admires the inside of cave at Tyckarp

Tykarpsgrottan

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.

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Glimmingehus

The exterior of the medieval fortress at Glimmingehus

Glimmingehus

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.

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Embla Träd – tree climbing

a girl climbs from a hammock on embla tree in  in Fulltofta

Embla Träd – tree climbing

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.

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Canoe Ivösjön

Canoes from Wetlandi on land at Ivösjön

Canoe Ivösjön

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.

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Kullaberg Nature Reserve

Mother and two children are hiking on Kullaberg

Kullaberg Nature Reserve

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.

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Hembygdsparken in Ängelholm

Old school materials on display at Hembygdsparken's school museum in Ängelholm

Hembygdsparken in Ängelholm

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.

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Hunt for fossils

Hunt for fossils

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.

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