Carrousel de la Place Gutenberg is one of those attractions that most children would find highly amusing. They will enjoy and cherish the merry time that they spend here.

La Cure Gourmande Alpes is a candy shop that is designed to create an unforgettable impression on every child's mind. Here you can find all kinds of biscuits, candies and chocolates covered with sugar nuts.

If your kids are starting to get a little stir-crazy visiting official buildings and churches treat them to a fun time out at Le Vaisseau in the Neudorf area of the city.

This educational center opened its doors in 2005 and it is where each child can learn all sorts of things in and interesting and amusing ways.

With over 130 interactive units, 3D films, workshops and a large educational garden, the activity leaders take the kids on a journey to discover science, technology and the world around us – and they’ll patiently answer all the “Why” questions children ask all day long.

The permanent exhibitions consist of: I Build – where children can use their imagination to plan and build their own project; The World and I – this is great fun and kids can morph their faces, learn how their body functions and how it feels to live with a disability; they can even race against their own skeleton!

Discover the World of Animals teaches children to respect the animal world and they can climb into a kangaroo’s pouch, see an ant farm and take part in the game of naming as many animals as they can.

After animals they can go on a trip through images and sound in Secrets of the Image. The Garden will introduce them to plant and insect life; there is a pond full of fish, frogs and tadpoles and they can visit the dwarf sheep and the resident hamster.

The center has a shop that sells educative games and souvenirs and there is a cafeteria where you can enjoy a salad or sandwiches and soft drinks. The exhibitions are in English, French, German and most of them are also in Braille.

The Museum of Tomi Ungerer is to be found in the Villa Greiner on Avenue de la Marseillaise, and you shouldn’t miss a visit to this interesting museum
The museum was opened in 2007 by the City of Strasbourg to honor one of its most illustrious children. Tomi Ungerer is an author, a draftsman and a wonderful illustrator and he donated 1000 drawings, engravings and 6000 toys from his personal collection.

He is French-German and was born in Strasbourg in 1931. As an adult he lived in Canada and the United States where he designed posters for films and theatrical performances. He also illustrated posters for the CND movement, and made his views on fascism, racism and the Vietnam War clear in his political posters.

The museum dedicated to his works takes up two rooms, painted in white, the better to expose the vibrant colours of his work. His favorite drawings are those he did to illustrate his children’s books, but he has also written and illustrated erotica for adults.

He has illustrated over 140 books for children, including “Otto: the Autobiography of a Teddy Bear” and his own, rather satirical view of the Matchstick Seller and Little Red Riding Hood.

Théâtre Jeune Public, since 1991 the National Dramatic Theater for Children and Youth, is the only theater in Strasbourg with plays for children and teenagers. It offers entertainment for children of 18 months onwards. The desirable age for spectators is always indicated on the playbill of the performance.

Any park in the heart of a big city is a haven and the Jardin Botanique is a beautiful place to escape the hustle and bustle for a few hours.

The garden, which is laid out on over 4 hectares is managed by the Université Louis Pasteur. There is an arboretum and four greenhouses – the Bary Greenhouse, which was built in 1888 and is the only survivor of a hailstorm in 1958; the Cold Greenhouse, the Greenhouse of Grasses and the Tropical Greenhouse, were put up in 1967.

There are plots for ecological and useful plants, a Systematic Garden – which is used by students from the Institute of Botany to identify different plants, their intertwined relationships and their evolutionary development. There is also a large pond. The garden boasts 15000 specimens of over 6000 different species.

The garden has a long and colorful history; it was created in 1619 on the site of the old cemetery of the St Nicholas-aux-Ondes Convent and was used by the Academy, which became the University in 1621. Managed by the Faculty of Medicine, it boasted 1600 species in 1670.

During the French Revolution the University was closed down, but the garden was left intact and the keeper, Jean Hermann, buried several statues smuggled from the Cathedral in it. When the Germans attacked the city in 1870 the garden was used as a cemetery again.

In 1880 Emperor Wilhelm II commissioned a new university, an observatory, the Zoological Museum and a new garden. The old site was too overgrown and full of rubble, so the new garden opened in 1888 on the grounds you can visit today.

L'Orangerie is made up of gardens spread over 26 hectares, designed by Le Nôtre in 1692. There is a lake with a waterfall. The zoo opened in 1895. The mini-farm, constructed there, shows a variety of domestic animals. Also a lot of storks and flamingos are the permanent inhabitants of the L'Orangerie.