Hisingsparken's playground Farmhouse
Stop: Hinnebäcksgatan.
Cozy nature playground for both large and small children. Here you can try the cable car, climb and ride a slide in the hay bale, play in the barn and in the tractor or swing on the sheep sculptures. There is also an obstacle course, and a water chute with a pump next to the creek. When you want to eat a packed lunch or pause from playing, you will find seating up on the hill and barbecue area down by the tarn.
Photo: Marcus Spiske/Unsplash.
Plikta in Slottsskogen
Stop: Linnéplatsen, Botaniska trädgården or Majvallen.
In a green oasis on the edge of the city center is one of Gothenburg's largest playgrounds. Plikta is a place where the kids have time to run off properly, and the risk of them getting tired is small considering all the different imaginative play equipment available here. One of the highlights is the really long slide! Around Plikta finds there are large lawns that are perfect for picnics.
Photo: Superstudio D&D/Mediabank Göteborg & Co.
Angeredsparken
Stop: Angereds cemtrum.
After a ride with tram line 4, 8 or 9, you will find between the shopping center in Angered's center and Angered arena this large excursion playground with a circus theme. Here you will find everything from slides, laughter mirrors and trampolines to a cable car and a large climbing frame. In the summer when the water play is open, children can run around among seal sculptures under cooling water jets and imaginative showers.
Justin Bäver playground in Partille
Stop: Kulturum or Partille Arena.
Spacious and well-kept playground with beaver theme, a lot of climbing play and a nice location next to Sävenån. In the middle, the huge wooden beaver Justin Beaver towers. A combined slide and climbing frame named after the Partille residents. Around the playground there are also tables and chairs for the coffee break.
Photo: Partille municipality.
Positivparken in Västra Frölunda
Stop: Frölunda torg or Positivgatan.
Do you want to play farmhouse, practice parkour or jump trampoline? In addition to the traditional sandbox, climbing frame and slide, this excursion park has everything and then some – for all ages. Basketball, beach volleyball and boules for young people, adults and older children, farmhouse-themed playground for the slightly younger children and Positivet, a staffed playground where staff on site hold activities and can answer questions.
Photo: Allan Mas/Pexels.
Kungsbackaskogen playground
Stop: Tingberget and ten minutes walk.
Well worth a short walk with some uphills is this large wooden playground that spreads out among the trees in Kungsbacka forest. The place has plenty of space for children with running in their legs. An obstacle course, swings, slides and rocker swings coexist with a playship with a climbing wall, and there is also a barbecue area, windbreak and bench table.
Photo: Adam Folcker/Kungsbacka municipality.
Nolhagaparken in Alingsås
Stop: Nolhagaskolan.
In the middle of Nolhaga park in a beautiful environment of beech forest is one of Alingsås' most visited playgrounds, which has a large selection of play equipment for children of all ages. Around the playground there are large grassy areas and it is close to both the forest on Nolhaga mountain and to the Children's Farm, where children can pet and socialize with animals.
Photo: Paul Björkman/Gullers Grupp.
Skogsleken in Mölnlycke
Stop: Mölnlycke fabriker and ten minutes walk.
Is just as the name suggests a playground in the forest – a different, exciting and surprisingly large place that is tucked away among the trees. The children are challenged and inspired to play in the forest, and the play equipment that has been built together with stones and stumps is made of solid wood recycled from the municipality. You will find Skogsleken along the electric light track west of Stortjärn.
Photo: Markus Spiske/Unsplash.
Ulricaparken in Ulricehamn
Stop: Ågatan.
A lovely playground down lake Åsunden where children aged 6-10 years have been involved in voting for the play activities. This has resulted in, among other things, an obstacle course, climbing net, cable car, slide, trampoline and swing. For the slightly older children there is a DJ booth where they can play music from a smartphone or tablet. In the area there is also a bathing area with jetty and sandy beach.
Photo: Ulricehamn municipality.
Skrotnisse's playground in Trollhättan
Stop: Trollhättan station and 15 minutes walk.
On this 1300 square meter playground, Jan Lööf's beloved characters have been given a world all their own. Children can play in the cottage and workshop of the scrap metal owner, a treehouse with an outhouse, a maze, a scrap theater, the boat Balder, a hangar and a hybrid of a car and an airplane. Skrotnisse's playground can be found on Spikön, in the middle of the river that flows through Trollhättan.
Photo: Trollhättan Stad.
- Published 2022-12-06