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Animals and farms
Watch the primates at Lille zoo
Zoo de Lille · Lille (59)
At the foot of the Vauban citadel, this municipal zoo can be seen in one to two hours without wearing out the youngest legs.
Things to do with kids in Wattrelos
Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Wattrelos, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Leisure parks
Go from ride to ride near the Citadel
Cita Parc · Lille (59)
A stone's throw from Lille's Citadel and zoo, this 8,000-square-metre park lines up sixteen child-sized rides, including a big slide and the Requin Express, as well as a farm where children can…
Castles and heritage
Travel back in time at Asnapio
Asnapio - Parc Archéologique · Villeneuve-d'Ascq (59)
In a green corner of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, this archaeological park recreates full-size dwellings from prehistory to the Middle Ages, built with traditional techniques based on local excavations.
Leisure parks
Play firefighter in a mini town
Palomano Lille (La Maillerie) · Villeneuve-d'Ascq (59)
In the Maillerie district of Villeneuve-d'Ascq, Palomano recreates a 650 m² small town at child height.
Leisure parks
Climb the You Kids volcano
You Kids Marquette-lez-Lille · Marquette-lez-Lille (59)
At the Parc de l'Innovation in Marquette-lez-Lille, You Kids is the children's section of the Trampoline Park and welcomes little ones from 6 months.
Museums and science
Explore the sky at the Forum planetarium
Forum Départemental des Sciences - Centre François Mitterrand · Villeneuve-d'Ascq (59)
This science centre in the Nord sets out spaces by age: Espace d'Atom for 2 to 4-year-olds, Croque Couleurs for 3 to 6-year-olds and the Enigma investigations from age 7.
Shows and workshops
Spend the afternoon at a children's café
Les Potes en Ciel · Lille (59)
On Rue de Flers, in the Fives district, a non-profit association has run a café designed for children and their parents since 2008.
Museums and science
Experiment at Lille's Cité des enfants
Smallicieux - Cité des enfants de Lillenium · Lille (59)
On the second floor of the Lillenium shopping centre, this 1,000 m² space designed with Universcience takes its cue from the Cité des enfants in Paris.
Pools, beaches and water
Take a dip at the Piscine Plein Sud
Piscine Plein Sud · Lille (59)
In the Lille-Sud district, this municipal pool combines a 25-metre sports hall with a learner and leisure pool where children gain confidence in the water.
Leisure parks
Drive a kart at Gulli Parc
Gulli Parc Lille-Lomme · Lomme (59)
In the Kinepolis leisure area, the former Taho et Lina park has become Gulli Parc and welcomes 1 to 12-year-olds across about 1,400 m².
Leisure parks
Slide at Gulli Parc Vendeville
Gulli Parc Vendeville · Vendeville (59)
South of Lille, near Lesquin and Seclin, the former Taho et Lina park in Vendeville now flies the Gulli colours.
Animals and farms
Say hello to donkeys at Parc du Lion
Ferme pédagogique du parc du Lion · Wattrelos (59)
Beside the ponds of the Parc du Lion, the Wattrelos city farm brings together ponies, donkeys, cows, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry and beehives, while geese and swans glide across the pond.
Castles and heritage
Roll a bourle in Wattrelos
Maison des jeux de tradition et bourloire du parc du Lion · Wattrelos (59)
In the Parc du Lion, the town's bourle alley at the Maison des jeux de tradition introduces bourle, a heavy wooden cylinder of 6 to 9 kilos that you curve along a…
Shows and workshops
Explore Roubaix's cultural factory
La Condition Publique · Roubaix (59)
In the Pile district, this former textile conditioning plant, opened in 1902, has become a cultural factory and community venue.
Museums and science
See the looms run at La Manufacture
La Manufacture, musée de la mémoire et de la création textile · Roubaix (59)
In a former Roubaix factory, this textile museum runs period looms in front of visitors, with a noise that always surprises children.
Sport and adventure
Ride the banked bends of the Stab
Stab Vélodrome, initiation au cyclisme sur piste · Roubaix (59)
Next to the velodrome where Paris-Roubaix finishes, the Stab houses an Olympic-size wooden track whose banked bends exceed 44 degrees.
Museums and science
Visit the MUba as a family
MUba Eugène Leroy · Tourcoing (59)
In the heart of Tourcoing, this art museum offers children weekly art workshops and week-long courses during school holidays.
Museums and science
Visit a museum inside a swimming pool
La Piscine, musée d'art et d'industrie André Diligent · Roubaix (59)
In Roubaix, the museum is housed in a 1930s swimming baths whose great pool, lined with statues, has been kept under its glass roof.
Castles and heritage
Climb the carillon tower
Musée du Carillon de Tourcoing · Tourcoing (59)
Inside the bell tower of Saint-Christophe church, you climb 200 steps through the levels of a small museum devoted to Tourcoing's carillon.
Pools, beaches and water
Slide inside Tourcoing's old fire station
UCPA Aqua Stadium Tourcoing-les-Bains · Tourcoing (59)
Opposite the town hall, a former fire station now houses the Tourcoing-les-Bains aquatic centre, billed as the largest water complex north of Paris.
Shows and workshops
Discover dance at Le Gymnase in Roubaix
Le Gymnase CDCN · Roubaix (59)
A choreographic development centre based in Roubaix, Le Gymnase runs Forever Young at the end of autumn, a dance festival for children and teenagers.
Leisure parks
Climb and crawl with your toddler
Les Bougeurs · Tourcoing (59)
Opened in October 2026 near Alsace metro station, this movement centre welcomes babies with a parent for free-movement sessions, then 2 to 7 year olds on a large play course.
Museums and science
Climb a car park covered in street art
Dép'Art Urbain, parcours street art du parking Gare · Roubaix (59)
Opposite Roubaix station, the Parking Gare has handed its corridors to some forty artists: stencils, paste-ups, sculptures, paintings and graffiti follow one another floor by floor up to the roof, where the…
Shows and workshops
Catch a big show at Le Colisée
Le Colisée · Roubaix (59)
Roubaix's large hall hosts national tours of comedy, music, dance and large-scale shows.
Parks and nature
Picnic in Parc Barbieux
Parc Barbieux · Roubaix (59)
Labelled a Jardin remarquable, Parc Barbieux stretches across the south of Roubaix with its lawns, tall trees and ponds.
Shows and workshops
See a new play at L'Idéal in Tourcoing
Théâtre de l'Idéal · Tourcoing (59)
The second venue of the Théâtre du Nord, L'Idéal hosts contemporary productions in Tourcoing, including a play for teenagers co-programmed this season with Le Grand Bleu.
Leisure parks
Bounce and play laser tag at Weezpark
Weezpark · Neuville-en-Ferrain (59)
Inside the Promenade de Flandre shopping centre, Weezpark brings together a trampoline park, a laser tag maze with a futuristic setting and an arcade.
Castles and heritage
Explore the children's wing of Villa Cavrois
Villa Cavrois · Croix (59)
Designed by Robert Mallet-Stevens and completed in 1932 for a family of textile industrialists, Villa Cavrois surprises with its ocean-liner lines and long reflecting pool.
Leisure parks
Play grown-ups in a mini town
Little Cabana, mini-ville des enfants · Croix (59)
In Croix, Little Cabana has built a small town at children's height, where everyone invents a role and plays at doing what adults do.
Animals and farms
Feed the animals at Le Monde de Noé
Le Monde de Noé Lille · Croix (59)
In Croix, this indoor centre introduces rescued domestic animals to small groups led by a Ranger.
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