Playground of the Senses

Nuremberg


Located 10 minutes' walk northeast of the Hauptbahnhof, this great place to entertain the kids has some 80 hands-on 'stations' designed to educate children in the laws of nature, physics and the human body. Walk or take the U2 or U3 to Wöhrder Wiese.


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