Munich vs Frankfurt for young Family

Frankfurt is a banking center and doesn’t offer a lot of attractions to draw travelers to the city. The good news is there is a lot of interest for both adults and children in Munich. The Nymphenberg Palace is one of Munich’s top attractions- the grounds around the palace has forest with 4 more smaller palaces tucked into the woods. The Glockenspiel at the Rathaus (Town Hall) is a clock with characters that come to life when the clock strikes the hour. At 11am and noon there’s a 15-minute parade of figurines in different scenes including a jousting contest and a wedding; Hellabrunn Zoo; the English Garden which is an enormous park; and the world-famous Deutsches Museum which has interactive exhibits for children to be introduced to science and technology.

Munich, hands down.

• Munich Zoo - no explanation needed (there is a Biergarten for you as well)
• Deutsches Museum: Kinderreich - Fun area in the basement of the the Deutsches Museum.
• Spend time in the Englischer Garten - Feed some ducks and visit the nice carousel just north of the Chinesischen Turm Biergarten
• Head south and take a cable car up a mountain for a stroll through fields and cows. This might require a car depending on where you end up going.
• Wildpark Poing - Safari type park. See Wolves, Lynx, etc.
• Take the train to the Markus Wasmeier Bauernhof und Wintersportmuseum is another one. The grounds consist of several relocated farm buildings giving a glimpse of what life was like in Upper Bavaria farms in the past few centuries.

DJ

Not even close, MUNICH.

Frankfurt is OK, but used mainly to go somewhere nearby.

Yes, Frankfurt has many bankers, but also tons of normal, regular people who live and work here and many of them have kids.

Activities for 9 year old kids in Frankfurt and surrounding towns:

• Frankfurt Zoo
• Opel Zoo
• Senckenburg Natural History Museum (better known as the dinosaur museum)
• Hessen Park Open Air Museum (close to 200 buildings showing how life used to be 1-2 centuries ago, including traditional farm animals, windmills, etc.)
• Saalburg Roman Fort
• Film Museum - (kids love this)
• Experimena Museum

Quick trip to the Rhein, ride a ship up to St. Goar and go explore Burg Rheinfels.

https://www.hessenpark.de/en/
https://www.saalburgmuseum.de/en/
https://www.opel-zoo.de/de/oeffnungszeiten__329/

Frankfurt does have many outstanding museums and the “Dinosaur museum” would be great for 9-year-olds
and those young at heart. if not in years.

Yes, flight leaves for the US from those 2 cities.
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