Tips for spring break in Groningen for families with kids 2025

Tips for Spring Break in Groningen with Kids, Activities, and Family-Friendly Hotels in 2025

Are you looking for fun ideas for what you can do with your family during spring break in Groningen? Children can do lots of fun activities in Groningen! There are many enjoyable child-friendly activities available. So, it's time for a fun list from StayinGroningen. And we’re not just thinking about the youngest kids, but we’ve also included some cool tips for teens! The spring break runs from February 15th to February 23rd, 2025. It starts just one day after Valentine’s Day in Groningen.

If you’re considering visiting Groningen during the spring break and are traveling with your family, you’ll want to book a family room at a hotel in Groningen.
Check out our family-friendly hotels in Groningen.

Family-Friendly Hotels in Groningen with Family Rooms or Suites

Groningen has a lot to offer families! There’s plenty to do during school holidays, like great kids’ movies at the Cinema at the Forum Groningen, or a visit to the cartoon museum Storyworld. At Martiniplaza, there are often great kids’ shows or musicals to see. Additionally, there are often children's theater performances available at Grand Theatre, the Stadsschouwburg, or De Oosterpoort. If you prefer more artistic activities, you should definitely check out what Kunstpunt has on the agenda.

The choice of hotels and other accommodations in Groningen is vast. Families often prefer a family room where children can stay with their parents. Booking two separate rooms isn't ideal, especially when the children are younger. Here’s a short list of family-friendly hotels in Groningen offering family rooms, family suites, or even apartments!

- Flonk Hotel Groningen Centre, located on Radesingel, where you can reach the Herestraat or Vismarkt in just a few minutes via Gedempte Zuiderdiep. A very child-friendly hotel with triple rooms, and also two-bedroom apartments available during the spring break.
- The Happy Traveler offers family-friendly apartments. Most rooms can accommodate an extra bed for a small fee. How cool is that? During the spring break, their Family Apartment with Bunk Bed is still available, as well as the One Bedroom Apartment.
- Garde Hotels in Groningen, Hotel Halbert offers family rooms where you can stay with a family of four. Hotel Corps de Garde offers several room types where you can stay with three people. Both hotels are located within the city canals, and within just a few minutes, you can walk to the Grote Markt.
- At Suite 30 in Groningen, you have a very spacious apartment entirely to yourself. How lovely! You can walk to the city center in about five minutes. The Noorderplantsoen (with lovely playgrounds) is around the corner, and if you walk through the beautiful park towards the center, it will take you about 10 minutes, and you’ll pass some nice spots for lunch or coffee (to go or on the terrace at Paviljoen Zondag). And if you’re bringing a dog? No problem!

- Hotel Miss Blanche offers the most beautiful suites, and some even have two separate bedrooms. You’ll stay at A Quarter and can enjoy a lovely walk along the canals with views of the beautiful ships in the water.

By booking through StayinGroningen, you support the city of Groningen itself, helping local talent with your booking! Now that your reservation is set, you can make a bucket list of things to do during spring break in Groningen. Want a broader overview? Check out our ultimate event calendar on our website.

List of Child-Friendly Activities for Spring Break in Groningen 2025

We made an ultimate list of things to do for families with kids during the spring break in Groningen. Theater, workshops, movies, musicals. Groningen will never bore you out!

POPPulism | Saturday, February 15, 2025

How do you control a country? In the Kingdom of Berg en Dal, the valley stays in the shadow while the mountain gets all the sun. That's just the way it is. Until Barrie from the valley reveals: the mountain folk are stealing the sun! He claims he can get the sun back and becomes the hero of the valley. But is what he says true? POPpulism is a funny performance with a dark edge. Featuring four actors, live percussion, and singing. The absurd and sharp text by Eva Gouda is entirely performed with puppets and shows how manipulation works.

Time: 15:00 | Location: Grand Theatre Groningen

Nestkastje maken| Saturday, February 15, 2025

This workshop is perfect if you want to contribute to nature and learn something new! During this workshop organized by Groninger Landschap, you will learn how to build a nest box. During the breeding season, you'll be helping the birds out. This workshop is suitable for children from 6 to 12 years old. You can take the nest box home afterward and hang it up in a tree or on a wall! How fun is that?
Time: 10:00 - 11:30 | Location: Visitor Center Ennemaborg in Midwolda.

If Things Turn Out Differently | Saturday, February 15 to Monday, February 17, 2025 

"If Things Turn Out Differently" is a performance by Club Guy & Roni, Het Houten Huis, and Plan D, in which actors, dancers, and musicians portray a world full of setbacks and strength. The piece, which won the Silver Cricket 2023, is set in a waiting room where no one wants to be, a place where people stumble but still manage to stay on their feet. Time: Various | Location: Stadsschouwburg Groningen
 

Uitvinderslab Kinderwerkplaats | BIJ VRIJDAG | Tuesday, February 18 to Thursday, February 20, 2025

Children aged 4 to 12 can work with real artists on the theme of Inventors' Lab this year. They can choose between making music or creating art, and the whole space will be filled with unique inventions made from all kinds of materials. Time: 13:00 - 16:00 | Location: Bij Vrijdag, Walstraat 34 in Groningen.
 

Kleur | Dadodans | Een spetterende dans (2+) | | Monday, February 17, 2025

Start the spring break in a colorful and expressive way with this performance where dance and paint are combined in "Color." With Dadodans, choreographer/dancer Gaia Gonnelli creates a unique dance and art performance for young children (0 to 8 years old). Time: 15:00 - 15:45 | Location: De Machinefabriek in Groningen

Binnenbeest (6+) | Tuesday, February 18, 2025 

In the cheerful family dance performance Inside Beast, five scientists take you inside their own laboratory. In this lab, everything follows a strict routine. They are busy with glasses, notes, and counting, until their own 'inside beasts' take over. What starts as organized work quickly transforms into chaos with acrobatic jumps and swinging flamenco, while glasses fly through the air. "Inside Beast" is a playful performance about the balance between order and chaos, and the question of whether to follow your impulses or control them. The result is an energetic and contagious experience that makes both young and old laugh and think. Time: 13:30 | Location: De Machinefabriek in Groningen
 

Alleen maar lieve jongens (8+) | Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Alleen maar lieve jongens is a fantastical musical theater piece about Zeno, who feels different from the kids in his class. He is too hyper, jokes too much, and often gets into trouble. His biggest wish is to be as normal as his dad. Together, they create a fantasy world, where Zeno discovers that being yourself can be difficult, but it's important to be brave and find your own way. An inspiring performance about self-acceptance, courage, and the strength of family. Time: 13:30 | Location: De Machinefabriek in Groningen

Gewoon zoals je bent (2+) | Visual Children's Theater Performance | Thursday, February 20, 2025

You are taken into the world of the little elephant Little Snuf. Little Snuf can't walk in a line because there is so much to see along the way! Klein Amsterdam Productions produced this cheerful and accessible theater performance, suitable for toddlers (2+), preschoolers, and young children. Time: 14:00 | Location: De Oosterpoort in Groningen
 

De Heilige Drie Eenheid | Documentary | Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Teenagers, pay attention, or parents of teenagers. A captivating documentary tip in Groningen. Filmmaker Martijn van de Griendt follows the lives of three best friends during their exam year. They are inseparable, these ‘emo-teens’, Alex, Sophie, Emma, and Robbie from Eindhoven. Under the bravado and jokes of the three friends, their vulnerability is always palpable. Time: 20:00, Duration: 70 minutes | Location: Vera Zienema in Groningen

Knutsel - en Experimentenzaal | Daily, Spring Break 2025

During the spring break (February 15-23, 2025), you are a researcher at the University Museum in Groningen! Go on a discovery in the crafts and experiment room, where you can admire animal skulls, make bath salts, conduct experiments with a plasma ball, and look at nature under a microscope. In a real lab coat, you can make your own bath salt, experiment with magnets, and learn about anatomy and how your body works. Admission is free with a valid entrance ticket. Time: Daily from 10:00 to 16:00, also Monday, February 17, 2025 | Location: University Museum Groningen

Speurneuzentocht | Daily, Spring Break 2025

A perfect activity if the weather isn't great during the vacation. Take your kids to the Speurneuzentocht at the Groninger Museum. Children can embark on a discovery tour and learn to explore the Groninger Museum in a playful way. The (free) Scavenger Hunt booklet is full of activities that kids can work on independently in the museum. Pick up a Scavenger Hunt booklet and pencils at the museum and start the adventure! Time: Daily from 10:00 to 17:00 | Location: Groninger Museum  

Inflatable Castle Festival | Daily, Spring Break 2025

The Inflatable Castle Festival in Groningen is the perfect place to burn off some energy this spring break! Head to Martiniplaza and immerse yourself in a world full of bouncy castles and jumping fun. From giant slides to challenging obstacle courses, there’s something for everyone. The festival is ideal for families and offers hours of fun for all ages. So put on your sports shoes, jump, run, and climb into spring break! Oh, and there are snacks too! Don’t miss it – this will be the best adventure of the holiday! 
Time: Daily from 10:00 to 17:00 | Location: Martiniplaza 
 

Tips for Active Kids Who Want to Have Fun During Spring Break in Groningen

Some kids just need to burn off some energy, and a theater show won’t cut it. They need to move! Here are a few tips for active kids in Groningen:
-    Visit the fun children’s farm in Stadspark with a cool playground at the Stadspark Groningen: Did you know you can also go on a pony ride here?

-    Visit a climbing gym and let the kids climb to their heart’s content. Groningen has plenty of fun climbing gyms!

-    Go swimming in a subtropical water park or just swim laps in Groningen. The swimming pools in Groningen often offer family mornings with extra focus on water fun for the whole family. 
-     Head to JumpXL Groningen to enjoy trampoline jumping or an indoor playground. It’s always a success, and for the little ones, you can visit places like Ballorig Groningen or MonkeyTown Groningen. 
-    On sunny and dry days, a nice afternoon at Noorderplantsoen is always a great idea, and there are also nice playgrounds there. 
 

Bored kids During Spring Break in Groningen?

No way! All in all, you won’t have a single dull day during spring break in Groningen.