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Nord-Pas-de-Calais Family-friendly activities

Our most recommended Nord-Pas-de-Calais Family-friendly activities

Nausicaá National Sea Center: Full-Day Entry Ticket

1. Nausicaá National Sea Center: Full-Day Entry Ticket

Plunge into the depths of the ocean with Nausicaá, the largest public aquarium in Europe, in Boulogne-sur-Mer. Nausicaá invites you to enjoy a unique experience that will delight the whole family. Explore 'Journey on the High Seas', 'Mankind and Shores', and 'In the Eye of the Climate'. The latter includes projections from the floor to the walls and an aural immersion that will help you to learn about the effects of global warming. Total immersion to help you understand your power to act on a daily basis. You'll also meet the 1,600 species that call the aquarium home, such as grey reef sharks and the impressive manta ray. Don't miss some favorite shows: the sea lion's medical training and the finding of the penguins. Book your priority access ticket for this unique attraction that has already captivated 16 million explorers. During your visit, you can take a break in one of three restaurants and relax in an exceptional setting. Don't forget to explore the charms of the Opal Coast and the beauty of the Boulonnais landscape. New Experience 2022: Grand Large – The giants of the High Seas in Augmented Reality Discover the high seas, so little-known and inaccessible, and meet the majestic animals that inhabit them with the help of a world-first augmented reality device in one of Nausicaá's most fascinating spaces: the 100m2 large bay.

Lille: City Highlights Scavenger Hunt and Audio Tour App

2. Lille: City Highlights Scavenger Hunt and Audio Tour App

Get to know Lille at your own pace on this interactive scavenger hunt walking tour played on your phone. Decipher riddles, interact with the most important attractions of the city, and unlock interesting facts and legends. An ideal outdoor activity for first time visitors, couples, groups, families, and children. Can be used as a great team-building activity. After downloading the app, start your tour at the imposing Beffroi de Lille, a symbol of the city. Visit Republic square, explore the narrow streets, admire medieval gates like Porte De Paris, and feel the vibes of La Vieille Bourse.  At each stop, learn about the attraction and solve a location-based riddle that can only be solved if you reach the specific location. Use logic, imagination, observation, and team spirit to unlock the correct code and reveal the next destination of the city sightseeing game. Pass by the Pl. du Général de Gaulle, Gothic Paroisse Saint Maurice, and the iconic La Vieille Bourse. You will have to uncover clues at each attraction to get to the next point.  Receive interesting facts and information about the places you visit through the app. Your next stop will be Beffroi de la Chambre de Commerce, one of the main attractions of the city.  You can pause or resume the tour whenever you want. The icing on the cake of this route will be Notre-Dame-de-la-Treille, with its strange architecture.  Explore the city at your own pace and stop to take some pictures on the way. Feel the thrill as you solve each puzzle with exciting clues and hop from one landmark to another.

Lille: Outdoor Harry Potter Escape Game

3. Lille: Outdoor Harry Potter Escape Game

Get on the Harry Potter trail in Lille! Access to platform 9 ¾ has been locked! Impossible to board the Hogwarts Express from the King's Cross station. It is now in the capital of Flanders that the access to the track is located... It is up to you Muggles to thwart this spell by finding the way to the platform! You have to go to the emblematic Grand'Place to start this magical word hunt. Beware: the train will pass by in 2 hours! Cross the city guided by your smartphone and find the location of each house. To win it's simple, you just have to guess 4 code words within the time limit. These are the ones that will help you discover the access to the platform. To validate each passage in the different houses, you will have to guess key clues. You will have to link them together to find THE code word. The program includes puzzle solving, meeting wizards and bonus cauldrons. The Hogwarts Express will leave in 120 minutes. Tick tock tock...

Lille: Immersive Virtual Reality Adventure

4. Lille: Immersive Virtual Reality Adventure

With friends, family or with your company, DreamAway offers the most beautiful and spectacular collaborative Virtual Reality adventures accessible to all. Do you dream of being a treasure hunter, of discovering Egypt and its pyramids, of going to the planet Mars, of facing zombies... ? You can do it at DreamAway! Cultural experiences are also offered, such as a visit to the Anne Frank House Annex, a presentation of Claude Monet's paintings, a journey through time in the body of a Sapiens woman.

Lille: Robbery At The Casa Self-Guided Outdoor Escape Game

5. Lille: Robbery At The Casa Self-Guided Outdoor Escape Game

Integrate the famous robbery gang It's time to have fun with friends in the city center and commit the biggest crime ever in the city! Don't waste a minute and meet your dream team in the city center without further delay. Your mission? Help the famous red-suited team to commit their crime! How? By deciphering the codes of the safes thanks to the clues hidden in the 4 corners of the city. Can you do it before the timer runs out and the mustard gets on your nose? The Professor expects a lot from you, so don't disappoint him! Arm yourselves with your good humor, your malice and your courage, because today you will be the greatest gangster in the world.

Lille : Christmas Market Smartphone Discovery Game

6. Lille : Christmas Market Smartphone Discovery Game

Let Lille illuminate you during a Christmas game! All together, go through the streets and squares of downtown Lille to make a fun digital game! Your mission? Try to solve our challenges, riddles and unusual prizes to accumulate a maximum of points! Are you ready to discover your tasks ? The smell of hot wine (or juice), gingerbread and all kinds of specialties will complete your colorful immersion in the alleys of the typical chalets of the center. The only thing you need to bring? A smartphone and your thirst for discovery!

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What people are saying about Nord-Pas-de-Calais

I advise to arrive at the opening (especially if you are with children). What is great is that with our tickets taken on GetYourGuide, there is much less waiting on arrival, moreover at the entrance there are lockers (free but you just need a 1€ coin which will be returned to you at the end: it is to make the mechanism work). With our children 5 years and 20 under, we have 2 hours (because we didn't stop for everything concerning the explanatory panels, the videos…) but it was perfect, they loved it! I also advise to take sandwiches… because the restaurant is quite expensive (there is a room inside with tables/chairs…).

Truly an excellent experience. Many choices of adventures for both beginners and those initiated to virtual reality The welcome, the comfort and the explanations are really great! I recommend and will definitely come back!

Good way to see the city. App worked well, giving clear directions and lots of information as we got to certain areas. The staff at the start, and at the mask workshop at the end were very friendly and helpful.

Some puzzles were really hard, others less so. Nice tour, quick overview of the highlights of the city.

first experience and it's sure I would go back, it's impressive and you'd believe it