The Outpost Playground in Presidio Tunnel Tops Park near the Golden Gate Bridge invites children of all ages to play and discover. With a water channel system inspired by the historic canals of the Presidio, the playground combines natural materials such as wood, stone, water, and sand, offering endless interactive opportunities for play and discovery, surrounded by the breathtaking scenery of the San Francisco waterfront and the iconic Golden Gate Bridge.

The wooden channel system and water pumps allow for a variety of water play: here, water is directed, mixed with sand and used to bake “cakes”, dams are built, or small homemade boats made of leaves and branches are sent sailing along the watercourse. The channels are equipped with various movable gates, such as flaps or tilting mechanisms, which offer children particularly appealing opportunities to play with water.

The playground was designed by James Corner Field Operations. The water play area was planned and built by Richter Spielgeräte together with its long-standing American partner APE Studio.

The playground in Mallorca's Castell de Bellver Park is a versatile play area that promotes social interaction, imagination, motor skills and independent exploration. Nestled beneath the castle and shaded by tall pine trees, it takes advantage of the natural terrain to create a green oasis in Palma de Mallorca. It was planned and built by Richter Spielgeräte GmbH in collaboration with its Spanish partner BDU. 
 

The natural playground provides a wide variety of play experiences for children of all ages. It features two levels connected by a rocky embankment for climbing up and down and a ramp. The slides on the slope provide multiple ways to reach the lower level, including two tunnel slides, a trough slide, and a slide specially designed for wheelchair users. For older children, there is a climbing forest with different levels of difficulty. Features such as a ladder bridge, a rope bridge, a horizontal triangular net, and a spider’s web allow them to test their strength and skills in a playful and engaging way.
 

Adjacent to the climbing forest, children can reach a balance course via monkey loops. Next to it, a climbing structure made of handcrafted, irregular robinia roundwood blends beautifully into the natural environment. In this compact area, many children can climb, play, explore heights, and enjoy rich sensory experiences with their hands and feet.
 

The long cableway is particularly popular with older children and teenagers, providing a chance to let off steam, experience speed and enjoy the wind in their hair, either alone or in pairs. The large hexagonal swing is not only great fun to swing on but also encourages communication. Children can swing towards each other, make eye contact or touch each other's feet. Young people in particular like to use the hexagonal swing as an alternative seat for literally “hanging out”.
 

The large sandpit is particularly appealing to younger children. The range of sand-play equipment, including a rotating crane, a mud table and the sand play platform for wheelchair users, invites children to engage in imaginative role-playing games, such as “construction site” activities. Various lovingly designed playhouses form a small village that immediately captivates children. Whether for retreating, hiding or role-playing games such as “father, mother, child” – the little houses offer a variety of play opportunities. The two-storey house group can be climbed via ladders or a climbing net. The “residents” can visit each other via the connecting walkway and then whizz back down ‘into the valley’ on the wide slide. The small free-standing playhouse further expands the play options to include everyday scenarios such as shopping, post office or train station games. The small veranda with seating also encourages communication and socialising.
 

The two communication devices – the conference and the phones – add a playful dimension to role-playing: the free-standing speaking columns, connected by an underground pipe, allow children to communicate with each other over dozens of metres without electronic amplification. The two wooden phones playfully introduce young and old alike to the physical phenomena of sound and the way sound waves travel. Children are fascinated by being able to clearly hear the voice of their playmate across such a long distance.
 

After romping around, children can find the peace and quiet they need by gently rocking in the nest cradle, hiding and swaying in the rope nest protected by a roof, or relaxing together in the hammock.

Four multi-storey climbing towers, a spacious water play area with a mill house, a unique labyrinth for the senses and a 27-metre-long swing are among the main attractions of the 7.5-hectare adventure playground in the Dorothea Dix Park in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. True to the concept "A Park for Everyone, Built by Everyone", the playground was implemented by Richter Spielgeräte GmbH in collaboration with our long-standing American partner APE Studio and officially opened in June 2025. 

The newly designed park has an eventful, sometimes dark history: for 150 years, the property was part of Spring Hill Plantation, in which enslaved African Americans were forced into labour. For the ensuing 160 years, it was home to North Carolina's first psychiatric hospital. The park's name giver, nurse and social reformer Dorothea Dix, founded a mental hospital on the site where mentally ill people were examined and observed. The methods used in those "examinations" at that time have left a bitter aftertaste that lingers to this day. The Gipson Play Plaza, named after the sponsoring family, is an impressive playground with various play areas full of exciting challenges for families. In the future, the focus will be on cheerful shouts and loud children's laughter – thus breaking with the once dark history of the place.

The centrepiece of the adventure playground consists of three large climbing towers interconnected by a large two-storey suspension bridge. The lower level can be reached via two ramps, making it accessible to people in wheelchairs or with walking aids, as well as families with prams. The play elements on the lower level are particularly suitable for younger children who do not yet dare to climb to the top. Exploring the upper levels of the tower via ladders, climbing nets and net tunnels is much more challenging and requires more courage and a good sense of balance. This is more appealing to older children and teenagers. From the various platforms, visitors can whizz back down again via several straight and winding tunnel slides. The climbing combination features various wind mills and a rotating double helix. In addition to the visual aspects, the installation of several wind turbines as a group makes various air flow conditions visible. They thus add to the experience of the element of air and allow the power of the wind to be recognised.

Located at the top of the adventure playground is Watermill Mountain, a spacious water play paradise with various channel and dam elements as well as Archimedes screws, inviting children of all ages to play with water. The mill house, modelled to resemble the historic Yates Mill in Raleigh, can be operated by children using belt drives, mill wheels, pumps, dams and lock gates. Here they can learn about the power of water in a playful way. Another highlight is the "Mill Race", a 25-metre-long watercourse along the footpath. From the pump at the source of the channel, small boats created by the children from leaves and branches can sail to the mud area, for example.

Below the Watermill Mountain watercourse, water and sand meet. Here, for example, children can bake small "sand cakes" or re-enact the activities of a construction site. Between massive stones from the region lies "Boulder Town", a village-like collection of small wooden playhouses that tower above the water and sand play area. These are also ideal for little adventures and a wide variety of role-playing games.

Nestled in the garden landscape, the "Sensory Maze" hedge labyrinth offers interactive components that appeal to all senses with various mirror installations and sound elements for playing, trying out and experiencing. A special experience within the labyrinth is the large walk-in kaleidoscope, which allows you to see yourself from all angles in multiple mirrors. The sound arch, a water vortex, the dance chimes integrated into the floor and the stroking stones provide additional exciting experiences. The barrier-free sensory maze (ADA-compliant, Americans with Disabilities Act) is designed for people of all ages and abilities. Here, they can try things out, play tag or hide and seek, and simply rediscover the maze again and again.

The "Swing Terrace" features an impressive 27-metre-long swing with various swing types, including a large rope swing that can be shared by up to three children at a time, as well as nest swings for young and old to relax in. 

All in all, a spacious, fascinating and challenging play world has been created here, enabling inclusive play and bringing together all age groups.
 

A new playground was opened at Christian Morgenstern Primary School in Spandau in November 2025. What makes it special is that it was a gift from the American football team Indianapolis Colts and the National Football League (NFL) Foundation to the children of the school. It was intended to mark the first regular NFL season game played in Berlin on 9 November 2025. The playground was built by Richter Spielgeräte in collaboration with their long-standing partner STANGNETH.

The highlight of the playground is the nine-metre-high pyramid tower which, with its striking shape, provides a special visual presence and a unique identity. The ‘Colts blue’ colour scheme and the football team’s horseshoe logo add further visual accents. The straight slide together with the six-metre-high winding tunnel slide, both made of stainless steel, offer plenty of variety on the playground. During breaks, the tower-slide combination gets many children moving at the same time. By allowing them to experience height and speed, it adds a vivid dynamic to the schoolyard.

Another highlight is the climbing structure made of handcrafted robinia roundwood. Here, too, many children can play and climb in a small space. The structure offers a variety of opportunities for experiencing height and developing the senses with hands and feet. Climbing also gives children a sense of achievement, which boosts their self-confidence.

On 7 November 2025, the Christian Morgenstern Primary School community celebrated the opening of the new playground together with representatives from the Indianapolis Colts, the NFL Foundation, and the Spandau District Office. We are delighted to be part of this special transatlantic project and to have created a place for physical activity, interaction and enjoyment with our playground equipment.
 

The newly designed adventure playground in Johannes-Giesberts-Park in Cologne-Nippes is a versatile activity area for children, young people and families. The theme ‘Skywalk – playing with a view of the park’ was developed with the participation of children and young people and implemented by Richter Spielgeräte in collaboration with their long-standing partner Freiraum Objekte Palme. 

The highlight of the playground is a large climbing combination, known as the ‘Skywalk’. Various access and transition elements such as ladders, bridges, nets and net tunnels create playful routes to platforms, play boxes and pedestals. From the top level, at a height of around five metres, children can enjoy the view before returning to the ground via the large curved tunnel slide. The combination is connected to a climbing forest with a large spider's web, a climbing rope and a rope rack. The Skywalk is visually accentuated by the many wind wheels arranged in ascending order, making the structure visible from afar. The different shades of green create a harmonious yet exciting overall ensemble. With its challenging opportunities for climbing and balancing, the Skywalk particularly appeals to older children.

Younger children can enjoy a low climbing structure. There is also an exciting way to get to a small play box via triangular platforms. The play box offers space for role-playing games. In the lower area there is a round table with stools, and from the upper level children can slide down or interact with others using sand play equipment.

Various swings round off the play experience, including a nest swing for resting or swinging together, an extra-high twin swing (over four metres high) that gives a feeling of freedom and lightness, and hanging seats in which up to four people can sit, lie back and chat in a relaxed manner.

The playground in Johannes-Giesberts-Park is barrier-free and offers aspects of cooperative play and experiences for children of different ages and developmental stages. 
 

Everything a child's heart desires

The AKI Family Resort, a 5-star family hotel that belongs to the renowned Adler Group and opened in November 2024, is idyllically situated in the South Tyrolean mountains at almost 1,000 metres at the foot of the Plose. Even in the lobby, it is clear that children's dreams come true here - a large vertical floor net with a crawl tunnel to climb up and an integrated tunnel slide to swing down is located right next to reception, so that little guests can play while their parents are still checking in.

The play areas designed by Richter Spielgeräte can be found both indoors and outdoors. Indoors, the play barn, modelled on a typical hay barn in the area, is a particular source of excitement. In the outdoor area, it is particularly noticeable that the equipment is free-standing, such as the tractor and the ‘grazing’ wobbly sheep on an alpine meadow. In addition, a small mill house with roof shingles that are typical of the region invites imaginative role play. A specially created stream that flows into a lake and can be crossed on a wooden ferry also makes children's hearts beat faster. A specially created stream that flows into a lake and can be crossed on a wooden ferry also makes children's hearts beat faster. A craft room, a spacious infinity pool and daily childcare with a varied programme complete the picture of relaxation and recreation for families with young and older children.

Sustainability and regionality are also very important here. Numerous natural materials such as wood and stone were used. The project was realised in collaboration with regional craftsmen - with one exception: the play equipment was supplied by Richter Spielgeräte from Frasdorf in Upper Bavaria. They were installed entirely without concrete foundations.

The recently opened children's playground in The Vineyard in the heart of the north-western Australian metropolis of Sydney was designed for families and at the same time pays homage to the rural spirit that has shaped this community. A spacious play area, whose towers, visible from afar, are connected by bridges, crawl tunnels and rope constructions, invite you to climb and role-play. You can get back down one of the slides at any time. The castle complex is complemented by equipment that also attracts the little ones. For example, the big tractor with trailer, whose friendly appearance alone invites children to play. And of course, the typical wooden wine barrels are also a must. The lower level of one of the towers is also equipped with a kitchen where you can play out the adult world to your heart's content. Of course, shady canopies and a cool, dark tunnel slide for hot summer days are a must. And while the adults take a break, the little ones are already whizzing off again to discover the “Memory”...

The redesigned play park with equipment from Richter Spielgeräte opened in November 2023 in collaboration with long-standing partner APE.

At the center of the play world is a large play pyramid on which children and young people can climb to their heart's content. Here they can climb to new heights and enjoy a breathtaking view of San Diego harbor from the top. The tunnel slide takes you back down again with momentum and a cheerful laugh. Right next to the play pyramid is a climbing structure with a horizontal net that not only invites you to climb, but also to linger and chill out. The little ones can gain their first experience of spinning and centrifugal force with the spinning top, and even the smallest children can enjoy gentle up and down movements on the seesaw.

The Metropolitan Park in Tres Cantos, in the Spanish metropolis of Madrid, was designed by Porras Guadiana Arquitectos and is an exemplary model for leisure and community living.

 

Nicknamed the “City of Children”, this leisure facility was designed with the aim of promoting social relationships and strengthening the community fabric. The renowned company Richter Spielgeräte GmbH from Frasdorf in Upper Bavaria was commissioned to design the playground. It is characterized by its iconic 12-metre-high stainless steel tower, which can be seen from afar, and its three tunnel slides with heights of 8, 6 and 3 metres. These slides are very attractive for children. An excited “tingling sensation” and butterflies in the stomach arise when you slide down the dark tube with a swing. Exiting in broad daylight triggers a feeling of relief, often accompanied by laughter and screams. The play levels at different heights, which can be used to access the individual slides, are connected to each other inside the tower by climbing nets. The different levels invite children and teenagers to venture further and further up and gradually try out the increasingly longer and steeper tunnel slides. The really brave ones climb straight up to the top level, from where they can get back down again via the 8-metre-long slide from lofty heights. The transparency of the tower ensures the safety of children and parents alike. This allows the climbing children to maintain eye contact with their parents on the ground.

 

The tower was created with inclusion in mind and offers play and leisure opportunities for all ages and abilities.

Unique experience on 280 concrete piles

Little Island at Pier 55 is a public park in the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan in New York City. It is a part of Hudson River Park and connected to it by two pedestrian bridges. Little Island covers an area of 0.97 hectares. 280 concrete piles were driven into the Hudson riverbed, on which 132 pot-shaped structures sit. The pots reach a height of 4.6 to 18.9 meters above the water surface. The park features several lawns, pathways and plantings designed by landscape architect Signe Nielsen, MNLA. In addition, Little Island has a small stage and two food kiosks, as well as a 687-seat amphitheater. A unique experience are the sensory stations from Richter Spielgeräte, which are located throughout the park - at the Instrument, the Rotating Discs as well as the Dance Chimes not only children, but also young people and adults like to pause. And not only as a sensory experience, but also technically, these devices are something special: for example, to protect the instrument from vandalism, every evening it is moved on roll some of them to storage under the park.