Zhubei, Family Pizza 手工柴燒窯烤比薩

Location: google map

Pros: nice atmosphere, children's books, blocks

Cons: drinks are kind of expensive. $50NT for a can of treetop apple juice?!

It's kind of an interesting place, you order at this little hut and then go next door into this building for seating. They have a lot of special flavors like stinky tofu pizza...(which we've never tried) but also the more normal ones like margherita and pesto & cheese. The pizzas are not to die for, but decent enough. Each pizza (about 8 slices?) is around $200~$250. For our family of 5 we ordered three and it was just right.

Zhubei, Bo Ai Elementary 博愛國小

Location: google map location, No. 72, Guangming 6th Rd, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County

Parking: street parking available around the neighborhood

Pros: Not crowded. monkey bars.

Cons: nothing really!

All of the public schools in Taiwan are open to public on the weekends or during the week before and after school hours. This is one of the things I love about being here - you have free access to basketball courts, track, and playground in your neighborhood! We were here for a soccer practice, and we discovered that they have a pretty fun playground with monkey bars!

Zhubei, Jiazheng Park 嘉政公園

Location: google map location

Pros: monkey bars!!

Cons: not really suitable for toddlers and preschoolers, no restrooms on site or nearby

The interesting looking blue playground structure is worth checking out if you have older children who can do monkey bars. There are no traditional slides at this park. My 4.5 yr old enjoyed climbing on the "surfboard", but other than that there was little he could do here. (but he still had a decent time) my 1st & 2nd grader liked this park because of the monkey bars (a hard thing to find around here). Parking was easy on a weekday afternoon, I was able to find street parking right next to the park.

Zhubei, Hsinchu County Library 新竹縣圖書館

It has a decent selection of children's books in English. My boys are avid readers, so this will probably last us a few months! To get a library card, you will need to bring your passport or ARC and fill out an application at front desk. It will take about 20 mins after submitting your application to get the actual library card. It is free!

We like to come here first for some books, and then head down the street to Zhubei Children's Park.

Location: Xianzheng 9th Rd #146. 竹北市縣政九路146號 (the front door is on Wenping Rd)

Parking: street parking on Wenping Rd 

Pros: FREE! AC! clean bathrooms!

Cons: don't read too fast, or you might run out of books to borrow fairly quickly!

Zhubei, Cultural Children's Park 竹北文化兒童公園

This park is located right by Guangming 1st Rd (Zhubei's restaurants street). It is usually never empty, and the unique stone slide is loved by many local children. There are two playground structures in the park, one with monkey bars! There is also a skating rink next to the playground. This park is great for children of all ages. And the best thing is - the library is right across the street. We like to go to the library first, and then come here for the boys to run around.

Location: Wenping Rd & Wuzhuoliu Rd. 文平路＆吳濁流路口

Parking: Street parking available

Pros: many structures in one place - 2 play structures, a stone slide, a skating rink, & basketball court)

Cons: no bathroom on site. stone slide is fun but can get quite dirty.

Zhubei, Three Tiny Parks

We LOVE this park! My boys decided to call it "Three Tiny Parks" because it's consist of three play structures. There are slides, see-saws, climbing ropes,  a rock climbing wall, and rocking horses. There is something for all ages.

Location: google map location Wenzhong Rd & Xianzheng 2nd Rd behind Women & Youth Center. 婦幼館後面

Parking: Street Parking available

Pro: Unique structures, basketball court, skating rink

Con: no bathrooms on site, but there should be restrooms at the Women & Youth center.

Zhubei, 繩索公園 Rope Park

This is not your typical playground, but it will definitely wear your little ones out after 30 mins of climbing around in this thing! The only negative thing about this park that it gets pretty warm during the summer for the kiddos since there is nothing covering the rope structure. There are benches around the park that have shade though. There is also a skating rink right by the restrooms.

Location: 光明六路嘉豐五路 Guangming 6th Rd. & Jiafeng 5th Rd.
Parking: street parking

Pros: restrooms onsite, skating rink
Cons: no shade

Zhubei, 爬蟲兩棲公園 Stone Slide Park

The rock slide is what separates this park from the others, and it's always fairly clean! My boys can literally play on the rock slide for hours. The trees surrounding the park also have the sweetest smelling flowers - which makes it quite nice when you're standing in the shade watching the kids play. Of course, this park is really close to all the good food on Guangming 1st Rd., so you can easily have the kids play for awhile and then walk to one of the restaurants nearby for lunch or dinner.

Location: 光明一路文興路口 Guangming 1st. Rd & Wenxin Rd.

Parking: Street parking/parking lot nearby
Panorama View

Pros: unique, spacious
Cons: no onsite restrooms

Zhubei, 豆子埔公園 Douzibu Park

We went there on a weekday afternoon, and we were able to find parking right across from the park. The only downside to this park is that there is only a blinking red light at its intersection, therefore making it a bit more dangerous to cross the street. Other than that, it is a great park with lots of shade  (great for summer). There is a cool structure (pic #3) that my boys decided to name it "forward and backward seesaw" which moves like a swing when you're sitting on it.

Location: 三民路 & 民族街 Sanmin Rd & Minzu St, near Ren Ai Junior High School

Pros: shaded, spacious, swings, restrooms on site

Cons: busy cross streets

Parking: street parking

Zhubei, Coconut Tree Park

Found this hidden gem when we drove by today! It has a parking lot right next to it, and there was plenty of parking. It's tucked away in a quiet neighborhood right off of the freeway. The restrooms were clean, playground structure seemed relatively new as well. Our boys decided to name it "Coconut Tree Park." Lots of free space for kids to roam around!

Location: 康乃薾幼稚園後面, Jiade St. & Keda 2nd St. (not identified on Google map)

Pros: Spacious, restrooms on site, relatively new
Cons: none!
Parking: Parking lot right next to it

Zhubei, 福興公園 Fuxing Park

The park is off of a busy road, but the playground is tucked away on the inside of the park. Although the structures are old and rusty, my boys do not mind at all - it is not easy to find parks with monkey bars around here! Usually there are many senior citizens hanging around the park playing cards or just sitting in their wheelchairs. I'd like to think that my boys are providing free entertainment for them ;). 

Location: 福興路&縣政六路口 (Fuxing Rd. & Xianzheng 6th Rd)

Pros: restrooms on site, monkey bars, grass field, swing set

Cons: structure is old and rusty, hard to find parking close by

Parking: street parking

Zhubei, Carrefour Park

I could not find the official name for this park, so the kids decided to call this "Carrefour Park." What my boys love about this park is that it's super spacious. The play structure is not unique but they have a lot of space to run around. And they love 7-11.

Location: 縣政九路金石堂旁. Between Xianzheng 8th st & Xianzheng 9th Rd by 7-11. Next to Carrefour Zhubei. (not identified on Google map)

Pros: close to 7-11 for snack/drink/potty/cash/pay your bills, basketball court
Cons: hard to find parking, no restroom on site (but the 7-11 near by has a relatively clean one)
Parking: Street parking

Zhubei, 兒8童玩公園 Er 8 Tong Wan Park

There's nothing special about this little park, except that it's located next to a bakery and two grocery stores (Wellcome and 億客來). If you plan on taking your kids to do some grocery shopping, it is easier when you can promise them playtime at the park and picking out bread afterwards.

Location: 成功二街 & 自強五路口 (Chenggon 2nd st & Ziqiang 5th rd, across from Patio Bakery), not identified on Google map.

Panorama View

Pros: Contained, covered bench seating
Cons: No restrooms
Parking: Usually can be found on nearby streets