Archive - Mini Cities

Miniature Cities Should Not Be Islands

How a miniature city can interact with the adult world around it, and why it must if it aspires to be more than just a summer program.

Mar 13 • Daniel Fetz

Mini-Munich Succeeds Where KidZania Fails

Both are miniature cities for children. Only one of them resembles an actual city.

Mar 11 • Daniel Fetz

Is There a Police Force in Mini-Munich?

An excerpt from ‘Die Kinderstadt: Eine Schule des Lebens’, Gerd Grüneisl and Wolfgang Zacharias (1989).

Mar 10

February 2026

Serious Play: Mini-Munich, Something More Than Children’s Entertainment

Feb 26

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