Our boys’ (three & four) top five are, as far as I can tell, these:
Undisputed top-destination, on the wish-list every weekend:
National Taiwan Science Education Center (NTSEC)
No.189, Shihshang Road, Shihlin,Taipei 111, Taiwan
Phone: (02)2833-0011 , 0800-55-77-55
Fax: (02)2833-0022
ntsec.gov.tw/ntsec-english/index.asp
Not too exciting if you ask me, but they seem to love it!!
Closely followed by:
Taipei Astronomical Museum
Address: No.363, Kee-Ho Rd., Shihlin, Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: (02)2831-4551
Fax: (02)2831-4405
tam.gov.tw/eng/intro.htm
Exhibits are a bit run-down and often non-functional, but they don’t seem to care …
Always reason for a good tantrum if denied:
Tom Dragon
Tianmu location
opposite Tianmu Sports Park
next to Jasper Villas
(sorry, don’t have any details, it’s fairly expensive if I remember correctly)
My wife swears by this place, I’ve never been myself as they usually go during the week, but it’s supposed to be very neat and clean and a little different from the usual (tom Dragon-like) plastic attack …
Play Space
downtown
again, no details, maybe she can post some later …
and, incredulously discovered only fairly recently but much-loved nontheless, the previously already mentioned
Tianmu Sports Park playground
Biggest sand-pit in Taipei as far as I can tell, with the additional attraction of water being available near-by (i.e.: bring a change of clothes!!)
Have fun! Xpet.
edit: just want to add that we went to the Transport Museum and it was an absolute dump, nothing (literally) inside, the outside yard looked very neglected and no trains or anything was in operation … the only fun thing for the kids were some electro-cars in the basement that devoured all our NT$10,- coins …