Right next to the municipal offices of Cossonay, at Passage Vy-Neuve, the regional toy library of la Venoge welcomes families three times a week: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 17:00 to 19:00, and Wednesdays from 16:00 to 18:00.
The way it works is simple: annual membership costs 60 francs and allows six games to be borrowed for three weeks. A formula that keeps the games rotating at home all year round, with no buying or storing, and lets you quietly test a title before giving it as a gift or adding it to your collection.
Before coming, the list of available games can be consulted online, and a blog shares news from the toy library. Everything you need to plan your visit and leave with safe bets and new discoveries alike.
Kids activities nearby
Family outing ideas around the toy library.
Fancy an original, easy outing as a family? In Cossonay, a little funicular links the station to the hilltop village in a few minutes, with a lovely view of the countryside. A mini railway adventure that delights children, all year round.
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Fancy a show outing as a family? In Cossonay, the Théâtre du Pré-aux-Moines offers around twenty shows each season, with a young-audience strand. Comedy, dance, music or theatre: a lovely way to introduce children to the performing arts.
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Fancy an escape adventure as a family with teenagers? In Cossonay, the Escape Game Fantasia offers several rooms with fairy-tale worlds (Peter Pan, Hansel et Gretel, Pinocchio…). An immersive outing full of puzzles, from around age 13.
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Other toy libraries in the same canton.
Ludothèque L'OASIS
Bussigny, 1030
In the west of Lausanne, the L'OASIS toy library offers games and toys on loan to families in Bussigny and the surrounding area. As in a library, you leave with a selection, enjoy it at home, then bring everything back and choose something new. The formula has real advantages for families: it lets you try a game before buying it, match the toys to your children's age as the years go by, and keep your home liveable despite the little ones' appetite for novelty. Grey afternoons find their remedy here too, with a regularly refreshed stock of games. The service is presented on the Bussigny municipal website, in the pages devoted to childhood and youth, where you will find the information you need to plan your first visit.
Ludothèque Le Dé-Tour
Cheseaux, 1033
Borrowing hundreds of games and toys, but also playing on site: that is the dual purpose of Le Dé-tour, the Cheseaux toy library, with its play kitchen corner, its play area and advice from the staff. Games are sorted by age group using a colour-coded labelling system, then grouped by type of game, which makes finding your way around very easy, even for children. Two options are available: occasional hire from 1 to 5 francs depending on the value of the game, or an annual membership at 25 francs giving unlimited borrowing, with a family discount from two members onwards. The library opens twice a week, on Mondays from 16:30 to 18:15 and Thursdays from 15:15 to 17:00, at Route de Lausanne 4, right in the heart of Cheseaux.
Ludothèque Romanel
Romanel, 1032
The Romanel toy library keeps a particularly lively calendar: its monthly board game evenings run from 20:00 to midnight, video game evenings are played on the big screen, and themed events punctuate the year, from Romanel Plage to Halloween. On the lending side, the library on Chemin de Cousson offers board games "for every taste and every age", along with a collection of around a hundred Nintendo Switch games, a great opportunity to try titles before buying them. Well rooted in local life, it works in partnership with the Bibliothèque Papyrus and with Romanel Ô Troc. Opening hours can be found on its website.
