Kinderzentren Kunterbunt provides a new approach to meet the demand of parents for childcare facilities in Germany. In contrast to most of the state-run kindergartens, it is designed to meet the needs of working parents. Specifically, Kunterbunt childcare centres have extraordinarily long operating hours (from 06h00 to 20h00), including weekends and school vacations, enabling mothers and fathers to combine family and career better.