Although the list below is really useful, we also admit that a little playground would be useful. Only one nice indoor playground… That's a different story. Don't worry: we have that too!

These are the nicest indoor playgrounds in Amsterdam

Car at hand? Or planning to take public transport? Then put this on your radar:

• The Treehouse Club, The Hague
• Wonderpark cafe, Amstelveen – a really nice café for us, and a really nice (tasteful) indoor playground for the kids.
• Kidzcity, Utrecht – also one in the 'brightly colored ball pit' category, but everything here is just a little less overstimulated. And on top of that, there are quite impressive play equipment, fairground style - really fun and fun to combine with, for example Miffy Museum (really nice and well done) and/or it Railway Museum.

Men's market 91: It is not really a well-kept secret, the small playground among the Amsterdam mansions hidden between the Haarlemmerstraat and the Brouwersgracht, but it is always remarkably quiet on a weekday. The playground is not large, but there are all kinds of cars and bicycles for the little ones to play with and that's a real treat!

Tweede Looiersdwarsstraat 11: Because we love the Jordaan so much... In the same neighborhood there is another beautiful one in a quiet street, thanks to the neighborhood that lovingly maintains the playground (so do the same!). They can slide, bounce on the chicken, play in the sandbox and there are loose toys for everyone to borrow.

Secretly, we think this is the best outing: cycling with the kids to Amsterdam North in nice weather. The ferry alone is always exciting, and then we're still nowhere. Without thinking, we always set course for the Noorderpark, a strikingly beautiful and wonderfully quiet park less than a five-minute bike ride from Amsterdam Central. The park has plenty of playgrounds, but of course also good places to eat and drink. And don't want to cycle? You can now finally just take the North-South Line.

Although the nature playground of NoordOogst also highly recommended! This is really a nature playground where the environment is used as much as possible. There is a water slide, a willow hut and a real climbing course in the trees. But also a sandbox in the shade and there are seating areas for a picnic, birthday party or neighborhood party.

The Flevo Park is one of the quietest parks in Amsterdam, with plenty of play opportunities. Don't tell anyone.

A little busier, but no less fun Park FrankendaelThere is a nice playground, but we think the park is at its very best when the regularly recurring Pure Markt is set up: a cozy traveling market that is broadly laid out and incredibly child-friendly. There are always special stalls for the kids and a carousel is usually wheeled onto the grounds, a very nice addition to the existing playground in the park.

But the most child-friendly park has to be the Oosterpark. There is a really nice playground with lots of wooden climbing and climbing equipment. Moreover, there is also a heck of a lot here wading pool. Thirsty parents enter the terrace of Hotel Arena.

Youthland Amsterdam is a well-known place, but no less fun: the Jeugdland site is a large and spacious play area in the middle of greenery. You can play, build and mess around, there is a small petting zoo, you can build huts and even grow fruit and vegetables!

Deep in Amsterdam East, in a fairly unknown, but certainly not unloved place, a water-lined playground was created: Play Park Blijdag. There was a climbing house and more typical playground equipment. Why so nice? It is strikingly beautiful and the place was made with love, you can tell that in everything.

Playground Wittenburg is also a big one and always a good one. Sandbox we fleek, and the same goes for the swings, the merry-go-rounds and the cable car. There is also a large lawn - nice for fathers and/or mothers who have packed a picnic basket, and there is a football cage where more than just football is played.

Playground Amstelpark: one oldie but still goodieYou can operate the excavator yourself, and slightly older children can have a blast in the Disco Boats. And yes, that is exactly what it sounds like. For the very little ones, there is a fun sandbox and the well-known but never boring playground equipment. There is a small petting zoo home to chickens, goats, pot-bellied pigs, ponies, guinea pigs, and rabbits, among others.

Just like at the Herenmarkt in the Jordaan, the playground at the Van Tuyll van Serooskerkenweg played with toys that the neighborhood collected together. There is a nice, large wooden house to climb into and the playground is pleasantly shielded from the road.

Duh! Artis of course! There's nothing like our own city zoo. If you are smart, you can purchase a subscription: then you can enter the park at any time and the zoo becomes much more your 'front yard' than anything else. Did you know that, for example, there are really fun painting lessons in Artis? Even for very small kids. Nice for a day, even more fun for every week if you ask us.

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At a relatively unknown location on the Haarlemmerweg you will find De Gibraltar: a friendly hangout with a play area. A bit awkward, yes, but above all nice and no-nonsense and a place where everyone is welcome.

Inside there is a colorful collection of vintage furniture and you can drink a good cappuccino or a glass of limo in one of the cozy corners. An additional reason to visit this hidden spot in BoLo is the enormous playground. Little ones with disabilities can also have fun here because there is a wheelchair carousel and the slides are extra wide, so you can go down with your child. There is plenty on the program both at the weekend and during the week (crafts, yoga), so check the agenda on the site.

The Gibraltar

As it happens, we love spending time in Westerpark (there are about 3 small playgrounds to be found here, plus one that is too cute). wading pool for the summer months) as the little ones can run around here almost without a care in the world over a large area where there is always room to play. The nicest playground is located in two parts at the back of the park (seen from the center). One side is for the little ones, the other side for the slightly older kids. There is a childcare center in the middle, which makes you think that the playground is not accessible to everyone: wrong! Everyone is welcome.

If you walk further, you will recover Westerpark petting zoo. A small farm with cows, rabbits, horses, goats and pigs, and a nice playground! There is a cable car, slides and swings. There are bicycles available for grabs and parents can get something to drink in the shop.

Although the main prize goes to The Wild West, a little further into the greenery. A place where no child comes away without being covered in black (old clothes!) and where it is always insanely fun. You can sign up for one of the group activities (raft building and looking for animals), but for the very little ones, the playground equipment, hopping across the water (with mom and/or dad), walking through the exciting man-high reeds, and the thrilling zip line are already unforgettable.

Oh and this one is so cute too! On Prinseneiland next to the famous mini petting zoo (the Dierencapel), a small playground has been created with loose play equipment.