Het Land van Jan Klaassen: A kid’s play
Het Land van Jan Klaassen is a budget friendly amusement park in Braamt (located in the east of the Netherlands and just 10 minutes away from the German border). This amusement park is a perfect family day out in the Netherlands since it is not so busy, affordable, and offers lots of fun activities for kids up to 8 years old. Kids can enjoy activities ranging from puppet shows, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, and overnight camping experience in your own choice of special accommodation or by bringing your own caravan. camper, or tent. Below I will discuss in details these ranges of activities.
What to do in Het Land van Jan Klaassen?
1. Puppet Theater (poppentheater) of Jan Klaasen
The puppet theater in Het Land van Jan Klaassen is one of the highlights of this attraction park. It is the largest puppet theatre in the Netherlands and has been around since 1950with more than 70 years of experience in providing theatre performances. This interactive puppet theater give kids the opportunity to meet and interact with Jan Klaassen and Katrijn, the main characters of the show. Kids can experience an exciting adventure in the puppet theatre together with Jan Klaassen and can get carried away in an interactive puppet show. Adults can also enjoy the performances of the theater.
2. Outdoor amusement park
Hert Land van Jan Klaassen features a 30,000 m2 outdoor playground full of adventure in various themes, ranging from castles, outdoor survival, haunted house, train rides, adventure pirate boats, and normal playgrounds with swings, slides, and bicycles. Children can also fully explore and dare to play the 40-meter long rainbow slide. With the gnome train, kids will be able to visit the village of Jan Klaassen, where the baker, the miller, the town hall and the police come to life. Kids can also enjoy doing somersaults on the air trampolines as well as find their way out in the maze, filled with the laughing mirrors. At the end of the day it will be an unforgettable experience and a day full of smiling faces and beautiful memories.
3. Indoor playground Het Land van Jan Klaassen
The 2000 square meter indoor playground, which is just located adjacent to the puppet theater, will take kids to a journey full of fantasy. Kids can experience cycling through the air in the hover cars, taking a train ride through the gold mine, doing somersaults on the bouncy castle, or dancing in the children’s disco. The indoor playground is a perfect place to stay in case of cold or rainy weather. The entire playground is made of wood and decorated in the style of Jan Klaassen, which gives it its own character. For children the place to discover and for parents a pleasant environment to relax on one of the many seating areas.
4. Camping Overnights
In case the family and kids wants a complete Het Land van Jan Klaassen experience, they can come and spend the night at children’s campsite Jan Klaassen Dreamland. The comfortable and unique accommodation choices include staying on a plane, helicopter, train, fire truck, pirate boat, American school bus and truck, tree house, gypsy wagons, safari tents, teepees and yurts. In addition to this unique experience, young families will get unlimited access to the nearby children’s amusement park Het Land van Jan Klaassen. The campsite has an attractive and child-friendly environment with great attention to detail, making it feel small-scale and cosy.
5. Events
There are various events for family and kids that are also being held in Het Land van Jan Klaassen depending on the time of the year. These include The Arrival of Sinterklaas, Disco with the Piets, Christmas Bingo, Olliebollen feest, Easter, Mother and Father’s day and so on. For a complete lists of events, see the following link.
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3. Binky children farm attraction: A kid’s play.