Weekendo
Winter Slagharen
The Wild West theme park in Overijssel opens on winter weekends with Sinterklaas, then a Christmas programme with a circus, an illuminated parade and an ice rink.
Parks & zoos — Netherlands
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ARTIS Amsterdam Zoo
The oldest zoo in the Netherlands, right in central Amsterdam, open every day all winter with the aquarium and planetarium included.
Beekse Bergen Safari Park
A large safari park near Tilburg, about an hour and a quarter from Brussels, open daily in winter on foot or by car.
Burgers' Zoo
Arnhem's big zoo is open every day in winter, with a covered tropical rainforest, a desert and a huge ocean under glass.
Diergaarde Blijdorp (Rotterdam Zoo)
Rotterdam's zoo, with its covered Oceanium, is open every day all winter, about an hour and a half from Brussels.
GaiaZOO
A modern zoo on Aachen's doorstep, open daily all winter, with the ice-age themed 'IJstijd' experience until the end of February.
Winter Efteling
The Dutch fairy-tale park goes wintry from 16 November to 31 January, with a partly covered ice rink, a new show and opening until 8 pm over the Christmas holidays.
Toverland – Winter Feelings
The Limburg theme park stays open through winter on Wednesdays, weekends and the whole Christmas break, with an ice rink, tubing runs and a closing show.