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to go with kids on a summer’s
day. It has a paddling pool,
playgrounds, Kinderkook kafé
(Kids Café) and a children’s Art Club
on Wednesday afternoons (at the
Groot Melkhuis café) (see p121).
TunFun
8
MAP Q5 • Mr Visserplein 7
• 020 689 4300 • Open 10am–6pm
daily • Closed 1 Jan, 27 Apr •
Admission charge • www.tunfun.nl
This vast indoor adventure play­
ground occupies a disused
underpass. Parents can sit back
Relaxing in Westerpark and relax as pre­teens run wild in
the warren of tunnels, slides and
the steamy reptile house, see stars trampolines, while toddlers romp
in the planetarium and marvel at the in their own special area.
fish in the aquarium (see p127). Madame Tussauds
Amsterdam
Westerpark
6 9
Children’s farm: 023 682 2193
Surprising, educational and, at
Open 9am–5pm Tue–Sun • Woeste times, emotional encounters with
Westen: open 11am–6pm Wed, Sat– superheroes and film stars are to
Sun, noon–6pm Mon, Tue, Thu and Fri be had here. There is a great view
• www.woestewesten.nl across Dam Square from the round
With entertainment for kids and window, too (see p40).
parents alike, this cultural park
East Indiaman
has an arts complex, Sunday 0
markets, outdoor wading pool, Amsterdam
playgrounds, children’s farm, Het A splendid replica of a Dutch East
Woeste Westen natural adventure India Company cargo ship that
park, and plenty of cafés to boot. sank on its maiden voyage in 1749.
Watch the sailors hoisting cargo
Vondelpark
7 and swabbing decks. Built in
1991, it is moored outside Het
Together with the smaller
Westerpark, this is the perfect place Scheepvaartmuseum (see p127).

East Indiaman Amsterdam, moored outside Het Scheepvaartmuseum

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