A EUROPEAN theme park that mums have compared to Disneyland is getting a new ride that will be the first of its kind at the ...

A MAGICAL theme park in The Netherlands is being hailed by parents as “better than Disney” – and it’s only an hour’s flight away. What’s more, Efteling has just announced a brand new ride that will ...

Once upon a time in a land far, far away, a kindly artist called Anton decided to build a fairytale forest where all the children from the local village could come to play and find their favourite ...

When we planned our trip to the Dutch lands, we already thought about visiting Efteling for two days, one of the oldest theme parks in Europe. It encompasses fairy tales, as well as a variety of ...

Going to Efteling is pretty much a rite of passage if you’re Dutch. Ever since the theme park opened its doors in 1952, it’s been a family favourite. I first went when I was four and it made a lasting ...

Famed Dutch amusement park Efteling can have a maximum of five million visitors per year, the Noord Brabant provincial authorities have said. Any more will exceed the theme park’s permit for nitrogen ...

Regular readers know I love amusement parks. But they also know I’ve come to hate Disney, creator of the world’s most popular amusement parks, with the passion of a thousand suns. Here’s what I wrote ...

The night is dark and the air claustrophobic as our boat glides along a river. We've gone through a rough part of town. Men stare over balefully, calling out threats, giving us the dread-eye. We pass ...

Fairy tale theme park Efteling in Kaatsheuvel in Noord-Brabant has been given permission to expand by the highest Dutch court after a two-year legal wrangle with locals. The Efteling, which opened in ...