Introduction
Amusement park is more widespread expression
for a collection of amusement rides and other entertainment
attractions assembled for the purpose of amusing a fairly large
faction of common people. An amusement park is more detailed
than a simple city park or playground, as an amusement park
is meant to cater to small children, adults and teenagers.
Different form of activities such as arcade,
games, carousels, roller coasters, and performers, as well as
food, drink, and souvenirs are offered to visitors in these
places. Amusement parks differ from circuses, carnivals, and
world's fairs. Parks are permanently located entertainment complexes,
open either all year or seasonally every year. Some amusement
parks, known as theme parks, are designed to evoke distant or
imaginary backdrop and/or eras, such as the Wild West, an African
safari, or medieval Europe.
Amusement
Parks in Amsterdam
Keeping pace with the modern times Amsterdam
offers a wide variety of Amusement parks to its visitors. Some
of them are listed below:
Archeon
A wonderful place for people of all ages, Archeon takes visitors
on a walk through the history of the world, starting from
the era of the dinosaurs, the major ancient civilizations,
to the Middle Ages. There are abundance of interactive shows,
hands-on, and a diminutive, open-air paddling pool.
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Duinrell
Duinrell is located very near to The Hague, in Wassenaar.
It is a unique park, which is open through out the year and
offers visitors all kinds of whirlpools, Space Balls and slides.
The main attraction for visitors is the Tikibad – a
complex of tropical indoor and outdoor swimming pools.
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Efteling
Efteling is a huge amusement park, which is designed
in accordance with the Arabian Nights stories. It is also
populated with characters from Grimm’s fairytales. This
fairy tale show is tailor made for kids. Efteling Park is
about sixty-five kilometres from Amsterdam.
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Other
parks
Linnaeushof
To the south of Haarlem about twenty kilometers from Amsterdam
is located a magnificent leisure park called Linnaeushof.
The park offers visitors with three hundred and fifty pieces
of play equipment here. The chief attraction is the Wild West
train, the trampolines and the go-karts. The on-site restaurant
has the customary kid-friendly foods that perfectly harmonize
a day out like this with chips, ice creams, and lots of fizzy
drinks.
Dolfinarium Harderwijk
Dolfinarium Harderwijk is considered as the biggest marine
animal park in Europe. It takes only an hour from Amsterdam
to reach this beautiful park. The park offers an atmosphere
resembling an English seaside resort. Visitors are entertained
by performing dolphins and there is a unique adventure playground
for the kids. Visitors are provided with a fine beach to allow
them to get away from the crowd whenever they feel like doing
so.
Six Flag Holland
The Six Flag Holland is a huge theme park, which provides
visitors with a wide variety of roller coasters rarely found
in other amusement parks in Netherlands. There is the Looney
Tunes gang and plenty more for kids as well as adults. Its
location is also ideal.
Conclusion
The original amusement parks were the historical precursors
to the modern theme parks as well as the more traditional
midway arcades and rides at county and state fairs. Today,
amusement parks are largely replaced by theme parks, and the
two terms are often used interchangeably to complement each
other.
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