Surroundings of holiday resort Waterpark Belterwiede Netherlands

Waterpark Belterwiede is near Giethoorn, the Dutch Venice of the Netherlands. Whisperboats buzz along the local canals and under the characteristic bridges with thatched-roof farmhouses on either side. However, Giethoorn has much more to offer: from a mineral and fossil museum to a farmhouse museum. Sample the atmosphere of the fifties in the well-known café Fanfare among the decor in which the typical Dutch movie directed by Bert Haanstra "Fanfare" was made.

Tips for trips

• Giethoorn is 2 kilometers away from the park
• "Oude aarde" museum in Giethoorn
• Gloria Maris shell museum in Giethoorn
• Café Fanfare from the Bert Haanstra film in Giethoorn
• Schokland, Urk
• Walibi Flevo
• Orchid farm in Luttelgeest
• Thialf stadium in Heerenveen
• Meppel, an old fortified town with a good shopping centre
• Ballorig: indoor playground in Meppel
• Golf courses in Havelte, in the polder and near Hoogeveen
• Havelte for the nearest megalith
• Planetarium in Dwingeloo
• Lemmer, Hindeloopen, Makkum
• Wolvega trotting course with horse racing on Saturday afternoons. Have a flutter.
• The Hanseatic towns, Kampen and Zwolle
• Fairground museum at Steenwijk
• Indoor swimming pool in Meppel (Bad Hesselingen)