• A nature playground made for getting muddy, next to a regular playground with a slide by the Ooievaarsnest, so pack spare clothes
• A water pump near the scouting that kids can work themselves, the park's main water play
• Restaurant Merkelbach inside Huize Frankendael at Middenweg 72, the historic house at the park's edge

Park Frankendael surrounds Huize Frankendael, the last of the 17th- and 18th-century summer estates that once lined the Middenweg. Its old garden later served as a city nursery and is now the neighborhood park of Watergraafsmeer, with ponds, garden paths and art set among the lawns.

Kids head for the playground by the Ooievaarsnest, with its slide and water pump, and the nature playground, where getting muddy is the point.