When the rain sets in, a pool with a proper slide turns a gray afternoon into something kids count down to. These are the indoor pools where the slide is the main event, most with a shallow pool so toddlers can splash while older kids climb the stairs again and again. Here's what we checked, from the 60-meter slide at Hofbad to the tropical Tikibad water park at Duinrell.
Tikibad is the indoor water park at Duinrell, with 21 waterslides, a wave pool, a lazy river, a whirlpool and Turkish baths, in water above 30°C.
Playa, the kids' water park, has child-friendly slides, a heated toddler pool and water no deeper than 15 cm, so small children can splash without a swimming certificate. In summer an outdoor area adds a heated pool, five slides and a water play house.
Zwembad Het Zuiderpark is one of the city-run indoor pools, with three separate pools: a competition pool for laps, a teaching pool used for swimming lessons, and a leisure pool with a 40-meter slide. There is also a whirlpool.
Het Hofbad is the city's most modern municipal pool, built around a 50-meter competition pool used for water polo and squad training, with four springboards and a 5-meter diving tower.
Families mostly head for the large recreation pool, which has a 60-meter slide, a whirlpool and a wild-water creek. A separate toddler pool and a teaching pool for lessons sit alongside.
Zwembad De Schilp is a public swimming pool run by Optisport, inside a sports center with a large indoor sports hall. The main pool is 25 by 15 meters with six lanes.
Older kids can ride the 35-meter slide, while a separate toddler pool has sprayers and a small slide of its own. There is also a whirlpool for warming up between swims.
When the rain sets in, a pool with a proper slide turns a gray afternoon into something kids count down to. These are the indoor pools where the slide is the main event, most with a shallow pool so toddlers can splash while older kids climb the stairs again and again. Here's what we checked, from the 60-meter slide at Hofbad to the tropical Tikibad water park at Duinrell.
Tikibad is the indoor water park at Duinrell, with 21 waterslides, a wave pool, a lazy river, a whirlpool and Turkish baths, in water above 30°C.
Playa, the kids' water park, has child-friendly slides, a heated toddler pool and water no deeper than 15 cm, so small children can splash without a swimming certificate. In summer an outdoor area adds a heated pool, five slides and a water play house.
Zwembad Het Zuiderpark is one of the city-run indoor pools, with three separate pools: a competition pool for laps, a teaching pool used for swimming lessons, and a leisure pool with a 40-meter slide. There is also a whirlpool.
Het Hofbad is the city's most modern municipal pool, built around a 50-meter competition pool used for water polo and squad training, with four springboards and a 5-meter diving tower.
Families mostly head for the large recreation pool, which has a 60-meter slide, a whirlpool and a wild-water creek. A separate toddler pool and a teaching pool for lessons sit alongside.
Zwembad De Schilp is a public swimming pool run by Optisport, inside a sports center with a large indoor sports hall. The main pool is 25 by 15 meters with six lanes.
Older kids can ride the 35-meter slide, while a separate toddler pool has sprayers and a small slide of its own. There is also a whirlpool for warming up between swims.
