Efteling plans to unveil a $24-million nighttime spectacular this year that features water fountains, flame-throwers, synchronized spotlights and symphonic music set to fairy tale stories drawn from ...

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 ...

The thought of visiting a theme park on a busy national holiday is enough to turn most parents into a quivering wreck. So I feared the worst when I headed across the North Sea with my five-year-old ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s a type of magic one craves at Christmas: twinkles, a dusting of snow, mulled wine, animated children. This is what inspired me whisking my partner and two young children off to Efteling, in ...

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 ...

ONLY WHEN I became a parent could I fully appreciate how cruel grocery stores are to display a wall of candy at checkout, just when you're at your most vulnerable—tired and distracted, with no other ...