Oud Valkeveen

Oud Valkeveen is a play park in Naarden in the Dutch municipality of Gooise Meren inside the province of Noord-Holland. The park is placed within the hamlet of Valkeveen, which is placed at the extreme north point of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. The estate on which Oud Valkeveen is placed was previously referred to as 'Oud Naarden' and changed into owned with the aid of a wealthy Amsterdammer who bought it and had a farm constructed there that was named Valkeveen. After 1880 a steam tram connection changed into established between Amsterdam and the Gooi . Many people made a ride to the estate by using tram given that there was a lovely seaside on the ZuIderzee . The proprietors of the farm on the property started a pancake farm within the farm to provide visitors with a drink and a snack.

In 1930 a playground become constructed next to the pancake house. Activities and horse racing had been additionally prepared. In 1980 the well-known circus director Toni Boltini hooked up himself in Naarden as proprietor / operator of the park. Since 2002 the playground has been owned via the Nedstede Group of Michael van de Kuit. The playground draws increasingly visitors, now round 220,000 annually.