Trends and tips for Dutch campsites and holiday parks

May 21, 2025

‘How do you distinguish yourself as a campsite in the swimming pool area in the current overcrowded market’

There are hundreds of campsites and holiday parks in the Netherlands with a swimming pool. And that’s not an unnecessary luxury with our increasingly hot summers. But how do you ensure that you stand out in the current overcrowded market, knowing that many guests base their choice mainly on swimming pool and slides!?

1. High-quality slides for children

If you think you’re going to make a difference with -admittedly nicely themed- small slides for the little ones: think twice!
You’re seeing more and more a line-up of slides that offer enormous variety: from young to old(er), from low to high, equipped with different ‘features’ and from body slides to 2-person tube slides (where a parent can slide together with a child!).

Various suppliers offer a large number of different slides, and B&Eau can help a client through mix & match to arrive at the best selection! It goes without saying that such a zone can offer something for every budget.

The children’s slides line-up at the Spanish Water World (Image: Water World)
Example of a kids zone with five slides (Image: Aquadiver)

2. A Splash Pad

The great advantage of a Splash Pad is that children can more or less determine for themselves how wet they get, which makes a Splash Pad also fun when it’s not super hot yet. In addition, a splash pad stimulates many senses because there’s constantly something spraying, moving, and splashing. Often a Splash Pad or a ‘fountain square’ is a magnet for children. Place it next to a terrace and both parents and children are happy!

A splash pad can also be set up interactively, for example with movable water jets and can be fully custom designed.

Example of a Splash Pad in public space (Image: Mother on the Edge)

3. An Adventure Pool

A paradise for the somewhat older children (good swimming skills required). This swimming pool is a gathering place for all kinds of exciting adventures. Think of: a zip-line, a rock climbing wall, a floating course, a diving rock, a splash battle zone and as the icing on the cake a drop slide (a slide where you plunge from greater height into the swimming pool).

But there is much more possible: think of a Ninja Cross course, a tipping bucket a place to do VR snorkeling or a place for inflatable objects.

The possibilities are endless and B&Eau is happy to think along with you!

Concept rendering of an Adventure Pool (Design: B&Eau)
A drop slide in Universal’s Volcano Bay Waterpark (Image: ProSlide Technology)