Camping De Broak

If you like a castle or few, you’ve come to the right place – take to your bike for half an hour or so and you can be at one of the seven within 10 kilometres of Camping De Broak. The castles of Warmelo, Weldam and Twickel are all worth a stop for a wander through the gorgeous gardens; you may be able to get into the buildings too on certain days of the year. Hengelo, 40 minutes away by bike, is a great place to spend the day if you’ve brought the small sorts: De Waarbeek theme park has lots of rides for the pre-teen types, and the Heim technology museum has a fab collection of machinery that you can watch in action. There are great museums in Enschede too (25 minutes away by car), and a chance to tour the Grolsch beer factory. A little closer to home in Delden are an intriguing canal lock system and an open-air pool with waterslides and lots of fun things to play with.