Belgium with kids, for us, is close and short: two Landal parks in Limburg, a week in the East Cantons, and the Ardennes coming up. Zutendaal is 2.5 hours from Utrecht.
Below, the three stories, and soon the Ardennes.
Landal Park Eksel with kids: a small park, plenty of freedom, no pool
Landal Park Eksel is a small, family-friendly park just across the Belgian border. With plenty of outdoor space, freedom for kids and a calm atmospher...
Landal Mooi Zutendaal with kids: 110 m² house, own garden, 2.5 hours from Utrecht
Landal Mooi Zutendaal with kids in June: fourteen nights in a 110 m² house with its own garden, 2.5 hours from Utrecht, for around 159 euros a night....
The Eifel with kids
We spent a week in the Eifel with our kids and chose to do less instead of everything. This is our honest experience, what worked for us, and why that...More about Belgium with kids
Landal in Belgium with kids
Landal Mooi Zutendaal: houses of over 100 square metres with a private garden and a washing machine (more important to us than a big pool), not car-free, and the Lieteberg barefoot trail around the corner. Landal Park Eksel is small, the kids scoot to the playground and the shop on their own, though more cars drive onto the park than "car-free" suggests, and you hear the fighter jets from the air base. Center Parcs De Vossemeren is a day out from Eksel.
Ardennes and East Cantons with kids
From Büllingen we did a week in the Belgian Eifel: Lake Bütgenbach with lifeguards, the railbikes on the Vennbahn (cash only) and Monschau just across the border. The Ardennes are next: 4.5 weeks in September 2026, that story is coming.