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Home  >  Den Haag • Netherlands  >  Gulliver for a day in Madurodam Park

Gulliver for a day in Madurodam Park

Alex Posted onDecember 28, 2016January 20, 2018 Den Haag, Europe, Madurodam, Madurodam Travel Blog, Miniature World, Netherlands Leave a Comment

We move out early to board the train bound for Den Haag Centraal before catching Tram No.9 to Madurodam. The open-air theme park was built in 1952 and continues to add or update exquisite miniature landmarks of Netherlands over the years. It’s like a mini-Netherlands showcasing from windmills, bridges, canals, buildings to major structures in 1/25 scale. This smallest city in the world even has its own elected mayor. And the Lilliputians in Madurodam are the mellow version so it’s safe for any visiting Gulliver LOL.

Madurodam entrance

Hans Brinker

Map around the park

Sign post Madurodam

Since most of the scale models are out in the open, it’s best to be here on a sunny day. It was raining when we arrived at Den Haag Centraal. Hence, we are really thankful that it stops while we were waiting for the tram.

Around-Madurodam-Park

Around-Madurodam-Park

The Miniature World of Madurodam

Perhaps the morning rain has deterred people from coming as the park was quite empty, just as I like it to be. It makes my exploration around Madurodam much more enjoyable without the usual crowd. And of course lesser photobombers LOL.

It’s such a joy to see the detailed miniatures and that tremendous effort in making such remarkable scale models. I would be keen to see how to make miniatures like these! The park brings out the child in me as I spent almost 3 hours in it while my cameras were in rampage mode.

Detailed miniature of Madurodam

There are mini bridges of Erasmus Bridge and many others which I am unsure of their names.

Mini Erasmus Bridge Rotterdam
Erasmus Bridge

Beautiful Canal Bridge of Madurodam

Mini bridge of Madurodam

Mini Canal bridge

Movable bridge at Madurodam

Those moving transportation scale models in Madurodam are very entertaining. The simulation includes the busy traffic on a highway, boats, ships, trains, buses and even planes. It is like being in a huge toy museum and keeps you entertained for a long, long time.

Mini Buildings of Madurodam

Mini Modern ship in Madurodam

Mini VOC Ship of Madurodam

Lilliputians onboard VOC Ship

Train tracks at Madurodam

Mini Groningen railway station

Mini Schiphol Airport Amsterdam

Miniature landmarks around Netherlands

Amsterdam’s landmarks which I can remember are Dam Square, De Jordaan, Concertgebouw and Rijksmuseum.

Mini Royal Palace Dam Square

Mini Amsterdam De Jordaan

Mini Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Mini Concertgebouw
Mini Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Mini Rijksmuseum

Other notable landmarks around the Netherlands are showcased here as well. Places like Royal Palace, Binnenhof Den Hague, Peace Palace Den Hague, Dom Tower of Utrecht, St. John Cathedral Den Bosch and Beeld en Geluid.

Mini Dutch royal palace
Dutch royal palace
Mini Binnenhof Den Hague
Binnenhof Den Hague
Mini Peace Palace Den Hague
Peace Palace Den Hague
Mini Dom Tower Utrecht
Dom Tower Utrecht
Mini St John Cathedral Den Bosch
St John Cathedral Den Bosch

Mini St John Cathedral Den Bosch tower

Lilliputians at church

Mini Beeld en Geluid
Mini Beeld en Geluid

How can there be no windmills right? So here they are.

Mini windmills at Madurodam

Mini windmill at Madurodam

One of the hands-on activities is pumping up water to put out the fire on a ship – it’s fun!

Put out the fire game at Madurodam

Here’s a mini theme park which will come alive after inserting 1 Euro into the slot. Then the roller coaster, merry-go-round and other fun rides will be in motion for the next few minutes.

Mini fun fair at Madurodam

An ongoing rock concert with cheering Lilliputians and also a football match.

Mini open-air concert at Madurodam
Mini open-air concert at Madurodam

Mini Football match in Madurodam

In the end, it almost felt like completing a grand tour around the Netherlands after spending one morning here. Madurodam is one of our trip’s highlights and I would definitely recommend a visit here to experience the fun.

What are your thoughts about Madurodam? Leave a comment and share it with me.

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