Informatieboerderij Zorgvrij

Informatieboerderij Zorgvrij Spaarnwoude

The zorgvrij kinderboederij is in Spaarnwoude, Velsen, approximately 20 minutes bike ride from Haarlem centre. 

The boederij has a session of indoor cow stall, spaces for smaller animals like rabbits and chickens and a free running farm where kids can pad goats. Next to animals, there are 2 playgrounds for younger and older kids respectively, with ample facilities to play with where parents can sit on benches with close proximity. 

There is a daily milking session at 17:00 that kids can witness electronic milking. You can also buy fresh raw cow-milk there. They will provide instruction on how to prepare the milk.

The restaurant "Onder de Platanen” is right behind the playground for young kids with a terrace. They provide colouring pages for kids as well as books and puzzles to entertain the young guests. Next to regular pancakes, they also have house specialities, salad and sandwiches on their menu. 

Entrance to the boederij is free of charge.

There are all sorts of activities organized for different ages, also during summer holiday period. 

Opening hours

1 November - 1 March (winter period) Wednesday - Sunday  11:00 - 17:00,
1 March- 1 November (summer period) Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 - 17:00. 

Also open on Mondays and Tuesdays during school vacations of the north region.

The stall and  the playgroups are open all days. 

Address:
Genieweg 50 (aan de R101)
1981 LN Velsen-Zuid

Tel. 023- 520 28 28
info@spaarnwoude.nl 

http://www.spaarnwoude.nl/v_zoeken/print.asp?menu=02700003_000000&n_code=1

Pippa’s Pasteria Haarlem

Organic, child-friendly restaurant with good food

A bright pink banner right next to the bus-stop in Haarlem station has attracted my attention and I thought, who’s gonna eat there with a bus-terminal’s view?

A month later, we’ve become a returned customer of this lovely family-friendly restaurant.

Location-wise it is very handy, right in-between Haarlem station and the city. It is a huge restaurant, extremely spacious and perhaps that’s why they can afford to have a dedicated play area.

Finding a children’s corner in restaurants in Haarlem is not easy and let alone a fully equipped one. They have a huge train/car table, several wooden horses, an electronic (huge) one and a drawing corner. The electronic horse is for free although it is quite noisy to have it on. I could let my 2 year-old playing there freely while she can always be in sight.

Their food is nice and all are organic. They are linked with Jetties, another child-friendly organic café in Haarlem.

I’m not writing on commission for them but I’d love to see such lovely place surviving as kids’ friendly restaurants are really lacking in Haarlem.

Pippa’s Pasteria


Stationsplein 64-66
2011 LM, Haarlem


www.pippaspasteria.nl

Opening hours:

Monday to Saturday 12:00 – 21:00