Aardbei Terras, Rijsbergen

Het Aardbeienterras, Rijsbergen

http://www.hetaardbeienterras.net/

Well, are you looking for a nice relaxed outing for you and the small kids? If you have children from 0 to 7, I would fully recommend this for a few hours.

It is a pick yourself strawberry farm, which uses a small child friendly scissors to cut off the strawberries. You are shown where to clip the strawbs from and you get on with filling your box full. For 1 euro extra you can get a Strawberry Picking Diploma for the kids in their name, which is a nice thing to do. A full box without diploma costs 2,50 and strawbs are usually available from mid May onwards  - ring ahead or check their website if you really want to pick strwberries.

What is extra special about this place is the space to play. They don't have posh latte coffee, just normal filter coffee and tea, but they have cold drinks and ice lollies too. But they have an enormous outdoor play area for the little ones and even if it is chilly they have a poly-tunnel to play in which swings and slides and sand. You can sit happily enjoying your strawberried and tea whilst the kids can easlity play for an good hour running around or going on the low trampoline or other toys.

If you have older kids 7 and above - they can come and enjoy the strawberry picking but the play stuff is really for those children 7 and under, I would say.

So all in all, it a lovely place for a few hours out.

Only one thing is that there is no shade at all, so if it is really sunny and who have tiny babies, you will need to think about having an umbrella or some sort of other shade with you.