Hidrodoe — Attraction in Herentals

A fun family experience with some good, fun activities appropriate for all ages. There looked to be some good information about water alongside it (water cycle, cleaning, sanitation, climate change) but I can’t vouch for the quality as I’m not a Flemish speaker. Staff were very friendly.

The 4D movie was fun for the kids and kept them entertained (part of the overall ticket price).

The cafe served a good selection of snacks and drinks with some options for light lunch.

Parking was about 700m away from the venue but the walk was flat and along the road/accessible paths. I think there was some limited disabled parking closer to the building but not 100% sure. The attractions themselves are over the ground floor.

Overall, a good, fun and reasonably priced 2-3 hours’ entertainment (maybe more if you can speak the language)...

Went there with our children almost 3 and 6. The younger one just liked to play with the water (especially outdoors) and there is a slide and see-saw inside, at age 6 you can start with the educational information and easily spent a few hours. There is good mix of information and do it yourself set-ups. A bit of a pity was that quite some parts were not working, I think one or two is okay but it was at least five set-ups not working. However the prices are really fair and parking is for free, would...

You have to walk 10 minutes from the parking going to Hidrodoe, so be sure to wear flat shoes! This place is located in the middle of the "forest" next to nature! It's a nice place for kids to learn about water and how to conserve water. You can spend 3 to 5 hours here. I only gave 3 stars because of the restaurant, they serve drinks lots of choices, but the food, you can only get snacks like hotdogs, pizza baguette, pancakes toast,...