Seventeenth National Outdoor Play Day on Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Published May 14, 2024

Jantje Beton and children's channel Nickelodeon are organizing the seventeenth edition of National Outdoor Play Day on Wednesday, June 12. On this day, the whole of the Netherlands will be turned into one big playground. Jantje Beton and Nickelodeon are calling on parents, neighborhoods, playgrounds, schools, after-school care centers, youth clubs, companies, and municipalities to organize an outdoor play activity especially on this day. There are already 262 activities taking place throughout the Netherlands.

Seventeenth National Outdoor Play Day on Wednesday, June 12, 2024

The three steps

Would you like to organize something in your neighborhood? Great! It’s very simple. Follow these steps.

Find a location

What is the perfect place to organize an Outdoor Play Day in your neighborhood? You know that best. The playground, a quiet street, or perhaps the schoolyard of that one school…

Get the neighborhood involved

Once you have found the location for Outdoor Play Day, it’s time to get the neighborhood involved in Outdoor Play Day 2024. So… tell people about it at school, at the sports club, or to all the neighbors to get as many people as possible excited. What activity are you going to organize?

Sign up

How great would it be if your Outdoor Play Day activity appeared on the website? Extra attention for your awesome activity! All you have to do is register it here!

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