Inside EFTELING's Sprookjesbos: The 1952 Forest That Started Everything!

Efteling's Fairytale Forest — Sprookjesbos — opened in 1952. Before the coasters. Before Danse Macabre. Before any of it. 73 years later, it's still here. Still enchanting. Still the reason the park exists. In this walkthrough I explore the original fairy tales that built Efteling — Long Neck, the Sleeping Giant, Holle Bolle Gijs the talking bin, the Indian Water Lilies, Pinocchio in the whale, and more. Some of them haven't changed in seven decades. And they don't need to. I say this as someone who's been visiting theme parks for 50 years — no UK park has ever attempted anything like this. Not for lack of money. For lack of belief. 📍 Efteling, Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands 🎢 Fairytale Forest / Sprookjesbos 🕰️ Opened: 1952 #Efteling #Sprookjesbos #FairytaleForest #ThemeParkHistory #EftelingFairytaleForest With Park Spectre, I’ll uncover the hidden stories behind the rides you love and the rides you have never even heard of! The sscariest, most thrilling, most exciting, most unbelievable amusement park rides of yesterday, today & tomorrow. See you on the parks!