Draft development plan

After years of careful planning and working closely with the municipality of Loon op Zand, the province of North Brabant, local residents and other stakeholders, Efteling has today (Friday 19 January) submitted a formal request concerning the planned area, thereby making the application public knowledge.

A new 3-hectare site

Fons Jurgens (President and CEO Efteling): "We are asking the municipality for additional time for construction. This is the first time in a long time that Efteling is planning to move its borders. It is both a historic moment for us, as well as a challenge. More time is needed to prepare and construct an attraction. Ideally, we would like to welcome our guests to the new attraction located in the first section of the new site in 2020. The additional construction time we are requesting now will be much needed."

New attraction

Efteling will announce further details of the attraction it is planning to create as well as what the new attraction will look like at a future date.

Efteling opened in 1952 as a sports and recreation park, with the Fairytale Forest as its main attraction illustrating ten traditional fairytales. In the early 80s, the park grew to add new and larger attractions to appeal to a wider demographic. While the theme park resort has continued to grow over the years to become one of Europe’s biggest theme parks, this latest development plan will be Efteling’s first significant expansion into new land for many years.