Overview
- New tallies show 187 municipalities now have at least one inclusive playground while 155 have none.
- Regional disparities remain pronounced, with Drenthe counting sites in 10 of 12 municipalities, Overijssel in 14 of 25, roughly half of Rijnmond’s municipalities covered, and 28 of Brabant’s 56 still lacking a Samenspeelplek.
- Research cited by NOS finds at least one in three children with a disability never visits a nearby playground and, among those who do, one quarter often plays alone.
- Design fixes highlighted in recent projects include high‑contrast paving, brightly colored equipment, wheelchair‑compatible swings, and the removal of raised edges at sandboxes to allow entry.
- Stichting het Gehandicapte Kind says about 50 additional municipalities must add a site to hit the 70% target next year, though funding and build timelines can be lengthy, as Papendrecht’s 2.5‑year effort shows.