Once 400,000 Tourists a Year, Now Barely One Positive Review: How Holiday Park Hengelhoef in Limburg Slowly Slipped Away

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Tourists from our neighboring countries once drove two hours to Hengelhoef in Limburg, drawn by a subtropical swimming pool featuring a 200-meter-long wild water slide and a wave pool. In its glory days, the estate welcomed 400,000 tourists a year. Last week, Dutchwoman Denise Callemeijn sounded the alarm after the condition of the pool looked deplorable. “A technical defect in the filter,” was the explanation. But the decline of Hengelhoef has …