Local Kids

Toverland's Halloween Days pumpkin farm this autumn break: pick 11 or 20 October and book 7 days ahead, and two adults and two kids pay EUR 133, EUR 45 less than on the 24th

Gouda's Great Cheese Rolling Race city game at EUR 8 a phone: 2.8 km and 12 stops, past the longest church in the Netherlands, free for under-18s

ZooParc Overloon at EUR 22: the third visit in a year makes the EUR 62.50 annual pass cheaper, and weekends need a car

Cinekid opens 10 October: Amsterdam runs only to the 16th, so Midden and Zuid families need a local cinema

Railway Museum Utrecht is €19.50 from age 4: the Museumkaart is free but the physical card and a slot are not optional

Archeon near Alphen a/d Rijn opens 11 to 25 October: from age ten a child already costs the 28.95 euro adult rate

Kasteel Hoensbroek, forty rooms and a dungeon for EUR 12.95: the two sellers draw the adult line five years apart

Pumpkin picking at Bonten in Baexem on 27 September and 4 October: 2.50 euro entry, and the kilo price falls the more you pick

Fair de Marlequi in Warmenhuizen on 19 and 20 September: 3.50 euro for adults, children free, stalls under glass

Dutch child benefit on 1 October pays the new rates for the first time: 298.40 euro for ages 0-5, with age counted on 1 July

Pick your own apples at De Buytenhof in Rhoon: fifteen minutes from Rotterdam and five kilos costs 9.25 euro

Ballorig Amsterdam Arena indoor playground: 9.95 euro online, 10.95 at the door, adults free and 3 euro with a Stadspas

NEMO Science Museum on Fever at EUR 21.50: one price from age 4, free under 4, so count who needs a ticket first

Leeuwarden rink season cards: Comfort costs a fifth more than Basis for double the visits

The Hague and Delft run children's arts festivals in the same week: count the adult tickets before you choose

Pumpkin picking in Groesbeek runs on Sundays only: 13, 20 and 27 September, then 11, 18 and 25 October

Burgers' Zoo is 85 euro a year against 30 a visit: three visits pay it back, and ages ten to twenty save most

A recreational swim at Eindhoven's two municipal pools is 6.75 euro, and the 3.40 band is closed during school holidays

Subtract the door price from the NS bundle: Ouwehands lands on minus 1,50 euro, NEMO on 3,50

A 75-euro ten-visit card at an indoor playground pays for itself on visit seven, not visit one

One bite carries a family history at ARTIS-Groote Museum

GeldLab gives children nine coins and real financial choices

The Afsluitdijk also interrupted a migration route

Not every animal mummy came from Egypt