A present the weather has no say over
Interactive game park · Beverwijk
A gift voucher
for a day indoors
half an hour from Alkmaar
Game rooms where you run, aim and climb while a band on your wrist counts the points. You choose the present, the recipient chooses the day.
- ± 30 min from Alkmaar, free parking right outside
- Every half hour direct Sprinter Alkmaar - Beverwijk
- 9 game rooms, all of them under cover
Giving a day rather than a thing
If you're after a present in Alkmaar and you don't want to hand over yet another bottle or another book token, you end up giving a day out somewhere. The tricky part: you're choosing something for a day you can't picture yet.
A PlayKinetix gift voucher takes that off your hands. You choose the what, they choose the when. We're on the Handelskade in Beverwijk, about half an hour's drive from Alkmaar. Everything happens indoors, so a voucher given in December is just as usable in a grey week in February.
Half an hour counts differently when it's a present
For a spur-of-the-moment weekday plan, half an hour in the car is reason enough to drop the idea. With a present it works the other way round: the recipient picks the day themselves, isn't dashing off straight after school or work, and is happy to make the drive.
We're not going to pretend Beverwijk is around the corner. From Alkmaar you take the A9 south past Heiloo, Uitgeest and Heemskerk. At the Beverwijk interchange keep right onto the A22 and come off at exit 1. Parking is free and right outside the door.
Why this voucher still works in November
What the recipient actually has in their hands.
The weather doesn't get a say
All 9 game rooms are indoors. Rain, the autumn holidays, the middle of January: there's nothing to call off.
You're on your feet the whole time
The floors react to your feet, the walls are covered in buttons that light up. No screen, no controller.
The score counts itself
A wristband keeps track of the points. Afterwards nobody has to pretend they won.
With two of you or with thirty
The park holds 70 people at once. Fine for one nephew, fine for a whole squad.
From Alkmaar they can get there on their own
Alkmaar is on the same railway line as Beverwijk. The Sprinter towards Haarlem runs every half hour and stops at Heiloo, Castricum, Uitgeest and Heemskerk. From Beverwijk station it's an 8-minute walk.
That makes the voucher usable for a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old who has had enough of being dropped off.
From voucher to game day
- 1Step 1Choose the voucher
The gift voucher page shows what there is to choose from.
- 2Step 2They pick a date
A date can be held with no obligation first and confirmed later.
- 3Step 3Wristbands on
Everyone gets a wristband on arrival. From that moment on, everything counts.
Roughly what an amount buys
Useful before you settle on a figure. Prices per person:
- Kids' Party €24.50 — 2 x 30 minutes of play, 2 hours in total, from 5 children, with lemonade and a bag of crisps per child.
- Kids' Party XL €29.50 — 2 x 45 minutes, 2.5 hours in total.
- Sport Deal €24.50 from 5 people — 45 minutes of gaming, a break with crisps, and another 45 minutes.
- Team outing Fun Deal from €33.50 — 1.5 hours in all the game rooms; the bigger the group, the lower the price.
Want to see where that money goes? Have a look at the game rooms.
What people from Alkmaar ask us
When can the person receiving the voucher come by?
Wednesday and Thursday open at 12:00, last ticket 18:00. Friday from 12:00, and you can still start until 22:00. Saturday 10:30 to 22:00, Sunday 10:30 to 18:00. We're closed on Monday and Tuesday.
Isn't half an hour's drive a long way for a present?
It's half an hour, and that isn't going to change. But a voucher doesn't get redeemed on a Tuesday evening: the recipient picks a Saturday or a day in the holidays, and then the drive is simply part of the day out.
And what if it rains that day?
You won't notice a thing. A grey Sunday is exactly the moment a voucher like this comes into its own.
How many people can it be used for?
From two people to a whole class. A kids' party starts from 5 children, a team outing from 6. If it's for a birthday, take a look at the kids' party from Alkmaar as well.
Other towns nearby
Is your group coming from somewhere else? The route and the journey time are set out separately for each town.
Giving away a day?
Pick a voucher, and let the recipient work out for themselves which rainy Saturday they redeem it on.