"Goffertpark" Top 5 Page for this destination Nijmegen Travelogue by egonwegh

The Goffertpark: the pond in the rose garden frozen over in winter time (Christmas 2001)

My brothers and I, we used to visit the park quite often with my father when we were kids. Although Nijmegen has had its share of urban development projects which have changed the city considerably over the years (Dukenburg, Waalsprong, Centrum 2000, Brabantse Poort, Spoorzone are some examples), the park has more or less remained the same since the 1930s ...

Giant Spade, Goffertpark, Nijmegen

The giant spade in the Goffertpark (2006) - to commemorate the manual labour that was required to create the park in the 1930s - inside the football stadium the lowered football pitch was dug out entirely by hand, and so was the nearby amphitheatre ; the sand was transported by means of wheelbarrows and used to throw up several hills all around the park ...