Eindhoven Zoo wins Diamond Themepark Award with polar bear twins Nick & Simon!

Eindhoven Zoo in Nuenen seized an Award. With polar bears Nick & Simon born in November, it won the coveted award in the "Best Birth in the Netherlands" category.Safaripark Beekse Bergen took an absolute top prize in the election for the Diamond Theme Park Awards. The park in Hilvarenbeek was named 'Best Zoo of the Netherlands'. Safaripark Beekse Bergen also won the Award in the category 'Best Experience Benelux' with the bus safari.

Eindhoven Zoo and Safaripark Beekse Bergen (both part of Libéma) are currently being showered with awards. Last week they won one and two ZooSite Awards respectively. In the even more appealing Diamond Theme Park Awards, zoo visitors also judge parks in the Benelux. The principle is simple: after the nominations determined by the organization, the public can vote. And they did so in large numbers at Safaripark Beekse Bergen and Eindhoven Zoo!

Nick & Simon

Eindhoven Zoo appears to be in the bull's eye with the polar bear twins Nick & Simon who saw the light of day in November. Because this park also won the award in the category 'Best birth in the Netherlands' at the Diamond Theme Park Awards. Safaripark Beekse Bergen took an absolute top prize at the Diamond Theme Park Awards by claiming the title 'Best Zoo in the Netherlands' for itself. Added to that was the Award for Best Experience in the Netherlands and Belgium for the bus safari.

45,000 votes cast!

The Diamond ThemePark Awards ceremony is a joint initiative of websites focused on theme parks and zoos in Belgium and the Netherlands. As many as 45,000 people took the trouble to cast their votes during a four-week voting period. For the ZooSite Awards, by the way, more than 14,000 votes were cast.