Schinkeleilanden

The Park Schinkeleilanden is a fairly new park, and was built in the period 2005 – 2010. It consists of four islands: the two northern more park-​like islands Natuureiland (Nature Island) and Parkeiland (Park Island), and the two southern sports islands Tenniseiland (Tennis Island) and Voetbaleiland (Soccer Island). Along these four islands a bicycle road provides connection.
The big plus of this park is the water surrounding the islands. You have a nice view on the boats passing by, and on the other side of the canal you can see houseboats. Of course all the water means its probably not suitably for small children who are not accustomed to water: there is no fence around the island. And there are big geese walking around, so you’d better not by Ornithophobic… :-).
There are nice wooden docks on Park Island, where you can sit on in the sun. Nature Island is more quite, there is made more room for nature there by placing wooden logs. Yeah, it’s not real nature, but it provides shelter for small birds and insects, that kind of stuff.
If you go there on Sunday you can see the Museum Tram going by (at least from Easter till the end of October). There’s a tram stop in the Park, so you can combine your visit to the park with a ride on the Museum Tram (a seven kilometre track along the Amsterdam Forest).
The park is connected to the Olympic Stadium by the Jan Wilsbrug (Jan Wils Bridge), named after the architect of the Olympic Stadium. From the park, you have a nice view on this historic monument.
Barbecuing is allowed in this park.