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Denmark's first water park At the source of the Gudenå River, you can see the remains of Denmark and probably Europe's first water park. The first basin was built around 1920. It was originally intended as a water trough for the animals in the fields, but the area's children and servants soon began to bathe in it. In 1938 several basins were built and later that year it was officially opened as a water park. In addition to the swimming pools, you could find both carousel and a water slide. The water slide was built of wood, and you could use canvas sacks that were lubricated with a kind of tar, so that they could slip easily. Having a go in the water slide was associated with some risk of getting splinters in the body. In 1943-44 a small restaurant also came to the water park. Coffee and cake could be bought here. There were also sports parties with, among other things, ring riding and handball tunings. On a good hot summer day, the place could attract up to 400 guests, each of whom had to pay an entrance fee for 25 cents. It is not known for sure when the water park was closed, but it is believed that it was somewhere in the years 1947-1950. Several water parks have sprung up everywhere, but Denmark's first water park is a piece of exciting Danish history.