Adventure playground of them in England, Denmark, France, Germany, The Netherlands and Switzerland. Japan also has a significant number of adventure playgrounds. Denmark has several adventure playgrounds, now known as "Byggelegeplads" (Building-playground) and formerly as "Skrammellegeplads" (Junk-playground). From the first site in Emdrup, the idea spread across the country and at the height of the popularity in the 1960s, there were about 100 adventure playgrounds in the country. Present active adventure playgrounds in Denmark includes: Adventure playground An adventure playground is a specific type of playground for children. Adventure playgrounds can take many forms, ranging from "natural playgrounds" to "junk playgrounds", and
Playground slide was first the playground slide or the amusement park slide. Early slides were frequently referred to as "Slide, Kelly, Slide" (after the song of the same name), "Helter Skelter" (after the slide at Coney Island), or "Shoot the Chutes" (after the water slide made famous by "Captain" Paul Boyton). The manufacturer, Wicksteed, ballyhoo claim that the playground slide was invented by founder Charles Wicksteed and installed in Wicksteed Park in 1922, The discovery of Wicksteed's oldest slide was announced by the company in 2013. However, this has been countered by a 1916-07-25 US Patent and others who refer to a