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
Emdrup Junk Playground landscape architect and child welfare advocate, visited the Emdrup Junk Playground in 1946 and wrote a widely-read article about the Emdrup Adventure playground titled "Why Not Use Our Bomb Sites Like This?", which was published in Picture Post that year. O'Connor and Palmer (2003) have described changes to the playground since 1943. While children's play remains free and self-directed, the construction area has dwindled since the 1960s and the diversity of scrap and construction materials has been reduced. Pre-built structures and a range of additional activities have been added. These include gardening, basketball, soccer, PlayStation in a clubhouse on the