A bit further away, but still within half an hour car drive:

A day at the zoo? There are zoos at Zoo-Duisburg, at the Tierpark Brüggen or at the Zoo-Parc Overloon.

For the small and big children there is a lot to explore in Kernwasser-wunderland.

Old agricultural machines and agricultural mechanisation can be seen and experienced at the Traktorenmuseum Pauenhof in Sonsbeck.

Even older technique can be seen in the restored Roman city in the archäologischer park in Xanten

In the National war-, and resistance museum in Overloon the item is of more recent historical nature.

Shop untill you drop, for instance in Venlo, Roermond, Düsseldorf, or under a roof at the Centro in Oberhausen.