Spassbad Topas

Spassbad Topas is the covered water park of the Ferienzentrum Schloss Dankern, a holiday centre at Dankern 1, 49733 Haren/Ems in Emsland, Lower Saxony, run by Ferienzentrum Schloss Dankern GmbH & Co. KG. The operator spells the name without an eszett, as "Spassbad Topas". It is not a thermal or mineral bath: the operator names no spring, brine or mineral water and markets the hall simply as water fun in any weather. The operator recommends the bath for toddlers, school children and teenagers and as a bad-weather option, and promises slides in all shapes and lengths with varying gradients, a large water playground, climbing tunnels and water cannons.

The slides include a fast Speedrutsche, a funnel slide ridden on a tyre and a family slide called Magiceye; a Breitrutsche, a broad multi-lane slide, runs through the middle of the bath and ends with a splash in the pool. A water locomotive stands in the middle of a pool, and children slide out of its boiler into the shallow water. A small-children's pool has a clown fountain and a butterfly slide, and a water playground occupies its own area for sliding, climbing and splashing. The operator gives no pool count, water temperature or opening year, and there is no sauna world attached to the bath.

Day visitors are admitted, so the water world is not reserved for park residents. Opening hours are daily 10:00 to 20:00, the longest of any attraction in the holiday centre; the leisure park itself closes at 18:00.