20 Attractions to Explore Near Dierenpark Zie-ZOO

BillyBird Park Hemelrijk is a large playground and recreational lake , expanded with various amusement park - like attractions . The park is located in Volkel , municipality of Maashorst , North Brabant . The park is built on the north side of a lake which is also called Hemelrijk. The park is built almost entirely around a beach pool. A large part of the attractions and playgrounds can be found outside. A smaller number of attractions can be found inside.

The Museum of Modern Religious Art was founded in Ostend and existed there from 1974 to 1994. After its closure, the religious art collection moved to Brussels and was housed in the dome of the national basilica of Koekelberg . Today it is one of two museums in the basilica; the other is the Museum of the Black Sisters. The collection consists of works that were owned by the diocese of Bruges , the deanery of Ostend and the priest Ghekiere himself.

The Maashorst is the largest contiguous nature reserve in the province of Noord-Brabant. A nature reserve with the ambition of becoming a national park. It also includes a nature gate: a gate through which many visitors go into nature each year to discover the unique characteristics of the Maashorst.

The Kraaijenbergse Plassen form a vast lake area of ​​over 400 hectares. The lakes are located in the municipalities of Cuijk and Grave in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The lakes have been created since 1968 by the extraction of industrial sand, gravel and clay.

Museum Jan Cunen is an art museum located in the monumental 'Villa Constance. The museum holds exhibitions of nineteenth-century, (early) twentieth-century and contemporary art and about the 'Story of Oss', with education as the spearhead. The building has been designated as a national monument since 2001.

A 1000 years old majestic castle and is located in the middle of the Heeswijk Estate near Den Bosch.The original castle consisted of a motte erected in 1080. During the subsequent centuries this motte was reduced and in its place a castle was built.

Wijchen Castle is a castle in the center of Wijchen , in the Dutch province of Gelderland . The castle is partly used as a town hall and as a museum .The first version of the castle was built at the end of the 14th century : the first mention dates back to 1392. Until the 17th century , it was mainly a defensive structure with a different appearance than the current castle.

The Mookerplas is a recreation area in the Dutch Limburg municipality of Mook en Middelaar. The area is 100 hectares and is located east of the river Maas. There is a large sandy beach with a large sunbathing lawn and there is also a smaller surfing beach and a meadow where small boats can moor.

The Heumense schans is a former defense work and current nature reserve near Molenhoek in the Dutch province of Limburg and is located near the current Nijmegen-Venlo railway line within walking distance of Mook Molenhoek Station. The redoubt and the surrounding area is a nature reserve and is owned by Natuurmonumenten . The area connects to the Mookerheide and the Heumensoord forest area.

The Mookerheide or Mookerhei is a forest and heathland area east of Mook in the Dutch province of Limburg at an altitude of about 50 meters, south of Nijmegen. The forest area between Nijmegen and Mook used to be a large heath, which in its entirety was called the Mookerheide. The Heumense Schans can still be seen in the landscape near Molenhoek . Natuurmonumenten owns an area of ​​235 ha in the Mookerheide.

The Mookerheide is a forest and heathland area east of Mook in the Dutch province of Limburg at an altitude of about 50 meters, south of Nijmegen. The forest area between Nijmegen and Mook used to be a large heath, which in its entirety was called the Mookerheide. The Heumense Schans can still be seen in the landscape near Molenhoek . Natuurmonumenten owns an area of ​​235 ha in the Mookerheide.

The Mookerheide or Mookerhei is a forest and heathland area east of Mook in the Dutch province of Limburg at an altitude of about 50 meters, south of Nijmegen. The forest area between Nijmegen and Mook used to be a large heath, which in its entirety was called the Mookerheide. The Heumense Schans can still be seen in the landscape near Molenhoek . Natuurmonumenten owns an area of ​​235 ha in the Mookerheide.

Helmond Castle is a square medieval moated castle in the center of the city of Helmond , in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The current castle was designed as a square moated castle with a round tower at each corner and no central residential tower or keep. It is one of the iconic attraction in this area.

The Sint-Jansberg is a nature reserve and former estate located near Plasmolen and Milsbeek in North Limburg . One of the hills in the area is the Sint-Jansberg, which is also called Kloosterberg.The area is characterized by wooded slopes and many streams . There are also some wetlands at the foot of the Jansberg. The two highest slopes are the Kiekberg and the Sint-Maartensberg . Some flat areas are used for agriculture.

Hernen Castle, locally known as Kasteel Hernen, lies in the village with the same name, in the Gelderland province in the Netherlands. It probably originated around 1350, and then consisted of only one residential tower (keep). Later it was repeatedly expanded, with the former courtyard increasingly being filled. The residential tower collapsed in the 18th century.

The Edah-Museum was founded by former director Thieu de Wit and runs entirely on volunteers. After the supermarkets closed, volunteers collected old items and inventories from Edah and housed them in a museum. The museum also contains references to other grocery formulas and supermarket chains such as Konmar, Basismarkt, Torro and VéGé. After the closure of Edah, the Edah Museum remained located right next to the former headquarters until October 2018.

The Streekpad Nijmegen is a regional path with a length of 117 kilometers around Nijmegen . The trail is marked with yellow-red signs in both directions and described in a guidebook. The path is managed by Wandelnet. The route has connections to public transport with stations in Nijmegen , Wijchen and Ravenstein . The other places can be reached by bus. Camping options are reasonably widely available along and a short distance from the route.

ZooParc Overloon is a zoo located in the North Brabant village of Overloon .The animal enclosures are furnished in a way that mimics nature. A number of lodgings are accessible to visitors. The botanical garden , which has been open since 1986 and which had a special collection of herbs, closed in 2014. Like the butterfly garden, this garden had to make way for housing.

Groesbeekse Bos is the name of a collection of forest plots in the former municipality of Groesbeek (now Berg en Dal ) that are managed by Staatsbosbeheer . The rolling forest landscape is located west of Groesbeek in Gelderland , partly on the border of Limburg . The area is part of the historic Ketelwald , which was split into the Nederrijkswald and the Reichswald due to changing borders and later by subdivision into different forest plots. The Pieterpad crosses the area.

Heumensoord is an area of ​​more than 600 hectares in Gelderland that mainly consists of coniferous forest. it is part of the chain of forests between Nijmegen and Mook that becomes richer and more varied towards the east, but towards the west increasingly drier, poorer and also poorer in species. Military exercises are sometimes held in the surrounding forest, sometimes closing parts of the area to the public. In the south of the area is the Malden Glider Airfield.