Things to see and do in Winterswijk

Tips for your stay

If you want to know what there is to do in the surrounding area before booking a holiday at Het Wieskamp, or if you have already booked your holiday and want to know what there is to do locally, this page offers a few tips.

Information and places of general interest in Winterswijk

• Tourist information and events: www.100procentwinterswijk.nl
• Vereniging Volksfeest (the Winterswijk Folk Festival Association) (information about the Folk Festival and activities on King's Day): www.volksfeest.nl
• Winterswijk Golf and Country Club (18-hole golf course): http://www.golfclubwinterswijk.nl/
• Hesselink Vineyard (a winemaker in the Achterhoek region): www.wijngaardhesselink.nl
• Obelink outdoor superstore: www.obelink.nl
• PLUS supermarket in Winterswijk (with a grocery delivery service): www.plus.nl/supermarkten/winterswijk_plus-bruggers-dingstraat_802
• Boerderijwinkel Te Winkel (a farm shop with local produce and an egg vending machine): www.boerderijtewinkel.nl/
• Information about Natuurmonumenten nature reserves: www.natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebied/omgeving-van-winterswijk/over-dit-natuurgebied
• Information about the Het Hilgelo recreational lake (3 kilometres away): www.leisurelands.nl/recreatiegebieden/hilgelo/
• Information about Scholtegoederen (country estates once managed by gentlemen farmers known as 'scholten'): landschapsbeheergelderland.nl/scholtengoederen-rondom-aalten-dinxperlo-winterswijk/

Information about the stone quarry

• Excursions: www.geologienederland.nl
• Background information about the geology of the region: http://www.geologievannederland.nl/fossielen/vindplaatsen/winterswijk
• Skopein Cinema in Winterswijk: https://www.skopein.nl

For children

• Hof van Eckberge (a local adventure park with a mini zoo): https://www.hofvaneckberge.nl/
• Megapret (indoor, outdoor and water playgrounds, midget golf and snooker golf): http://www.megapret.nl/

Zoos

• Anholter Schweiz (a wildlife park on a chalet estate): http://www.anholter-schweiz.de/nl/
• Alwetter Zoo in Münster: https://www.allwetterzoo.de/nl/
• Burgers' Zoo in Arnhem: www.burgerszoo.nl

Other local attractions

• Movie Park Germany: http://movieparkgermany.de/nl
• Klimbos Achterhoek (a climbing adventure park in Ruurlo): https://klimbos.nl/klimbos-achterhoek/
• Kartbaan Entertainment Center (a go-kart track and escape room challenge in Winterswijk): www.kartbaanwinterswijk.nl
• Cactusoase (a cactus park in Ruurlo): www.cactusoase.nl

Swimming pools

• Gemeentebad Jaspers (a public swimming pool in Winterswijk): http://www.zwembad-jaspers.nl/
• Strandbad (a bathing beach in Winterswijk): https://strandbadwinterswijk.nl/
• Bahia (a subtropical swimming paradise and sauna complex in Bocholt, Germany): http://www.bahia.de/nl/hoofdpagina/