Camping De Bergvennen

Stargazers might want to behold the skies from the observatory and planetarium at Lattrop by night, a five-minute drive from Camping De Bergvennen, or take a dip by day at the subtropical swimming pool in Denekamp (reachable in 10 minutes by car or about 20 on a bike). For cold-water splash sessions, Nordhorn’s outdoor pool with diving tower and wave pool is about the same distance away. Landgoed Singraven, a country estate and park worth a shout for lazy ambles, is 15 minutes from the site, as are the Natura Docet Wonderryck Twente, a local museum in green surrounds, and Nordhorn and its zoo. Further afield, Lingen is 40 minutes away – use it as your jumping-off point for wild swims at Wachendorfer Lake – and province capital Zwolle is an hour and 15 minutes to the west. For urban wanders round towns, drive 50 minutes to Germany’s Meppen, or an hour to the Dutch municipality of Emmen with its amusement parks and zoos.