Watersportcamping Heeg

If you’re up for something truly local, site staff have a couple of activities up their sleeves unique to the Friesland area: call into reception for a chat and you could be heading out on an eel fishing trip on a retro barge or watching the hotly contested Frisian Fierljeppen competition in summer. And if you fancy trying this traditional canal vaulting technique for yourself, they can sort that out too. There’s some intriguing local heritage to explore too – the site is half an hour's drive from the Ir D F Woudagemaal, the UNESCO-listed largest steam pumping station in the world, and 40 minutes from the Eise Eisinga Planetarium, the oldest functioning planetarium in the world. Museum trips nearby include the arty Museum Belvédère half an hour away, and the sailing-themed Fries Scheepvaart Museum in Sneek, 20 minutes from the site. A little further away (around a 50-minute drive) is the kid-friendly AquaZoo Friesland, where you can see a whole host of water- and land-dwelling creatures including seals, kangaroos and flamingoes.