Off-leash areas, dog beaches and nature
Off-leash dog areas and dog parks, dog beaches, nature parks, recreation areas and sniffing gardens. Each listing shows what your dog can do there: off-leash or on a lead, fenced or open, with or without water.
By far the largest section, with more than five hundred off-leash areas. Flanders and the Netherlands are well covered; Wallonia is still thinly covered. If you live in Namur, Luxembourg or Hainaut, your spot is probably still missing.
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Snuffeltuin Volg je neus
858 m² fully fenced sniffing garden in Posterholt, low-stimulus and available to one household at a time.
Snuffeltuin Ziva's Place
1,500 m² sniffing garden in Olen with many different surfaces, edible berry bushes, herb planters and a separately fenced swimming pond.
Snuffelweide Pootsitief
10,000 m² large sniffing meadow in Nijkerk with a herb garden, a separate agility meadow and plenty of facilities for owners.
Speelveld
No description for this place yet.
Speelweide Waf en Woef
15,000 m² dog play meadow that you can rent.
Sportpark
No description for this place yet.
Sprinters Paradise Floo
Sprinters Paradise Floo (Oppem, Meise) is 9,200 m², fenced with 1.8 m-high fencing, and can be booked exclusively for up to 14 dogs for a fee (€13/hour).
Sprookjeswonderland
Fairytale amusement park for young children with gnome cottages and an enchanted forest. Dogs on a short leash welcome, except at the rides.
Stewy's Snuffelweide
No description for this place yet.
Stichting Hondenspeelparadijs Midden-Nederland
Private, fenced dog play area by reservation, with separate fields for large dogs, small dogs and young dogs.
Strand Bergen aan Zee met hond
Bergen aan Zee beach: off-leash everywhere in winter; in summer off-leash before 10:00 and after 19:00.
Strand De Punt (Westenschouwen)
Year-round official off-leash area for dogs near the Oosterscheldekering — the only beach on Schouwen-Duiveland where dogs may always run off-leash.
Strand Egmond aan Zee met hond
Egmond aan Zee beach: off-leash everywhere in winter; in summer off-leash before 10:00 and after 19:00.
Strand IJmuiden met hond
IJmuiden beach with four zones: dogs off-leash from 1 October to 1 April on zones 1 and 2, from 1 April to 1 October on zones 3 and 4.
Strand Noordpier Velsen-Noord met hond
Beach by the north pier at Velsen-Noord with three zones: off-leash everywhere in winter, in summer only on zone 2.
Strand Wijk aan Zee met hond
Wijk aan Zee beach where dogs and horses are not allowed between 9:00 and 19:00 from 1 May to 1 October.
Strand Zandvoort met hond
Zandvoort beach where dogs are only allowed between 19:00 and 9:00 from 15 April to 1 October, and day and night for the rest of the year.
Street Dog - club canin à Colfontaine
Street Dog is a dog training club in Colfontaine with lessons in obedience, ring and mordant (protection training); not a public off-leash meadow.
Stropersbos
No description for this place yet.
Sysselt
Off-leash dog area of 64 hectares in the countryside around Ede, according to the municipality of Ede's list.
Teamspirit and Dogs
750 m² sniffing garden (on a fenced woodland plot of 2000 m²) in Westerhoven with a wooden bridge, willow hut and digging sandpit.
Temps de Chien
Temps de Chien in Flémalle: more than 800 m² of demarcated play meadows (100 m² for small dogs / 200 m² for large dogs), by reservation.
Teunenberg
No description for this place yet.
Veldhuizer Bos
Off-leash dog area of 9.9 hectares in the Veldhuizer Bos, according to the municipality of Ede's list.
Verbrand Fort
No description for this place yet.
Verdronken Zwarte Polder
No description for this place yet.
Wandelbos Groenendaal
Historic walking woods in Heemstede with an old playground. Dogs may run off-leash north of the Sparrenlaan; south of it, a leash is required.
Wenonah's belevingstuin
5000 m² natural experience garden in Houthem (South Limburg) with plenty of natural vegetation and fauna.
Wildert de Duintjes in Essen
No description for this place yet.
Woefwei Houdini
No description for this place yet.
Wolfhalla's Snuffelbos
4000 m² woodland spot in 't Loo-Oldebroek for individual sniffing, with various self-built structures.
Zaanse Schans
World-famous Zaan open-air area with working windmills, green wooden houses and crafts, free year-round. Dogs on a leash welcome outdoors.
Zandsculpturen Garderen
Annual exhibition of over 200 sand sculptures on the Veluwe near Garderen, with a sculpture garden and rose garden. Dogs on a leash welcome.
Zeisterbos
Centuries-old woodland of more than 200 hectares on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug where dogs may run off-leash (with a periodic leash requirement).