Dog beaches
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Dog beach or dog-friendly beach? Here are 33 places in Belgium and the Netherlands, each with confirmed info on what your dog may do there and how to get there.
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Almeerderstrand (hondenstrand)
Dog beach on the IJmeer, near the Hollandse Brug, with an off-leash strip of about 500 metres.
Erkemederstrand (hondenstrand)
1.5 km dog beach on the Nuldernauw, with an adjoining 5 km dike where dogs may run off-leash year-round.
Hondenstrand Baggelhuizerplas
Fenced dog beach about 100 metres wide on the Baggelhuizerplas, where dogs can run, play and swim.
Hondenstrand Brouwersdam-Zuid (Scharendijke)
Quiet, curved stretch of beach on the south side of the Brouwersdam where dogs can swim and (outside the swimming season) run off-leash.
Hondenstrand Grote Rietplas
Fenced dog beach on the east side of the Grote Rietplas in Emmen, open year-round for running off-leash, playing and swimming.
Hondenstrand Hoek van Holland Bad
Hoek van Holland beach: dogs allowed everywhere from 1 October to 1 May; between Rivierkant and the pier, off-leash all year.
Hondenstrand Katwijk
Katwijk beach where dogs are allowed all year round on the stretch north of the outfall (beach section C).
Hondenstrand Kijkduin
Zuiderstrand near Kijkduin: in summer, zones where dogs are allowed all day and night, and the whole Zuiderstrand in the evening and at night.
Hondenstrand Noordwijk aan Zee
Official dog beach of Noordwijk, all year, from beach access 1 southwards to the Katwijk border.
Hondenstrand Overveen
Bloemendaal aan Zee beach, designated from 1 January to 15 May and from 16 September to 31 December; one part all year.
Hondenstrand Scheveningen Noorderstrand
Scheveningen's Noorderstrand: in summer dogs are allowed day and night from the end of the Zwarte Pad car park to the Wassenaar border.
Hondenstrand Wassenaarse Slag
Wassenaar beach with a stretch where dogs are always welcome, even in summer; everywhere outside summer.
Hondenstrand Zijlroede
The westernmost part of Lemmer beach is an official off-leash area for dogs.
Hondenstrand Zwanenburg en Westduin (Vlissingen)
Official dog beach of the municipality of Vlissingen: off-leash in the evening/night in summer, off-leash all day on all beaches in winter.
Hondenstrand/losloopgebied Brilduiker
Small dog beach on the Lauwersmeer, the third beach from Lauwersoog (corner of Marneweg/Strandweg), dogs may run off-leash here.
Hondvriendelijk strand Grote Achterweg
No description for this place yet.
Hondvriendelijk strand Lage Bergse Bos
No description for this place yet.
Hondvriendelijk strand Rijsoord
Dog beach with a sign on site — so officially designated, not just tolerated. There is also shade, handy on warm days.
Hondvriendelijk strand Voordelta
No description for this place yet.
Losloopgebied De Groene Ster - Alddiel (hondenstrandje bij kiosk)
Official off-leash area for dogs with a small swimming beach, in the centre of the De Groene Ster recreation area.
Losloopgebied De Groene Ster - Woelwijk (westzijde, bij Camminghaburen)
Official off-leash area for dogs with a small swimming beach, on the west side of De Groene Ster near the Camminghaburen neighbourhood.
Losloopgebied Froskepolle
Official off-leash area for dogs with a dog beach, on the western part of Froskepolle.
Naaktstrand Engelgaarde
No description for this place yet.
Naturistenstrand Westduinpark
Dogs are not allowed on this naturist beach near Westduinpark between 15 May and 1 October from 7:00 to 21:00, but are welcome outside that period and in the evenings.
Nollestrand met hond
Vlissingen beach where dogs are not allowed from 1 May to 17 September; the rest of the year they may run free everywhere.
Oosterstrand Domburg/Oostkapelle (hondenlosloopgebied)
Beach between Domburg and Oostkapelle where dogs may run off-leash all day outside the swimming season, and before/after the busy hours during the season.
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.