In Groede, the range of experiences extends from wartime and church history to trails through polder and dune landscapes. You can shape your stay around culture, nature or a mix of these interests. The places offer different highlights: from a free play and bunker park to churches and collections, as well as walking trails with special stops and crossings.
Cultural history in Groede
During the Second World War (1939–1945), Groede Podium was part of the Atlantic Wall. Groede Podium is a free play and bunker park in Groede, where a play area and a wartime history theme come together. The bunker tour at the Groede stronghold offers another perspective. It takes visitors to impressive bunkers dating from 1942 and tells their story from the Second World War. Check whether the tour is available before your trip.
At the Grote Kerk Groede, visitors can hear the story of the tower and walk through the centuries-old church interior. The church also serves as a venue for exhibitions and concerts. This brings the historic church interior together with a programme of cultural events. If a concert or exhibition is important to your trip, check the dates in advance.
The shops and workshops of the Vlaemsche Erfgoed also house cultural history collections. Since 1998, the Lutherse Kerk has been used as an exhibition space by the Vlaemsche Erfgoed. Galerie Groede presents unique artworks and handmade art gifts. These cultural attractions each have a different focus: collections in shops and workshops, exhibitions in a church interior, and artworks and handcrafted gifts in a gallery.
Paptaart is part of the local food culture: in Groede, it is still traditionally eaten on a particular day. If you would like to plan around this custom, check the date before your trip.
Walking trails and landscapes
Baanstpolder has walking trails featuring a Broekbos labyrinth and the “De Duinbelvedere” experience station. These specific attractions help shape the character of the trails, alongside the walking itself. When choosing an outing, you can take both the trails and these special stops into account.
The Groese Polders are rich in birds and densely vegetated. They also combine nature with play attractions, making them suitable for an adventurous family outing. This combination makes them a distinct choice among the nature attractions: play opportunities are explicitly part of the outing here, alongside the birdlife and dense vegetation.
The Cletemspolder near Groede is a dune area with walking trails. A hand-pulled raft, a boardwalk and stepping stones for crossing waterways add different ways to get across to the trails. This landscape is shaped not only by its walking trails, but also by the ways in which visitors cross the water. This sets it apart from the bird-rich, densely vegetated Groese Polders and from Baanstpolder, with its labyrinth and experience station.
To choose the right focus for your visit, it is worth considering these differences: culture lovers will find places featuring wartime and church history, collections, exhibitions and art. Each nature area has different highlights – from walking trails with experience stations to the combination of nature and play, and dune trails with a hand-pulled raft, boardwalk and stepping stones. The Groese Polders are specifically suitable for a family outing; this applies to this area and not automatically to every attraction in Groede.
Discover more destinations: Hoofdplaat, Aardenburg, Cadzand-Bad, Oostburg, Cadzand, Breskens, Sint Kruis, Zuidzande.
For the overview of the wider area: Sluis.
