Dark Sky Park Lauwersmeer
National park
About this hidden gem
One of the few places in the Netherlands where it is really dark at night.
Why you really want to visit this place
National Park Lauwersmeer was officially declared a Dark Sky Park by the International Dark Sky Association in October 2016. A Dark Sky Park is an area where it is dark, where darkness is preserved and where visitors are welcome at night to experience that darkness and see the starry skies. On the sky platforms, you can lower headrests to view the stars while lying down. They are observation towers conceived for lying down on at night in clear weather to look at the night sky.
This is how they (and you) make a difference
- is an indispensable link in bird migration
- At Lauwensmeer National Park, artificial light at night does not affect the life cycle and animal behaviour
- the park has a large number of extremely rare plant species
