Extended weekend November 8 through 11
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10:00 ~ 17:00
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Zwin Natuur Park
Bird ringing
Watch birds being ringed until 11 November at the ringing hut.
From 10:00 to 12:00 (weather permitting)
Nesting-boxes and feeding stations
At the feeding hut, you can watch the birds close up and learn how you can attract them to your garden.
Which foods appeal to which birds? Where should you put a nesting box?
Guide present from 10:00 to 15:30
Birds on the breeding islands
Common shelducks, dunlins, barnacle geese... you can watch so many species on the breeding islands.
The Zwin guide in the observation hut will help you identify them!
Guide present from 11:00 to 16:30
Freshwater and saltwater labs
Observe the tiniest details of freshwater creatures in the lab hut.
In the afternoons, you can look at the saltwater creatures at the observation centre.
Lab hut: guide present from 10:30 to 16:00
Observation centre: guide present from 11:30 to 16:15
Activities for the little ones
Search hunt
Join the search: the bird friends booklet!
Autumn story
Guide present in the forest cabin from 13:30 to 16:15
Make your own fossil
A creative workshop as part of Doggerland, the submerged landscape beneath the North Sea.
From 11:00 to 16:30 – in the foyer, 1st floor of the visitor center.
Doggerland, a lost world in het North Sea
Combine your Zwin visit with this fantastic exhibition: Doggerland.
A visit to the exhibition is included in your standard ticket.
Practical
| When | The programme is available every day from 8 November through 11 November 2025 |
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| Price |
The Autumn Tour activities are included in the standard entrance ticket. |
| Tickets | Purchase a standard entrance ticket Select your preferred date from 8 November through 11 November 2025 |
Get the most out of your Zwin visit!
Make it a day trip and combine the activities of the autumn trail with a visit to the interactive exhibition.
Discover the permanent exhibition
You receive your boarding pass at the entrance, which you will need to visit the 'international airport for birds'. When you check in at the exhibition entrance, you will be assigned a Zwin migratory bird. This character will take you through our interactive exhibition.
You’ll soon find out that the life of a bird is full of adventures and surprises!
The expo and fall vacation activities are included in a standard entry ticket.