5 x warming up in February

We are all ready for spring, but it is still a while away. In the meantime, we can of course go on vacation to a warm country, but yes, that is expensive and you might prefer to save your days off. That’s why we went in search of warm places in our own country.

Visit a tropical plant greenhouse

Visiting a tropical plant greenhouse is always fun, especially in winter. Fortunately, we have quite a few of them in the Netherlands. Most belong to a botanical garden. You often cannot buy plants there: they are really meant to wander around and enjoy all that green beauty. Imagine yourself in the jungle so come and warm up in a tropical plant greenhouse. Here are our tips.

Visit a tropical butterfly garden

Please note that not all butterfly gardens are open year-round. Most butterfly gardens reopen to the public in late February. For example, the Orchideeën Hoeve in Luttelgeest is open all year round! You’ll find not only beautiful butterflies in beautiful surroundings but also other animals. Fun and educational for the whole family. And nice and warm.

To a subtropical swimming paradise

Not everyone likes swimming, but everyone gets a vacation feeling from a subtropical swimming paradise. And it’s always warm there, so you can warm up there. A visit to a swimming pool is a perfect family outing, especially if it also has all the amenities. Don’t like swimming yourself but the rest of the family does? Go along anyway, because you can probably have a great time with a book too. These are our favorite subtropical water parks.

Weekend getaway with sauna

When we book a weekend in a house during the winter months, we prefer to do it with sauna. So we recently went to Park Zeegse Duinen in Drenthe. There are no facilities at the park, but the surroundings are beautiful! And after a long walk you can relax in your Finnish sauna, hot tub, jacuzzi or sun shower. In the Achterhoek you will find Hofparken. Here too you can really enjoy yourself and many cottages have their own sauna. Big advantage with both parks: you can arrive and leave whenever you want! Maybe an idea for spring break!

To the sauna

Of course, you don’t have to go away for the weekend if you want to go to the sauna. For example, let yourself be completely pampered at Elysium. They have several different saunas. Sauna de Sfinx in Rijswijk mainly uses dry saunas and, not unimportantly, they have special men’s and women’s days. Sauna and wellness de Thermen is in a lot of places in the Netherlands. Here you can really relax in one of the saunas. And warm up of course!

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