Hemelplatform Achter de Zwarten

From the Achter de Zwarten viewpoint, you have a beautiful view over the Lauwersmeer area. During the day, you can enjoy watching the animals that live in the area from the viewing platform: Scottish Highland cattle, Konik horses and dozens of species of birds. You might even spot a white-tailed eagle! Rare and scarce species such as the broad-billed sandpiper and the grey-headed lapwing have also been spotted here in the past. When night falls, you can admire hundreds of stars from this sky platform. You can tilt the side panels of the sky platform and use them as a headrest. This allows you to lie back and enjoy the starry sky.

Please note: the Hemelplatform is only accessible on foot from the car park at Suyderoogh.

National Park Lauwersmeer
When the Lauwerszee was cut off from the Wadden Sea in 1969, the Lauwersmeer was created. No one could have predicted at the time that the Lauwersmeer area would become one of the most beautiful nature reserves in the Netherlands. Nowhere else will you find this combination of sweeping views of the horizon, stunning flora and fauna, and so much space for recreation.

Dark Sky ParkSince October 2016, National Park Lauwersmeer has held the Dark Sky Park designation: an area where it is dark, where the darkness is preserved and where visitors are welcome at night to experience that darkness. Far away from artificial light sources, it is so dark here at night that you can actually see everything.