Swimming area Maarsseveense Plassen — Local services in Stichtse Vecht

This recreational lake used to have an impressive concrete water playground within the lake, where you could enjoy yourself for hours. Now-a-days it has been renovated, which in fact means that the playground has been drastically stripped down, (to make it more safe) It's no fun anymore and definitely NOT WORTH the admittance price. There are alternatives that are free...

Very nice place to take a cool dip and chill in the grass. If you have young kids, go to the official swimming area. For a fee you can enter and they have services.

Adults can just pick out a spot on one of the many grass beaches between the trees. Usually very clean even when busy. Bring food and water, only an icecream truck comes by, not much...

Close to Utrecht, you can easily reach this little lake by bike from the city. You pay quite a lot for entering (€5), but you do get facilities, a sandy beach and cool things for kids.

If you want to swim in this lake for free, you can find a spot somewhere on the many gras-covered embankments around the lake. Beware of snakes and...