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Eco-climbing park climbing kong Overloon
Anne Frank House in Amsterdam
Camp Vught in Vught
Museums tour through Nijmegen and surrounding
Adventure Tour Arnhem: The Battle of Arnhem from German perspective
Toverland
Bike-tour through the surrounding of the YMC
Swimming
Peelgolf
Climbing Park Fun Forest
Liberty Park War- and Resistance museum/Marshall Museum in Overloon
Many groups, staying at the YMC, make also a trip to the War- and Resistance-museum. It is not too far away and can be reached easily by bike. The museum gives a “live”-report about daily life in the time between 1940 and 1945. For a couple of hours the visitors will be caught by exciting information, not only drawing the attention but also making you think about these things.
Time The guided tour takes about an hour. Good to combinate with the climbing parc Klimkong
Reservation A guided tour should be booked at least two weeks before the stay.
Transport: It’s a distance of 14 kilometers, most groups go by bike (to rent at te YMC)
Eco-climbing park climbing kong Overloon
The climbing park is located right next to
You need to register in advance. More information is available at: www.klimkong.nl
For a combination package for climbing and
Anne Frank House in Amsterdam
A trip to Amstedam with a visit to the Anne Frank House can be prepared in detail at the YMC Ysselsteyn and is a good addition to the program at the YMC. We can provide you with a variety of video materials (e. g. the film “Just a diary”) which could be included in the preparations for the visit.
Time The guided tour takes about 2 hours
Reservation The educational program has to be booked in advance directly at the Anna Frank House. (at the website)
Transport: In case you do not have a bus, we can charter you a touring bus. Please consider that it might be cheaper to take the train, if your group is not that big. The YMC-Team will gladly help you, to find the best solution.
www.annefrank.org/
Camp Vught in Vught
On the German cemetery in Ysselsteyn rest also civil victims, who died in Vught. These citizens are German women and children, who lived near the German en Dutch Border. They were evacuated to Vught during the end of the war.
A visit in
You can combine this trip with a sightseeing-tour through Den Bosch.
Reservation The guided tour and program has to be booked in advance
www.nmkampvught.nl/
Museums tour through Nijmegen and surrounding
Canada - Netherlands memorial park Groesbeek
As a memorial to the Canadians having fought for the liberation of the Dutch people during the Second World War.
Canadian War Cemetery
More than 2300 Canadian soldiers rest on this cemetery, who died during the operation "Veritable" in February 1945.
Between the park and the cemetery is the
1944 – 1945 National Liberation Museum
situated. This museum has the intention to warn the visitor of the threats for liberty, democracy and human rights in the past and the present. ‘Democracy and human rights are still under fire, and this should encourage us for more engagement.’ The museum also offers some educational programs.
www.bevrijdingsmuseum.nl/
Africa musem
This open-air museum provides information about the living and working conditions in some places of Africa. Part of the visit is a walk over a living area from Ghana followed by a village of the Dogon from Mali. The museum organizes different activities for groups such as cooking, African stories, music and dance workshops.
www.afrikamuseum.nl
Museum park Orientalis/Bible-open-air-museum
www.museumparkorientalis.nl
Adventure Tour
This is a new tour about the adventures of German war veterans in
Toverland
An all-weather parc in Sevenum, 14 kilometer from the YMC!
Click here for more information!
Bike-tour through the surrounding of the YMC
One day by bike through the surrounding of
Fee For the guided tour of "De Peel" have the journey-costs to be paid and it is important to give a small present.
The guide of the rose-farm expects a small present.
Reservation The guided tour has to be prearranged.
Requirements Bikes, to rent at the YMC
Loohorst and Meerdal offers a subtropical water-paradise including child-bath, surge-bath, warm bath outside (also in the winter), jet-stream, water-slide, whirlpools and recreation-bath. The bath can be reached by bike.
Swimming is a nice activity in the evenings.
Mor information: website Loohorst of website Meerdal, has to be booked in advance
Peelgolf
Peelgolf is a variation of the regular Golfgame. There is a peelgolftrack of 10 holes, wich you have to do in so less as possible battles. The holes has a length between the 50 en 150 meters. A hole consist of a turnpoint and a endpoint; ‘the put’, a bucket in the ground with a numberd flag. The bucket is the start for the next hole. Everybody can play unesteemed the age or sporttalent.
You’ll find the Peelgolftrack in 5 min. walking from the YMC!
Climbing park Fun forest
A Fun Forest full of exciting adventures suitable for the young and the old.
Fun Forest has 8 different courses in living trees ranging in various heights and levels of difficulty. You'll be up for some exciting and surprising challenges!
For more information: www.funforest.nl