Surf’s up! The Hague is getting an indoor wave pool

Surfers (and those trying to become one), listen up! The Hague is getting Europe’s VERY FIRST indoor wave pool. 🌊

Yup, you heard that right. At SurfPoel in The Hague, you will soon be able to catch those heavy waves that the North Sea is a stranger to.

Surfer’s paradise, but at home

The idea for SurfPoel came to its founders partly out of frustration, writes RTL Nieuws.

Due to the North Sea‘s small size, the Dutch coast usually doesn’t get waves high enough to surf on.

Computer rendered images give an idea of what the fun will look like. Image: SurfPoel

READ MORE | Surfing in the Netherlands: where to go and what to know in 2022

“My son surfed competitions and we always had to go to Portugal and France,” says Jeroen den Otter, one of the project initiators. “He couldn’t practice here in the Netherlands, because we don’t have such good waves here.”

But soon, this will be an issue of the past. 🏄‍♂️

Up to 1.5m high

Europe’s first-ever indoor wave pool is 70 metres long and 20 metres wide. Once fully functional, it will produce 120 waves per hour — of a height of about 1.5m. 🤩

READ MORE | You’ll soon be able to go surfing in the centre of Rotterdam!

It will be filled with that lekker dune water from The Hague, to give you that real ocean vibe (but all indoors, of course)!

Let’s go catch a wave (soon)

The construction of the indoor wave pool started in December of last year, and is progressing rapidly. “It’s about 60% done,” Den Otter tells RTL Nieuws — but some more funding is needed.

Construction of an indoor wave pool in the Hague
Within just a few months, there will be big waves crashing over this construction. Image: SurfPoel

With all of the necessary machines in place and ready to go, the team of founders hopes to get water into the pit by March.

Surf’s up! We don’t know about you, but we’re super excited to hit those waves. 🌊

Will you visit The Hague’s wave pool? Tell us in the comments!

Feature Image:Surfpoel
Lyna Meyrer 🇱🇺
Lyna Meyrer 🇱🇺
Say 'hoi' to Lyna, our Senior Writer at DutchReview! Fueled by a love for writing, social media, and all things Dutch, she joined the DR family in 2022. Since making the Netherlands her home in 2018, she has collected a BA in English Literature & Society (Hons.) and an RMA in Arts, Literature and Media (Hons.). Even though she grew up just a few hours away from the Netherlands, Lyna remains captivated by the guttural language, quirky culture, and questionable foods that make the Netherlands so wonderfully Dutch.

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