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Come celebrate spring to the fullest during these official days off in May. The kids can in this period join us for free to discover our new adventure playground. And have fun with the animation, while you relax in our wellness.

Wellness, also beneficial for kids

Busy school days, homework, hobbies and sports ... For children, the pause button is also welcome. Let them relax for free in the cozy warmth of our wellness. This summer, our oasis of calm is already reserved one hour a week entirely for our children's club @eendje.

Fun children's and family activities in July and August

During the summer vacations, as usual, we provide plenty of great experiences for children at our three parks. At Athena Ossendrecht, Christophe and his team are driving around with the golf cart to pick up the children and bring them to @eendje. We are also planning some activities that you can participate in with the whole family or family, or do independently when it suits you best.

At our receptions you will find leaflets with nearby experiences

In the surroundings of our parks there is also a lot to see and do for children and families. A climbing forest, nature walks with assignments, a castle visit, a cheese farm, bike rental ... Ask at the reception for the specific leaflets.

 

Also read: New adventure playground on the way in Ossendrecht

You can now book your vacation for 2024 online.

Discover our Athena Parks.

Book your favorite spot overlooking the valley at Le Perron, a cute safari tent at Helios or a cozy cottage at Athena Ossendrecht.

During the May vacations, children stay for free at Athena, we provide extra children's activities and parents can relax in our Wellness or enjoy a walk in nature in the meantime.

Most safari tents will have a fixed door in 2024. So you will experience an even more comfortable stay.

Valentine's Tip:
Book an original wellness weekend for two. Two romantic nights and three relaxing daysat Athena Ossendrecht. Half board in a cozy cottage in the green, close to the beautiful Border Park Kalmthoutse Heide. With unlimited access to our sauna, steam bath, infrared cabin and outdoor pool with tanning sessions.
Pure enjoyment in nature!

Book your vacation now. Choose your park, select whether you want to rent something or come camping. Choose your options and don't forget to check your 10% member discount.

We look forward to welcoming you in 2024!

The Athena Team.

 

Enter for a chance to win a duo voucher from Waer Waters sauna complex!

Free admission to Wellness Waer Waters for 2 persons worth €55 per person

Our parks are located in a distinctively natural setting. And we want to highlight that even more.
Catchy images often say more than a thousand words. That's why we'd like to appeal to you.

Have you ever taken a picture of a squirrel on Athena or a beautiful landscape photo on your walk from Athena. Then our photo contest is a perfect fit for you.

Your photo archive undoubtedly contains hidden treasures.

Submit them and who knows, you might win our nature photo contest.

5 categories

What can you submit?

All nature photos are eligible. The only condition is that the photos are taken on or in the vicinity (max. 10 km.) of our Athena parks. And that we may use the photos afterwards, subject to naming, to promote Athena.

This allows us to show our visitors the beautiful nature on and around our Athena parks.

Maximum 10 photos of wildlife, landscapes, plants, close-ups of natural scenes and textures, trees ...

We are looking for nature photos. Not necessarily of people. For privacy reasons, we ask that if there are individuals in the photos, they have given permission for the photos to be published and used by Athena.

 

How to participate.

Send your high-resolution photos to info@naturismeathena.kinsta.cloud. Use “nature photo contest” as the subject line. For example, use (the free version of) WeTransfer (link).

For each photo, please state

NOTE: Entries for, best winter photo, must be submitted by Dec. 3, 2023. Other photos by Jan. 15.

The winner of the winter photo will be notified Dec. 5. All other winners will be notified Jan. 16.

 

 

From today the new 'ATHENA' magazine drops in your mailbox!
44 pages of reading pleasure about naturism, traveling and info about our parks.

 

Time flies when you're having fun. A cliché, but it's true. Summer flew by. September fortunately brought quite a bit of heart-warming sunshine. But now it is really autumn's turn. Time to look back on another wonderful season.

A fantastic summer

The weather gods were not always as kind to us as in past years but that could not spoil the fun. When the temperature rose, people enjoyed doubly hard at our parks. From the swimming pools and aquagym, the performances and parties, the local delicacies - fresh beers for example - and the dance initiations, the communal dinners and harvesting in the vegetable garden. For the kids, @duck was back in full swing, while their parents enjoyed blissful me-time.

Enjoying the oxygen in the forests

Fall is also the time when the entire Athena team makes plans for the next year. Fun and challenging at the same time. In the coming months the hard core campers can still come to Athena Ossendrecht. Our rental chalets there also remain available. Ideal for enjoying the oxygen in the woods and relaxing in our renewed wellness. A pampering treat for yourself, or a gift idea for someone you love.

Rather fancy a winter weekend in the Ardennes, near the High Fens? Then a cozy pod is waiting for you in Waimes. Would you like to be sure of your spot for the coming season? From April 1, you can also come to Athena Helios and Le Perron.

In this magazine we travel to the heart of France, to the naturist area with the largest sites. And to South Africa, an ideal destination for people who can't wait for summer to return here. You will also learn more about barefoot walking and read the story of the Belgian pioneer in sparkling wine.

Tchin on the beautiful memories, tchin on the finer things to come!

 

Stefan & Thomas

This magazine is part of the Athena membership card

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Our volunteers are the core of Athena's operation. In the off-season, work weekends and work days are organized at the 3 Athena parks.

During these days, the 3 parks will be thoroughly taken care of, pruning, cleaning up, rearranging and much more. In short, the 3 parks are neatly maintained and at the same time prepared for the next season.
This way our parks remain a super place to be for all our members and visitors.

At noon, everyone sits together with a bowl of delicious soup and you can sign up for dinner.

Do you feel like joining us sometime?

Then contact:

Wendy at ATHENA Ossendrecht: ossendrecht@naturismeathena.kinsta.cloud
Vianney of Melody at ATHENA Helios: helios@naturismeathena.kinsta.cloud
Corina at ATHENA Le Perron: perron@naturismeathena.kinsta.cloud

You are more than welcome!

Check (regularly) our CALENDAR for the dates

On Oct. 7, our 2-week nude swimming evenings start at the Bredene municipal swimming pool.

Swim nights are always on Saturdays from 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.

Swimming pool Ter Polder
Spuikomlaan 21
Bredene

Membership Athena or other naturist association/federation required

fall 2023

October 7 and 21
November 4 and 18
December 2 and 16

spring 2024

January 13 and 17
February 10 and 24
March 9 and 23
April 6 and 20

Bring your membership card or your proof of membership Athena via Athena app

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Mid-August 2023, we have already had to miss the sun for a few weeks, but ... starting next week it will be summer again.

We still have a number of fun activities coming up and, of course, our regular activities will also continue until the end of the month.

Discover our activities here!
and register in time for the dinners ...

Taking a week off?

Bookings are coming in smoothly again.

Check the options here.

You can also join us for the day.
Sunbathing, swimming, terrace ... enjoy!

See you soon. See you in the sun! 😎

 

Today they are hype. For years we have been researching which tiny houses are best suited for Athena and how and where best to place them. Sustainability, experience and integration into the natural environment are paramount.

Our very first mini-house was installed at Athena Ossendrecht in May. In this charming and particularly sustainable Wraphouse provides additional office space, so we are even closer to our guests and our parks. Soon we will offer tiny houses as private vacation homes for naturists, in the future we will also rent them out.

Tiny living: simpler, more natural, more social

To get around the restrictive laws surrounding the minimum size of homes, people came up with the idea of building the structures on trailers. Thus was born the Tiny house movement. It landed in 2015 in the Netherlands and was immediately received enthusiastically.

The movement responds to the desire to live free of ballast and in harmony with nature. So it is more than just living, it is a complete lifestyle.

A simpler, more conscious life automatically brings a smaller carbon footprint. Less stuff and fewer distractions means more time for what really matters and more focus on your true passion.

Living in a mini home also makes it easier to go out and make contacts faster. More and more people need a solid social fabric in these digital and self-centered times. A tiny house gives enough independence and privacy but also invites you to form a caring community and to share things and services with each other.

Why tiny houses at our parks?

The philosophy of tiny living fits perfectly with Athena and our naturist vision and mission. After placing mobile homes, tiny houses are a logical next step. Although you cannot actually live in our parks, an ecological tiny house can become your place to unwind, enjoy nature, recharge and meet new friends.

Tiny houses are very nice but you can't and may not just place them. At Athena Ossendrecht it is possible within our current permit and under certain conditions. Soon we will start discussions with the municipalities of Kortenberg and Waimes to see what is possible there.

Wrap house as a valuable and creative solution

After much reading, looking and talking, Wikkelhouse turned out to be our favorite. Because of the construction method, the modularity, the durability but most of all the effect inside.

With one or two facades entirely in glass, the organic shapes and lots of wood, you are bathed in light and get an instant feeling of relaxation.

Design and development is done by Fiction Factory, an Amsterdam-based company full of creative minds and handy hands.

The design is groundbreaking. Around a mold in the shape of a house, 24 layers of cardboard are wrapped and glued together. Around this comes a waterproof foil. Inside and outside are finished with wood. The result looks fantastic and is as durable as sustainable as can be. Only renewable materials are used in the construction of a Wrap House and the CO₂-emissions is kept as low as possible. This tiny house is already three times more sustainable than a traditional home, and they continue to improve it.

Wraphouse is made entirely from sustainable materials and is well on its way to becoming 100% biodegradable.

These mini houses last an incredibly long time. Wraphouse is a lightweight, so it does not need a foundation. Thus, it can be easily placed and moved as a mobile vacation home. The modular concept consists of segments of five square meters that easily connect together. So you determine the size yourself.

On Saturday, August 19, we will organize a viewing day at Athena Ossendrecht.

Interested in a Tiny house at Athena? Come explore.
We'll hold open houses in our two Wrap Houses and you'll learn all about placing your own sustainable vacation home on our parks.

You are welcome from 10 a.m. to noon or 2 to 4 p.m.

Please be sure to register in advance at info@naturismeathena.kinsta.cloud. 

For the summer period, we are looking for vacation workers, job students, temporary cleaning workers at our 3 parks. And campers who would like to spend their free time at one of our parks during the summer season of 2023, as well as occasionally roll up their sleeves to help keep our sanitary buildings tidy.

 

WORKING STUDENT/HOLIDAY WORKER

Are you looking for vacation work or a fun side job at one of our naturist Campsites?

For our cool naturist campsites we are still looking for help for the upcoming summer season. We offer a good hourly wage depending on your age.

If you are 16 years old or older, are employable for a minimum of 16 hours and see yourself working at one of our parks, please respond quickly.

👉 JOB STUDENT/HOLIDAY WORKER VACANCY

 

TEMPORARY WORKER FOR THE SUMMER SEASON

Are you still looking for work during the summer season at one of our naturist Campsites?

For our cozy naturist campsites we are still looking for help for the upcoming summer season. We offer an hourly wage according to scale.

If you are 18 years or older, are employable for at least 16 hours and see yourself working at one of the ATHENA parks, please respond quickly.

- Grounds employee cleaning, reception and bar 16 - 38 hours per week

👉 VACANCY TEMPORARY WORKER

 

CAMPERS VOLUNTEERS

We are looking for active naturist campers who like to spend their free time at one of our parks during the summer season and also like to roll up their sleeves from time to time to help keep our washrooms tidy.

The summer season runs from early July to mid or late August. Athena prefers helpers who come to camp with us for a long period of time. However, you must stay for a minimum of 3 weeks.

You must only own your own accommodation in the form of a caravan, camper or tent. We will provide a nice spot on our park.
You will stay for free at the park during the period that you roll up your sleeves.

👉VACANCY CAMPER VOLUNTEER

"A day's naturist vacation at home"

Sunday we will again host our annual Open House.

On Athena that day, you can VISIT OUR PARKS for FREE.

Everyone is welcome then. Members, friends and family of members and non-members.

A quick swim, pure enjoyment of the sunshine, going for a terrace, it's all possible.

Just sign up, on the day, at the front desk.

See you on Sunday!

👉 Athena Ossendrecht

👉 Athena Helios

👉 Athena Le Perron