Bivouac

Scheduled major events

Events are regularly hosted by the Zilvermeer park, which tries to minimise any nuisance for other visitors or guests. The two major festivals in 2011, i.e. the Daydream Festival and Pennenzakkenrock, may cause (noise) nuisance; please take this into consideration or book a stay in another period. The Daydream Festival will take place on Saturday April 16 and Pennenzakkenrock on Tuesday June 28. The assembly and disassembly will take approximately one week before and a few days after the event.

Layout

The bivouac consists of:

• large living room with movable furniture 
• separate fully-equipped kitchen
• 2 wash areas with showers and toilets
• 2 dormitories and 4 separate bedrooms for accompanying staff               

Zilver classes

In the Zilver classes (nature classes) one or two classes (max. 50 participants) study the themes of the forest, water and sand during a school week at Zilvermeer. You stay in the bivouac building.

The students don't just learn a bit about nature, they 'experience' it. This experience-led approach is one of the strengths of Zilvermeer and the De Goren Ecocentre (see below), which is very closely involved with these Zilver classes.

Nature education in the De Goren Ecocentre

You could summarise the aims of the De Goren Ecocentre as being to make nature accessible again for everyone. Through various activities, nature is brought closer to people (and vice versa).  

At De Goren we regularly put on new themed exhibitions, which constantly excel through a somewhat unusual approach

As well as themed exhibitions there are ongoing group activities for children and adults, nature walks and so on.

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