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.
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“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. 🤩
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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.
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!
Certainly not the first in Europe, but cool thing anyways!