Zwolle has a temporary city beach: Stränd!
Credit: Stränd en SträndFränds 
Credit: Stränd en SträndFränds 
Stränd en SträndFränds 
Credit: Stränd en SträndFränds
Zwolle (a city in the East of the Netherlands) has gained a temporary city beach: Stränd! Late July the proverbial doors of the beach opened, located near the canal in Zwolle. For five long weekends you can ‘relax, drink, socialize, eat and above all … enjoying the summer in a Zwolsch manner’ as indicated by the initiators on the website.
Temporary city beach: Stränd
People from Zwolle and of course tourists who want to have their feet in the sand have to hurry! Only three weekends left to chill in bean bags, have a drink on the logs or to get a bite at one of the food trucks. All to make sure you experience a real beach feeling here. The exact location of the beach is Pannekoekendijk 10, the edge of Zwolle center overlooking the PäperBus.
Students
Attention students: bring your student card! You will receive a discount on drinks and food! Several events are organized next few weeks so keep an eye at their Facebook.
Inspiration
Temporary city beaches is an example of initiatives that are here to stay, more and more cities do have locations like this, recently we spotted De Buurt which is an temporary beach initiative in Leiden. Nice ephemeral initiatives embraced particularly by young people. Each initiative has other new elements like the initiative for the Stränd was taken by Strändwachters and you have some SträndFränds. At the weekends Yoga and Frisbee workshops are provided, you can start moving under the guidance of Peppergym and there is a real Stränd Up Comedy.
Website: Strand Zwolle
