Bathing water quality in Limburg, Netherlands
Limburg has 34 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season (20 lake and 14 river). 76.5% were classified Excellent — 5.6 points above the 70.9% across Netherlands — and 0 were Poor. By area, the Excellent share is highest in Noord-Limburg (92.9% of 14) and lowest in Midden-Limburg (75% of 16). 19 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.
Zwemwaterkwaliteit in Limburg (NL)
Van de 34 officiële EU-zwemlocaties in Limburg (NL) was in 2025 76,5% ‘uitstekend’; aantal locaties met ‘slecht’: 0.
official bathing waters
Excellent in 2025
Poor in 2025
Map of official bathing waters in Limburg
Limburg by area
Sites are placed in the Eurostat NUTS 3 areas that contain their reported coordinates.
| Area | Sites | Excellent | Good | Sufficient | Poor | Not classified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midden-Limburg | 16 | 12 (75%) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noord-Limburg | 14 | 13 (92.9%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zuid-Limburg | 4 | 1 (25%) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sea, lakes and rivers in Limburg
| Water type | Sites | Excellent | Good | Sufficient | Poor | Not classified |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake | 20 | 17 (85%) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| River | 14 | 9 (64.3%) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Coastal waters are assessed against stricter bacterial limits than lakes and rivers but are diluted far more; see how the classes are calculated.
Most consistent Excellent sites
19 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 24 are shown and every site is in the full list below.
- DAGSTRAND AREA X 11 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- DAGSTRAND CAMPING BREEBRONNE 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- DAGSTRAND DE GROTE HEGGE 11 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- DAGSTRAND DROOMPARK MAASDUINEN 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- DAGSTRAND FUN BEACH 11 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- DAGSTRAND HET MEERDAL 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- DAGSTRAND PEEL BEACH HEELDERPEEL 11 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- DAGSTRAND RECREATIEPARK DE LEISTERT 11 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- DAGSTRAND SEURENHEIDE 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- DILKENSPLAS 11 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- EUROPARCS LIMBURG 11 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- PLAS WRC EIJSDEN (HOGE WEERD) MAASTRICHT 11 seasons · Zuid-Limburg
- RECREATIEGEBIED MOOKERPLAS 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- RECREATIESTRAND CAMPING DE BLOKSBERG 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- RECREATIESTRAND COMFORTPARC WESSEM 11 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- RECREATIESTRAND DE SCHATBERG 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- RECREATIESTRAND PARC DE WITTE VENNEN 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- RECREATIESTRAND VAKANTIEPARK KLEIN VINK 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- RECREATIESTRAND VAKANTIEPARK LEUKERMEER 11 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- RECREATIESTRAND RESORT ARCEN 10 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- DRAKENRIJK 9 seasons · Noord-Limburg
- HET BLAUWE MEERTJE 8 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- ZWEMPLAS MAASPARCJE-VELMANS-V.ASS-HERMANS 8 seasons · Midden-Limburg
- DAGSTRAND RESORT BOSCHMOLENPLAS 5 seasons · Midden-Limburg
Rated Poor in 2025
None of the 34 official bathing waters in Limburg was classified Poor in 2025.
Changes from 2024 to 2025
Improved (1)
- DAGSTRAND DE KASTEELSE BOSSEN Good → Excellent
Declined (3)
- DE KIS ZUID, PLAS EILAND Excellent → Sufficient
- PLAS WRC EIJSDEN OOST MAARLAND NOORD Good → Sufficient
- RECREATIESTRAND CAMPING HATENBOER Excellent → Good
How Limburg rated since 2015
Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.
| Season | Classified | Excellent | Excellent share | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | 26 | 78.8% | 0 |
| 2024 | 33 | 27 | 81.8% | 0 |
| 2023 | 33 | 28 | 84.8% | 0 |
| 2022 | 33 | 28 | 84.8% | 0 |
| 2021 | 33 | 30 | 90.9% | 1 |
| 2020 | 32 | 30 | 93.8% | 0 |
| 2019 | 32 | 31 | 96.9% | 0 |
| 2018 | 32 | 30 | 93.8% | 0 |
| 2017 | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 0 |
| 2016 | 30 | 28 | 93.3% | 1 |
| 2015 | 30 | 26 | 86.7% | 1 |
Places with the most bathing waters in Limburg
Each site is matched to its nearest named place (GeoNames, within 8 km in a straight line), so beaches of one resort or lake shore can be compared together. Select a place to show only its sites in the full list.
| Place | Area | Sites | Excellent | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heel | Midden-Limburg | 4 | 3 (75%) | 0 |
| Arcen | Noord-Limburg | 2 | 2 (100%) | 0 |
| Well | Noord-Limburg | 2 | 2 (100%) | 0 |
| Heijen | Noord-Limburg | 2 | 1 (50%) | 0 |
| Roermond | Midden-Limburg | 2 | 1 (50%) | 0 |
| Gronsveld | Zuid-Limburg | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 |
| Maasbracht | Midden-Limburg | 2 | 0 (0%) | 0 |
All 34 official bathing waters in Limburg
Grouped by area, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.
Download all 34 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)
Midden-Limburg 16 sites · 75% Excellent
- DAGSTRAND AREA X · Roermond Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- DAGSTRAND DE GROTE HEGGE · Thorn Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- DAGSTRAND FUN BEACH · Heel Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- DAGSTRAND PEEL BEACH HEELDERPEEL · Heel Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- DAGSTRAND RECREATIEPARK DE LEISTERT · Heythuysen Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- DAGSTRAND RESORT BOSCHMOLENPLAS · Heel Excellent Excellent 5 seasons in a row
- DE KIS NOORD, PLAS BRANDT · Maasbracht Good
- DE KIS ZUID, PLAS EILAND · Maasbracht Sufficient Excellent → Sufficient since 2024
- DILKENSPLAS · Roosteren Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- EUROPARCS LIMBURG · Heide Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- HET BLAUWE MEERTJE · Keent Excellent Excellent 8 seasons in a row
- RECREATIESTRAND CAMPING HATENBOER · Roermond Good Excellent → Good since 2024
- RECREATIESTRAND COMFORTPARC WESSEM Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- RECREATIESTRAND NARVIK HOMEPARC HEELDERPEEL · Heel Good
- RECREATIESTRAND RESORT MARINA OOLDERHUUSKE · Herten Excellent Excellent 5 seasons in a row
- ZWEMPLAS MAASPARCJE-VELMANS-V.ASS-HERMANS · Leeuwen Excellent Excellent 8 seasons in a row
Noord-Limburg 14 sites · 92.9% Excellent
- CENTER PARCS HET HEIJDERBOS · Heijen Not classified
- DAGSTRAND CAMPING BREEBRONNE · Maasbree Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- DAGSTRAND DE KASTEELSE BOSSEN · Horst Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
- DAGSTRAND DROOMPARK MAASDUINEN · Belfeld Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- DAGSTRAND HET MEERDAL · America Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- DAGSTRAND SEURENHEIDE · Well Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- DRAKENRIJK · Reuver Excellent Excellent 9 seasons in a row
- RECREATIEGEBIED MOOKERPLAS · Milsbeek Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- RECREATIESTRAND CAMPING DE BLOKSBERG · Heijen Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- RECREATIESTRAND DE SCHATBERG · Koningslust Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- RECREATIESTRAND PARC DE WITTE VENNEN · Oirlo Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- RECREATIESTRAND RESORT ARCEN Excellent Excellent 10 seasons in a row
- RECREATIESTRAND VAKANTIEPARK KLEIN VINK · Arcen Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- RECREATIESTRAND VAKANTIEPARK LEUKERMEER · Well Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
Zuid-Limburg 4 sites · 25% Excellent
- NATUURBAD DE ZEEKOELEN · Heksenberg Good
- PLAS WRC EIJSDEN (HOGE WEERD) MAASTRICHT · Heugem Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
- PLAS WRC EIJSDEN OOST MAARLAND NOORD · Gronsveld Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
- PLAS WRC EIJSDEN, OOST MAARLAND ZUID · Gronsveld Good
Compared with other provinces in Netherlands
| # | Province | Sites | Excellent | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zeeland | 58 | 89.7% | 0 |
| 2 | Drenthe | 41 | 87.8% | 0 |
| 3 | North Brabant | 101 | 85.1% | 2 |
| 4 | Gelderland | 97 | 79.4% | 2 |
| 5 | Overijssel | 51 | 78.4% | 1 |
| 6 | Limburg | 34 | 76.5% | 0 |
| 7 | Flevoland | 30 | 73.3% | 1 |
| 8 | Utrecht | 29 | 69% | 4 |
| 9 | South Holland | 104 | 67.3% | 2 |
| 10 | Groningen | 49 | 53.1% | 7 |
| 11 | North Holland | 111 | 51.4% | 8 |
| 12 | Friesland | 52 | 48.1% | 4 |
Provinces with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.
Quick answers
- How many bathing waters in Limburg were rated Excellent in 2025?
- 26 of 34 (76.5%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 5 were Good, 2 Sufficient and 0 Poor, and 1 had no class. That ranks Limburg 6 of 12 Netherlands provinces by Excellent share.
- Which area of Limburg has the highest share of Excellent sites?
- Noord-Limburg: 92.9% of its 14 sites were Excellent in 2025. Only areas with at least five sites are compared; see the full table.
- Which beaches and lakes in Limburg have the best long-term record?
- 19 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example DAGSTRAND AREA X, DAGSTRAND CAMPING BREEBRONNE, DAGSTRAND DE GROTE HEGGE. See the ranking.
- Which places in Limburg have the most official bathing waters?
- Heel (4, 75% Excellent), Arcen (2, 100% Excellent), Well (2, 100% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
- Were any bathing waters in Limburg rated Poor?
- No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
- Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
- On Zwemwater.nl (The provinces, with Rijkswaterstaat for national waters). Temporary bans, pollution alerts and closures are published there and on signs at the water, not in the annual EEA class.
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Sources and method
Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Netherlands, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and area boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Netherlands. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.