Caenheide Nature Reserve and Middle Niers River Meadows
Near-natural river meadows along the Niers, plus the historic Caenheide parkland with exotic trees and rare bird species.
Café Kälberstall
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Farm café in the Lower Rhine region set in a former calf barn converted in 2012 – offering breakfast, cake, a play meadow for children and an event barn.
Café und Weinstube Harmes "Im Hinterhof"
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Café und Weinstube Harmes sits in a historic courtyard in Wachtendonk, serving fresh coffee, cake and drinks amid old house walls and antiques.
A branch of the family bakery "Der Bäcker aus Lüllingen" in Wachtendonk-Wankum: bakery and pastry shop with a café, breakfast offerings and a small outdoor area, open on Sundays too.
Wachtendonk's oldest house (around 1634) with a Baroque double gable — today the tourist information office and northern visitor centre of the Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park.
Born from a vow made during Wachtendonk's town fire of 1708, this Neo-Gothic brick chapel still stands in rural Rüttendorf today.
Hotzspots Freizeitspaß - Paddeltouren an der Niers
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Guided paddle tours on the Niers and cycle tours in Wachtendonk for groups, clubs and families.
Jona Church, Wachtendonk
since 1986
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Protestant community centre on Berliner Straße, inaugurated and named in 1986 – the latest chapter in a centuries-long history of Protestant diaspora on the Lower Rhine.
Kanu & Schlauchbootverleih Goetzens
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Canoe, kayak and inflatable boat rental in Wachtendonk for tours on the calm Niers, with TÜV-inspected boats and seven combo tours.
Kanutouren auf der Niers
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Canoe, bike-and-canoe and covered-wagon canoe tours on the Niers in Wachtendonk – for families, groups and beginners, with an optional barbecue package.
Water mill on the Nette: grain was ground here until 1945, today only the inhabited miller's house remains.
La Turi Pizza
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Pizzeria and restaurant on Bergstraße in Wachtendonk serving pizza, pasta and salads – for dining in, takeaway, or delivery via its own pizza taxi.
Laerheide Treff - Gastronomie am Sportplatz
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Sports-club venue with a snack bar and drinks right next to the sports ground in Wachtendonk – a meeting point on match days and a place for social gatherings.
A roughly two-kilometre spring-fed stream in the Wankum Heath, home to protected river lamprey and stone loach — plus traces of a Roman waystation.
Seilbahnspielplatz
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Public playground on Schlecker Deich in Wachtendonk with a cable car, sandpit, carousel, slide and two swings.
Skatepark Wachtendonk
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Public skatepark with a halfpipe on the Schoelkensdyck recreation area in Wachtendonk-Wankum, surrounded by a pump track and further sports facilities.
Public playground of the municipality of Wachtendonk on Mühlenberg, with an especially varied range of equipment for children of all ages.
Spielplatz an der Kleinbahn
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Public playground run by the municipality of Wachtendonk on An der Kleinbahn, featuring a cable car, climbing tower with slide, several swings and a sand area.
St Sebastian Chapel
since 1620
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Baroque cemetery chapel of 1620 in Wachtendonk's graveyard, a listed monument now used as a mortuary hall.
Ruins of a lowland castle on the Niers – the most important military stronghold in the Gelderland Upper Quarter during the 16th and 17th centuries.
Wakepark Blaue Lagune
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Water-ski and wakeboard facility at the Heidesee, part of the „Blaue Lagune Niederrhein" leisure park, open daily 3-6 pm with admission by online ticket only.
