You'll want to sleep in the teardrop-shaped treehouses.
This is called curling the curl. We no longer just want treehouses , the latest madness is that these are tear-shaped and that, in addition, you can sleep in them.
These in particular are called "tents in the trees" and are found within the ** Borgloon Forest **. They were the work of the Dutch visual artist Dré Wapenaar, familiar with this type of artistic sculpture in natural spaces. They were created in 2005 within the art festival Fit Landscape that proposed how to integrate art within nature. You got it, right?
"Dré Wapenaar's work is always located on the border between architecture and sculpture, between a room and an encounter. His sculptures are mainly tent constructions that are placed temporarily," he says on his website.
In fact, it was so, because at first they were considered as temporary, but** they finally stayed and now they can be enjoyed during the summer months.**
The four teardrop-shaped tents are located on a sheltered path near the hex's castle , in Limburg. And they were designed to interact with nature and see the environment from another perspective, as stated by their creator.
The tents are temporary, but have been operational since 2005.
You can sleep in them for about 70 euros and 15 euros more with breakfast , and they have the necessary basics also made by another artist. Ardie Van Bommel He was in charge of designing the interior.
“Inside you will find a shelf to put your things, while the bottom is completely occupied by mattresses (these mattresses are made of the same material as the tents, so they are washable). There is no electrical connection and there is also no lighting ”, they tell Traveler.es from the Limburg tourist office.
Its capacity is designed for two adults and two children up to 12 years old . The bad news is that they are only available from August to September, and this year they already have everything reserved, but here you can reserve for later and ask for more information.
Interestingly, very close by is another of the city's tourist attractions, the cycle track above the treetops which we have also talked about in Traveler.es. 'Cycling through the Trees' was born in June 2019 in the forest of Bostland and has already received more than 70,000 visits since then.
And if you want more, Belgium never ends. In 2016, the city of Bokrijk also built 'Cycling through Water ', a bike path through the water.