Lodge 61
Netherlands · from €60 per night
Lodge 61 is an agro-ecological family farm at Brakeweg 61 just outside Medemblik in West-Friesland, a converted dairy farm run as a campsite since 1986: ten spacious pitches on a three-hectare private estate on the water, beside a row of lodges for two to fourteen people. The owners describe it as circular and self-sustainable, with their own energy, kitchen gardens, a food forest under construction, farm animals, a farm shop and the museum cafe 'de Meermin' in the old barn, which also houses the Historisch Museum Medemblik.
Price list
| Lodge for 2 people | €100–€105 / night |
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| Lodge for 2 people | €95–€100 / night |
| Family lodge | €130–€145 / night |
| Ecolodge/bohemian lodge | €80 / night |
| Lugthuys | €60 / night |
| Safari lodge | €120 / night |
| Group accommodation | €2,300 / stay |
| Tourist tax | €2.40 / pers. / night |
| Cleaning costs | €35 one-off |
| service costs | €19.95 one-off |
| Horse pasture | €20 / unit / night |
| Breakfast on request, per person | €15 / day |
| Expanded West Frisian breakfast | €20 / day |
| Breakfast to go | €7.95 / day |
| Extra guest | €70 one-off |
Prices are advertised figures read from the campsite’s own public page, not a quote. Check with the campsite before you travel. Camp's own site
About the camp
The estate, Buitenplaats Medemblik, is deliberately small: ten wide, private pitches, no animation, no swimming pool, no five-star resort, and by the owners' account one of the quietest campsites in West-Friesland. Guests come for that quiet, and for the nature that brings it: birds, dragonflies and frogs, sheep grazing on the dike, open sailing water at the gate, and mosquitoes on warm summer evenings, which the site notes belong to the very nature its guests value. Breakfast is a daily buffet of farm produce, organic cheese, eggs and fruit from their own organic farm, served in the museum cafe or outside on the terrace. Canoes and SUP boards are rented on the grounds, and from the jetty the IJsselmeer is about ten minutes away, so you can also arrive under your own steam in a boat or canoe and spend the night in a lodge. Open all year.
- only ten pitches on a three-hectare private estate, which the owners keep small on purpose
- circular and self-sustainable, with the farm's own energy and food forests
- on open water: canoe off, sail to the IJsselmeer in ten minutes, arrive with your own boat
- museum cafe 'de Meermin' and the Historisch Museum Medemblik in the farm buildings
- breakfast from the farm's own organic cheese, eggs and fruit
- strong wifi at every pitch, with signal boosters across the whole estate for working outdoors
Activities & services
| Round trip with lunch, 'maiden of Medemblik' (4-16 people)Per person, per hour, on the estate's own boat. | €55 / hour |
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| Bare boat (4-16 people)Per person, per hour; you skip the lunch and the crew. | €15 / hour |
| Canoe (1-3 people)Per boat, per hour. Book ahead so a boat is sure to be free. | €15 / hour |
| SUP board (1 person)Per person, per hour. Book ahead. | €15 / hour |
| Farm-shop jam of their own makingGrape-cinnamon-vanilla, elderberry-mint and winter jam with stewed pears, made from the estate's own fruit and sold only in the farm shop. | €1.50 / use |
| Warm two-course lunch with a meetingSupplement per person on top of the meeting arrangement, which already includes soup and a tiered tray of luxury sandwiches, fruit, fresh juice and milk. | €6 / person |
Things to do
- swimming at the IJsselmeer beach within walking distance
- sailing on the IJsselmeer
- canoe and SUP rental on the grounds
- sloepen boating route from the estate to Medemblik
- fishing on the IJsselmeer and in the surrounding ditches and lakes
- marked cycling and walking routes from the gate
- kitesurfing in the region
- sheep-herding workshop on the estate
- creative workshops (paper making, cyanotype, painting) at the Abbehuisje atelier 10 km away
- historic harbour and city walls of Medemblik
Facilities the camp lists: wifi · electricity · sanitary building · showers · toilets · free parking · farm shop · museum cafe · meeting facilities · boat rental · farm animals
Pitch types: grass pitch for tent, caravan or camper · lodge
Rentals: 2-person comfort lodge with own kitchen and bathroom · 4-person lodge in the side wing · familylodge for 4 · ecolodge / bohemian lodge · lugthuys · safari lodge for 6 · whole farm for a group weekend, up to 20 guests
Suited for: rest-seekers · couples · seniors · families · cyclists · walkers · watersports · nature lovers · remote workers
The estate sits on open sailing water where land and water meet: the historic centre of Medemblik and the IJsselmeer beach are within walking distance, the first large lake about ten minutes away by boat. Around it lie the wide West-Frisian views, bulb fields in spring, dikes with grazing sheep and nature reserves shaped by centuries of dikes and drainage; some beaches stay shallow for a long way out, which the site recommends for children. Amsterdam is roughly a 30-minute drive.
Hours
- Season
- 01.01. – 31.12. (Buitenplaats Medemblik is open all year.)
- Capacity
- 10 pitches
Breakfast buffet daily 08:00-10:00 in the museum cafe. Boerenversmarkt (farm shop) Wednesday to Saturday 10:00-17:00, and by appointment. To keep the grounds quiet, no vehicle traffic is allowed on the estate between 10:00 and 15:00, and no loud recreation. A 'dagdeel' for the meeting rooms is 07:00-12:00, 12:00-17:00 or 17:00-22:00.
Contact
Familie Kuyt (contact Inge Kuyt), Buitenplaats Medemblik
Brakeweg 61, 1671 LP Medemblik, Netherlands
+31 (0)227 541671
info@lodge61.nl
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Amenities
- Showers
- Toilets
- tent
- caravan
