Last week, I first heard the news. MRT Beach Club is open! This week, I’m here with my toes in the sand, iced coffee in my hand, slowly getting tanned. I couldn’t help but hurry down here as fast as possible to experience the most beautiful beach of Limburg firsthand!
Since the opening of Parc Maasresidence Thorn, there have always been whispers about MRT Beach Club, and now it is finally here! After a sun-swept day on the beach, I can say with fair certainty that I have become an expert in the field of chilling, hanging, and gallivanting on the beach. That’s why I’m sharing my experiences and best practices in this step-by-step MRT Beach Club guide:
A strong start is fundamental for a chillaxed beach day. Therefore, I highly advise booking a comfortable villa or apartment at Parc Maasresidence Thorn. Personally, I chose the Premium Water villa as it already gets you a little psyched for what is to come as these villas have a backyard bordering the Maasplassen lakes. Thus, you can start scanning the area where you will be chilling and splashing around all day from the comforts of your private terrace, with a coffee and a croissant from the MRT Shop & Bakery. Once you’re done, grab your swim trunks and flip-flops before heading over to the beach via the quaint blue bridge.
Once you have reached the MRT Beach Club, it becomes blatantly obvious that you will need one of those super comfy beach chairs. I highly recommend renting one for the entire day since it will turn into your super chill commando center from which you can “work” your way around the beach. Put down your beach bag and towel in order to stretch yourself across the chair, because if you’re going to be relaxing this hard, it’s important to stretch out those muscles beforehand. Grab some sunscreen, take out that one book you have been meaning to read since Christmas, and bask in the glory of the southern Dutch sun. Casually stroll on over to beach bar Naut for a cup of coffee or a cool drink. Let the beach, the bay, and the radiant sun sink in while you relax every muscle in your body.
The massive amount of chilling has charged your battery and you feel the energy coursing through you. It’s time. Time for action! Leave your relaxation station behind and walk on over to the Eflow beach team. There, you will be surprised to find a bunch of surfboards. You hear yourself thinking “Surf boards? But there are no waves here…”. Correct. But at that moment, you notice that each board has a propeller attached to it. Welcome to the future baby! It takes a few tries to balance yourself whilst maintaining speed but then… then it feels like you have accidentally glided into the set of A Spy Who Loved Me. Like a new-age James Bond, you find yourself zipping 30 centimeters above the water on your Efoil. The feeling is like nothing you have ever felt before. It’s as if you’re teleported 100 years into the future! Glide around for a bit, surrendering to the warm, summer breeze and the cool splash of the rippling Maasplassen water. Let time stand still for a bit.
You feel the adrenaline bubble within, and deep down inside, you know it won’t be your last brush with Efoiling. But for now, it’s time to cool down just a little. SupBike Tours is ready to take you on your next journey, boasting a whole range of SUP boards, Monster SUP’s, and SUP Bikes. You choose the latter, and before you know it you find yourself paddling leisurely across the Maasplassen, with the sun glowing on your cheeks and the cool water at your feet. After a while, you look up, only to be greeted by a dazzling display of natural beauty. Between the long grass on the banks of the Maasplassen, you see Galloway cows grazing peacefully. A heron sits perched on a partially submerged branch, waiting for his meal to swim by. Old forests with twisting roots and droopy leaves hang over the pensive waters while a mother duck and her ducklings chirp and chatter on by. As you take in this breathtaking backdrop, you forget about the hustle and bustle of life for a while…
Wait! Hold up, you daydreamer you! What is the situation at the relaxation station?! It’s time to get back to your lazy beach chair! Prepare to enjoy those last warm rays of sunshine before turning in. Order a small bite and a cool drink at beach bar Naut. and sprawl out across your chair. Play one more game of beach volleyball, splash around in the water a little longer, and solve that last Suduko, because sadly, the beach day has drawn to a close. It’s time to head back to your villa.
Personally, I would suggest finishing off the day with an extensive dinner at Humphrey’s Thorn. There, you can enjoy a Burgundian, three-course menu on the terrace with a view across the MRT Harbor and the Maasplassen lakes. Grab a beer and spend the last moments of your blissful day watching the sun set behind the distant tree line in an explosion of colors. In this light, the Maasplassen will glisten like a shattered disco ball before dusk silently sets in across the enchanting countryside of Limburg.
