Walking barefoot has several health benefits. Want to practice in the wild? There are more and more barefoot paths. We have listed a few for you.
Read also: What are the benefits of walking barefoot?
What is a barefoot path?
Barefoot paths are specially made for walking barefoot. And those are not paved roads, but paths where you stamp your feet through the mud, walk over leaves and walk on boulders. What you won't find there, for example, are garbage and ashes, so you can safely enjoy the feeling of the earth between your toes and get used to walking without shoes. Here are some places you can try it yourself.
't Blôde Fuottenpaad – Opende, Groningen
Walk four kilometers through the Doezemermieden nature reserve. You walk through shallow water, over sand, through the mud, jump from stone to stone, rest in a beautiful picnic area, find your way through a maze and finally rinse your dirty feet under a water pump. Afterwards you can enjoy nature in the tea garden.
't Blôde Fuottenpaad. Duration:1.5 hours. Admission:free.
De Lieteberg – Zutendaal (BE), just across the border near Maastricht
Wood, stones, tree chips, grass, loam, water, sand:your feet will experience them all during this cool walk through De Hoge Kempen. Along the way you pass a watchtower with a fantastic view over nature and for the enthusiast there is a bee center, a butterfly greenhouse and an insect museum.
De Lieteberg. Duration:1 hour. Entrance:4 euros.
Seabed path – Kraggenburg, Flevoland
At the bottom of the former Zuiderzee you wade through a sea of flowers, the frogs jump over your feet in the ditch, you walk through various tanks where you feel hard and soft, cold and warm and eventually you end up in a mud bath. Beforehand, you dip your feet in a cold herbal bath, so that they start the 2.5 kilometer experience journey in a relaxed way.
Seabed path. Duration:1 hour. Admission:7.50.
Show Kortoomspark – Deurne, North Brabant
Smell, feel and experience the Brabantse Peel. Actually, this barefoot path is not really a path, because you walk in your own order through an area of 1.5 hectares full of small ditches, moss, ferns, peat, grass, mud and stones. There are hammocks where you can rest and there is also plenty of art to see in the park.
Toon Kortoomspark. Duration:1.5 hours. Entrance:3.50.
Bare Feet Park – Brunssum, Limburg
Four kilometers full of obstacles and different surfaces. You discover nature with your feet.
Bare Feet Park. Duration:1.5 hours. Entrance:6.50. Children:3.50
