Self-help associations for seniors Belgium

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This small association is very proud to be able to have a beautiful 25 ares ground on which the athletes will find bowling alleys and a volleyball pitch. For the small, a sandbox and a playground are planned. Families can make their picnic or dine in the kitchen and soak up the rays from the sun to the bronzarium in a family atmosphere. There is no camping, dogs are allowed. The club offers many cultural, sports and festive activities: Nature reserves, hiking, bowling, sports sessions in the room, annual holidays…. It also organizes swimming evenings and sauna. NSLS publishes a quarterly newsletter "Blootgewoon" which informs members of its sports activities and associations as well as activities at the ETF or FNI.

This club offers a swimming session every week at the «Cité Guéméné» swimming pool, in Courcelles, on Saturday from to - except in July. There are also highly useful technical advice in swimming, scuba diving and gym. In addition to this, it proposes many activities such as: Meetings of bowls, ping-pong, walks and cultural visits, meetings with other naturist clubs. Each year, he organizes a visit to St. Nicholas, a season closing dinner, a slides evening, a day of mushroom picking… and many more things to discover!

As a naturist association in Flemish Brabant, Isis is a modest ASBL. The atmosphere of pleasant freedom that lives in this association comes from its small size. Everyone knows each other and new ones feel comfortable. They cannot have a clean recreational ground, but this does not prevent them from practising naturism according to their full conviction. They aim for a family and family naturist life in which everyone follows their own rhythm. Isis participates in national activities. The club organizes alone or with friendly associations such as: barbecues, walks, weekends, saunas, city visits, bowling….

Athena is a great association in every sense of the word. Athena is not only the largest naturist association in Belgium, but also in the Netherlands. It can even be said that it is one of the largest naturist associations in the world! And this association has three perfectly quiet terrain, equipped with everything necessary to spend a pleasant stay. At the Sauna-Belgian border, Ossendrecht's land is situated on the polders edge and benefits from 14 hectares of unspoilt nature. Naturist beaches and walks nearby.

The De Pajot club manages a campsite located in Tollembeek - Commune commune - on the edge of Pajottenland, about 30 km from Brussels. The large parcels are all equipped with an electric connection. There are modern sanitary facilities, a very beautiful cafeteria in a farmhouse dating back to 1794, a swimming pool, a sauna, a bowling alley, a volleyball area, ping pong tables… like all campings, the area is accessible to visitors of one day or a weekend. It has an area of 3,5 ha. - 80 fixed spaces and 15 places to accommodate visitors, it is open from Easter to 31 October and dogs leave there.

The club organizes many activities during the holiday season: barbecues, entertainment for children, various friendly competitions.

Brunat is a small club in Brussels, with its activities mainly focused on the sauna and swimming pool. These two activities take place weekly in the Brussels region. Naturist activities are also organized on friendly clubs. Brunat also offers nature walks, cycling and group weekends on various naturist grounds in the surrounding area. Apart from naturist activities, the club also organizes cultural activities such as visits to museums, historic sites, natural reserves…

Brunat wants to be above all a club of friends and everything is done to maintain a good spirit of friendship. To be a member, a charter must be signed which gives an idea of this spirit: " the first step to be part of a group of friends who love practicing naturism in joy, good humour and camaraderie ", as they say.