Sculpture garden Achter De Westduinen is a private sculpture garden located in Ouddorp, on the South Holland island of Goeree-Overflakkee. The garden, the art, the surrounding dune landscape, and the proximity to the sea all contribute in making this a unique and poetic place.
Season 2025 open again!
from Thursday June 26 to Saturday September 6
every Thursday, Friday and Saturday
between 12:30 and 5:00 pm.
Please note that these are revised opening hours compared to previous years!
Summer Exhibition 2025: more than 30 artists and 4 special exhibitions
In 2025 we will show four special exhibitions with sculptures from Jan van Munster, Wim Geeven, Eddy Gheress and Gerard Höweler. In addition, the summer exhibition includes the work of more than 30 artists, all diverse in their views, expressions and techniques.
Collection
In addition to the special exhibitions, you can of course also enjoy our permanent collection and a large number of works by artists who have exhibited in our garden in previous years. Some have placed new work and others have had their work regrouped or placed in another beautiful place. A tour of the garden will therefore feel like a renewed acquaintance.
Unique place with space and tranquility, art and nature
Sculpture garden Behind the Westduinen in Ouddorp you will experience as a pleasant, sheltered place. A visit to our garden is a total experience where art offers space for curiosity, amazement and reflection. The environment creates tranquility through the rustling of the trees, the singing of the birds and the summer flowers.
The combination of art, nature and a simple lunch with a drink on our beautiful terrace makes the sculpture garden unique and is therefore one of the special sights of Ouddorp.
Ouddorp and Goeree Overflakkee
The village and seaside resort of Ouddorp is located on the tip of the Goeree Overflakkee island in the province of South Holland and, according to its residents, is blessed with the most hours of sunshine in the Netherlands. Just 1 kilometer away from the sculpture garden are the beach, extensive dunes, and forested dunes. The landscape of the Kop van Goeree is unique due to the characteristic ‘schurvelingen’: sand ridges planted with grass and shrubs that divide the landscape and indicate the property boundaries. Our sculpture garden is also surrounded by these sand ridges, providing shelter and creating intimacy in the garden. The extensive surroundings of Ouddorp are wonderful for walking, cycling, swimming, and lounging. You can combine a visit to the sculpture garden with an afternoon at the beach or other attractions in Ouddorp.
Practical
Opening hours
From Thursday June 26 to Saturday September 6
Open on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Please note: these are changed opening hours compared to previous years!
Admission price
€ 6.50 per person; € 1.00 of which goes to charity.
We support SOS Children’s Villages and the Zuid-Hollands Landschap (South Holland Landscape).
Parking
You can park your car for free along the wide verge of the Klarenbeekweg.
Please note that parking is not allowed on the playing field of camping site de Kotestee.
Bicycles can be taken on site.
Dogs
Unfortunately dogs are not allowed.
Sculpture garden Achter De Westduinen is a private sculpture garden located in Ouddorp, on the South Holland island of Goeree-Overflakkee. The garden, the art, the surrounding dune landscape, and the proximity to the sea all contribute in making this a unique and poetic place.
Season 2025 open again!
from Thursday June 26 to Saturday September 6
every Thursday, Friday and Saturday
between 12:30 and 5:00 pm.
Please note that these are revised opening hours compared to previous years!
Collection
In addition to the special exhibitions, you can of course also enjoy our permanent collection and a large number of works by artists who have exhibited in our garden in previous years. Some have placed new work and others have had their work regrouped or placed in another beautiful place. A tour of the garden will therefore feel like a renewed acquaintance.
Ouddorp and Goeree Overflakkee
The village and seaside resort of Ouddorp is located on the tip of the Goeree Overflakkee island in the province of South Holland and, according to its residents, is blessed with the most hours of sunshine in the Netherlands. Just 1 kilometer away from the sculpture garden are the beach, extensive dunes, and forested dunes. The landscape of the Kop van Goeree is unique due to the characteristic ‘schurvelingen’: sand ridges planted with grass and shrubs that divide the landscape and indicate the property boundaries. Our sculpture garden is also surrounded by these sand ridges, providing shelter and creating intimacy in the garden. The extensive surroundings of Ouddorp are wonderful for walking, cycling, swimming, and lounging. You can combine a visit to the sculpture garden with an afternoon at the beach or other attractions in Ouddorp.
Summer Exhibition 2025: more than 30 artists and 4 special exhibitions
In 2025 we will show four special exhibitions with sculptures from Jan van Munster, Wim Geeven, Eddy Gheress and Gerard Höweler. In addition, the summer exhibition includes the work of more than 30 artists, all diverse in their views, expressions and techniques.
Unique place with space and tranquility, art and nature
Sculpture garden Behind the Westduinen in Ouddorp you will experience as a pleasant, sheltered place. A visit to our garden is a total experience where art offers space for curiosity, amazement and reflection. The environment creates tranquility through the rustling of the trees, the singing of the birds and the summer flowers.
The combination of art, nature and a simple lunch with a drink on our beautiful terrace makes the sculpture garden unique and is therefore one of the special sights of Ouddorp.
Practical
Opening hours
From Thursday June 26 to Saturday September 6
Open on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 12:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Please note: these are changed opening hours compared to previous years!
Admission price
€ 6.50 per person; € 1.00 of which goes to charity.
We support SOS Children’s Villages and the Zuid-Hollands Landschap (South Holland Landscape).
Parking
You can park your car for free along the wide verge of the Klarenbeekweg.
Please note that parking is not allowed on the playing field of camping site de Kotestee.
Bicycles can be taken on site.
Dogs
Unfortunately dogs are not allowed.
Who are we
Sculpture garden Achter de Westduinen is an initiative of Stasja Goedbloed and Arthur Broek. After a life as an entrepreneur in the reintegration industry and as an architect respectively, they moved from Dordrecht to Ouddorp in 2008.
In 2012 they met the German artist Dörte Berner in Namibia. Both were deeply impressed by her work and suddenly a series of dormant ideas and previous initiatives merged into a clear self-evidence that led to the Sculpture garden Achter de Westduinen.
Sculpture garden Achter de Westduinen is now in its eighth season and is one of the leading sculpture gardens in the Netherlands. The sculpture garden has no commercial purpose and does not receive any subsidies.