Underneath the surface

From oceans to rain, water connects everything. It shapes our climate, provides oxygen, and is essential to all life on Earth. But water also affects you. What do you feel when you hear a babbling brook or face a wild sea?

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admission with a regular ticket for ARTIS-Park from 29 May to 1 June

Underneath the surface

From oceans to rain, water connects everything. It shapes our climate, provides oxygen, and is essential to all life on Earth. But water also affects you. What do you feel when you hear a babbling brook or face a wild sea?

Buy your ticket

admission with a regular ticket for ARTIS-Park from 29 May to 1 June

Water connects everything

In this zone, discover the invisible life beneath the surface in a microscope workshop by ARTIS-Micropia, paint your own underwater world, and listen to an audio tour all about water.

Microscopy workshop

Examine water under the microscope. What hidden underwater life will you discover?

Paint the underwater world

What lies beneath the water’s surface? Let your creativity run wild!

Build an amphibian pond

Create a habitat for frogs, toads, salamanders, and other aquatic creatures. Will you lend a hand?

Water audiotour

Learn all about water in ARTIS during this audio walk.

To be or not to be a shell

Join Esra to explore whelks, cockles, and oysters—just like she did on Zeeland’s shores. She’ll share her way of becoming a shell, in memory of her grandparents.