Only a few minutes walk from our bungalow rental De Muy will take you to beach pole 25 („Paal 25”). This pole is not like the other beach poles on Texel island, because you won’t pass this one as easily as the others. It is the pole of De Slufter, a unique nature reserve with an open connection to the North Sea. After several failed attempts to convert the area into an agricultural polder, the islanders decided in the early twentieth century that it was better to leave the connection to the sea open – and so it is today. Beach pole 25 is therefore regularly flooded.

From almost all our bungalows you can take a nice walk to beach pole 25. Take a break while you are on the way, sit down in a dune hollow and enjoy the overwhelming silence of this place. The path to beach pole 25 is never the same. In this nature reserve, the sea still has free rein, constantly creating new paths and new sights. It is therefore highly recommended to make the walk to beach pole 25 several times during your stay on Texel. You will be surprised by the power of nature!

On Texel island, every kilometre of beach has its own pole. This numbering starts on the other side of the Marsdiep sea street, near Den Helder. The poles have been there for a century and a half. They were placed there at that time to make land surveys possible and to register changes in the water level. With today’s modern techniques they are actually redundant, but the Dutch authorities never intended to remove the poles, as they mean a lot to the islanders and our guests.

Do you like pole 25 in De Slufter as much as we do? In our shop we sell several great beach pole 25 souvenirs, which we can also send to you.