Directions and parking

Your day out at the Dolfinarium starts when you leave home. The salty sea air is ready to meet you the moment you make your way into Harderwijk. Our blue dome is famous to everyone in the Netherlands – which one of you will be the first to spot it?

Address Dolfinarium

Zuiderzeeboulevard 22
3841 WB Harderwijk

Parking

Parking is available at P2: Lelykade and at P8: Zonneweide.

There is limited capacity at parking lot P2 Lelykade. At parking lot P8 Zonneweide there is more than enough parking space. From P8 it is about a 15 minute walk to the entrance of the Dolfinarium. A day ticket costs €11.00 and is available at the parking meters or on the website of the municipality of Harderwijk.

On busy days, such as holidays and in the high season, a free shuttle train is used from P8 Zonneweide to the entrance of the Dolfinarium and back.

Note: Are you planning to visit the Dolfinarium only briefly? Then you can park at P6: Dolfinariumeiland (short parking). Here you can park for a maximum of 3 hours. Note: After 3 hours of parking, you cannot park at P6 for a full hour, so you cannot extend your parking time.

Buy your parking ticket in advance, park your car and walk directly into the Dolfinarium. Please note: day tickets are not for sale at the Dolfinarium ticket offices. Pay at the parking meters with exact change or debit card, or use a parking app like Yellowbrick or Parkmobile.

Accessible Parking

Visitors with a disability who do not have an official disabled parking permit (GPK, ‘Blue Card’) can be dropped off at the entrance of the Dolfinarium. The car should then be parked on Lelykade (P2). The parking spaces at the boulevard are for short-term parking only (a maximum of three hours). The Dolfinarium has several parking spaces reserved next to the entrance for people with a disabled parking permit. To get there, cross the bridge to the Dolfinarium island and head towards Strekdam. Then turn left across the bus lane towards the main entrance. The parking spaces for people with disabilities can be found on the left-hand side.

Parking spaces for coaches

Those visiting the Dolfinarium by coach can get off at the Strekdam drop-off point. It will be a two-minute walk from here to the entrance of the park. The coach can then be parked free of charge at the municipal car park Flevoweg (P3).

If you want to get to know the park beforehand, please take a look at the map.