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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Zoetermeer; not the (much) larger Landgraaf site
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Ronald wrote: |
| Zoetermeer; not the (much) larger Landgraaf site |
Still, much easier to get to from most of NL than Limburg.
Any idea how long the slopes are?
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Never did go there. Even though the #32 and #206 buses went from right outside my house to Zoetermeer.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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stanton, what's the snow quality and steepness like at de Uithof? That would be easy for me to get to and the prices look very good.
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15 euros for 4 hours in the summer if you have your own gear. Makes the prices charged over here look even sillier.
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Colin B, Landgraaf is pretty good value too €29 for 8 hours and they stop the clock when your not on the slope! Tamworth day ticket is £80 (and people think 3 valleys is expensive)  . Will I be doing a trip? If I can get 3 or 4 in the car to split the costs you bet ya. Watch this space (or a new one I'll create).
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| RPF wrote: |
| Colin B, Landgraaf is pretty good value too €29 for 8 hours and they stop the clock when your not on the slope! Tamworth day ticket is £80 (and people think 3 valleys is expensive) . Will I be doing a trip? If I can get 3 or 4 in the car to split the costs you bet ya. Watch this space (or a new one I'll create). |
Yes. Landgraaf is exceptional value.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Been to Landgraaf a couple of times and would recommend it to anyone. People I have taken have then gone back again it is that good. I have never seen anywhere comparable in terms of indoor facilities. You can eat well there too. Finding it can be interesting but is not too bad.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Hey, I lve in Rotterdam, I have noticed a large dry ski area on the side of the river Rotte! is this one of the slopes being discussed?
If not has anyone been to it?
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tombeaton, it's not that hard to find, it's visible from about 20 miles away! 
I love snowworld - 20 minute drive after work and then I'm in the freezing cold which makes a nice change from sweltering in 30 degrees!
OK, so skiing is cheap at Landgraaf, food is good - however I'd steer yourselves away from the shop unless you want your eyes to start bleeding. Lovely, lovely stuff - just don't turn the labels over. E.g., I found a pair of ski boots there in December - drove 3 miles down the road to Decathlon - 100 euros saved!
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Prices look much better than UK snowdome prices. Still, there is no way I'm going all the way over there unless there is pow or actual mountains.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Jules, how long will you be in Belgium for? Landgraaf is only 75 minutes by car from Brussels.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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did I go to a different landgraaf? The food was shite, the equipment was a joke and the staff couldnt give a toss about anything. The only fun was dressing up in eisbaer hats in the shop and firing snow at the restuarant windows hockey stop stylee. I doubt I'll ever be back there, and that's alledgedly europe's best? I would hate to see the worst.
And it's in the limburg, even the dutch say they are weird down there.
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Alexandra, and Brussels is 90 minutes from Calais..?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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About 2 hours 15 if you hit it out of rush hour - the biggest bottleneck is on the Vilvoorde bridge on the E40 - you'd be better off taking the motorway by Lille - but I forget the number.
jonny's not wrong about the equipment... you'll be handed skis which come up to your chest, as soft as butter with a different DIN in each - so take your own.
Do NOT attempt to go to Landgraaf between November and March - it'll just make you "fighty". New Year's Day was lovely up there though. 
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