SBB is working on plans for a new fixed catering pavilion. Only that will take years. In the meantime, she wants recreational users to offer. She wants hospitality from a sea container, with a toilet facility and a terrace.
The intention is that the hospitality entrepreneur is the first point of contact for guests in the area. And he or she must keep an extra eye on behalf of Staatsbosbeheer, until closing time eight o’clock in the evening
One of the ten candidates who reported to SBB is an ‘old acquaintance’. Hospitality entrepreneur Siska Kanninga has also made a shot at the place, with which she has good experiences. “It is a beautiful place to stand, and my sea container Strand ’34 still exists. In other words, put your feet in the sand with me as soon as you come from the N34.”
In 2022 and 2023, Kanninga also stood with her blue sea container at the swimming pools. She kept order and picked waste lying around the bushes. According to Staatsbosbeheer, she was ‘an asset’. But about the extra cateringiosk, Staatsbosbeheer got it at the time with regular manager Tom Orsel from Paviljoen ‘t Nije Hemelriek.
He thought it was unfair competition, went to court, and was right. There was no competitive hospitality industry within a radius of 1 kilometer. There is still a lawsuit against SBB due to loss of income.