Sportoase De Watermolen, Sint Niklaas: Two Indoor Pools at Two Temperatures
Sportoase De Watermolen in Sint Niklaas, Belgium, is a recently opened complex with indoor 50-meter and 25-meter pools kept at different temperatures, plus a wave pool and spray park. It was our Pool of the Month for March 2026.
Sportoase De Watermolen is a recently opened swimming complex in Sint Niklaas, in East Flanders, Belgium. It was an easy choice for our March 2026 Pool of the Month because of its indoor 50-meter and 25-meter pools, its family attractions and an unusually helpful website.
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Sint Niklaas, Belgium
- Drop-in
- Residents: €10.00; Senior Citizens (55) €8.50. Non-residents: €11; SC €9.50. [March, 2026]
- Pools
- 50m x 25m, 10 competition lanes or 13 training lanes, indoor
- 25m x 12.5m, 0.7m - 1.3m depth teaching pool, indoor
The pools at Sportoase De Watermolen
The indoor 50-meter and 25-meter pools are kept at different water temperatures. That solves a common problem, because swimmers prefer different temperatures, and each can choose the pool that suits them.
The complex also has a separate spray park and a wave pool, which draw younger visitors away from the part of the building where adults prefer to swim.
A website that answers questions
The facility has a comprehensive website that provides the information we want before visiting a pool. It even includes a schedule showing when the 50-meter pool is laid out for long-course swimming. Few pools publish this, and it answers a question we are often asked.
The schedule is a Dutch-language PDF, so you may need to copy and paste it into an online translation tool. Places2Swim is not connected with the facilities we list and has no inside information about them, so check the facility's website for its current schedule.