Herzliya Park, Urban park in Herzliya, Israel
Herzliya Park is a large green space in the city with sports facilities, an artificial lake, and landscaped garden areas for various activities. Visitors find walking paths, playgrounds, and recreation areas distributed throughout the grounds.
The park's land was designated in Herzliya's 1974 master plan, on the area west of Jabotinsky Street, part of it over the seasonal winter pond known as HaBassa. Sports facilities came first: the national Olympic shooting centre opened in 1983 and the municipal stadium in 1985. Construction of the park itself began in 1996, and it opened officially on 18 October 2008 after stage one was completed.
The park has an amphitheatre and stage where classical music and programmes mixing classical with popular music are performed under conductor Gil Shohat. A 1,000-metre walking and running path and a 1,200-metre bike path draw daily runners and cyclists. The winter pond in the northern part, called HaBassa, is a seasonal pool kept within the landscape.
The park has parking areas, restrooms, and accessible pathways for visitors with different needs. There are also two cafes where you can refresh yourself, along with playgrounds and sports equipment located in various spots.
The northern part of the park preserves part of the Bashah (HaBassa), a broad winter pond kept in its natural state as part of the landscape design by Shlomo Aronson's office, planned 2004–2009. Birdwatching posts overlook it, and the pond fills only in the rainy season.
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