Old farms, peat bogs, memories of the oil industry, a former peat litter factory and a narrow-gauge railway are all to be found on this beautiful, varied cycling trail along the border between Drenthe and Germany.
This 49-kilometre cycle route starts in Schoonebeek and takes you along the Dutch-German border through remarkable peat bogs, over the narrow-gauge railway track and past pumpjacks. Would you like to see the place where Vincent van Gogh lived and worked for a while in the 19th century? In that case, pay a visit to the Van Gogh Huis in Veenoord.
In Zandpol, you’ll find the turfcafe (peat c…
Old farms, peat bogs, memories of the oil industry, a former peat litter factory and a narrow-gauge railway are all to be found on this beautiful, varied cycling trail along the border between Drenthe and Germany.
This 49-kilometre cycle route starts in Schoonebeek and takes you along the Dutch-German border through remarkable peat bogs, over the narrow-gauge railway track and past pumpjacks. Would you like to see the place where Vincent van Gogh lived and worked for a while in the 19th century? In that case, pay a visit to the Van Gogh Huis in Veenoord.
In Zandpol, you’ll find the turfcafe (peat cafe), where the old machinery will take you back to the days when the peat litter factory was still in operation. In the Bargerveen peatland reserve, you can admire the beauty of nature from the various viewing hills and watchtowers.
The cycle route starts at the car park on the corner of the Europaweg and Burgemeester Osselaan, near Kerkeind 1, 7761 CL Schoonebeek (near node 01). There is ample free parking here. However, you can also use the signs to start the trail elsewhere.
This trail passes the following cycling nodes: 01, 34, 45, 24, 02, 23, 05, 04, 57, 58, 59, 62, 61, 88, 87, 86, 03 and 01. The trail can be shortened at cycling nodes 02, 05, 57 and 58.