Living with water
This cycling tour takes you back to the last Ice Age. The marshy peatland made it impossible to build in this area. Peat cutting, flooding, land reclamation… everything that happened here is inextricably linked with water. At that time there was too much water in Friesland. Yet the people who lived in this area chose to battle with all that water. Why? Find out during this cycling tour.
The cycling tour takes you from the town of Wolvega, along the river Linde and through the wonderfully tranquil countryside of southeast Friesland. The landscape is characterised by peat polders, various kinds of water and nature reserves.
To listen to the remarkable stories that forester Arjan Postma tells at each point along the way, use the izi.TRAVEL app.
Sights on this route
Windmolen de Rietvink
In het Friese dorp Nijetrijne staat een molen met een bijzonder verleden. Windmolen de Rietvink werd in 1855 gebouwd en tot 1964 fungeerde de molen als poldermolen. Deze molen werd gebruikt voor het droogleggen van de veenpolder.
Bird-Watching Hut for Birds that Don’t Exist
This little bird-watching hut on the hiking trail through the Rottige Meenthe nature reserve is a very unusual bird-watching hut…
Spanga Bell Tower
The substantial wooden bell tower in the Frisian village of Spanga was installed in the graveyard in 1989. But there was a problem. The cost of building the bell tower did not leave enough money to buy a bell. What was to be done?
Eindpunt route Leven met het water
Eindpunt route Leven met het water
Directions
Luister naar de verhalen van boswachter Arjan Postma via de Izi travel route app:
https://izi.travel/en/browse/924184e2-96ce-4028-a582-f0a6da985502
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Eindpunt route Leven met het water
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Edible Friesland - Lauwersmeer Lake-Wadden Sea Coast Food Route
Edible Friesland - Lauwersmeer Lake-Wadden Sea Coast Food Route
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Foodroute van Wouden, Mieden naar voormalig Wad
Foodroute van Wouden, Mieden naar voormalig Wad
(39.0 km)Buitenpost -
Ontdek het mooie van Heerenveen en Wolvega
Ontdek het mooie van Heerenveen en Wolvega
(45.3 km)Heerenveen
