Drentsche Aa National Park
Brook valley, hedges and heathland in a farmed landscape in Drenthe
The Drentsche Aa is a cultural landscape around the valley of a small river, and it looks nearly the same as in the mid 19th century. The 20th-century agricultural reforms bypassed it, sparing many hedges, heathlands and traditionally managed fields.
Things to do
- On footWalk the valley of the small river the Drentsche Aa
- Try thisLook for the hedges that survived the 20th-century reforms
- Try thisExplore the heathlands on the west side of the Hondsrug
- Try thisFind the traditionally managed fields known as 'essen'
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Essen
Traditionally managed fields spared from 20th-century transformation.