The wide green plains around Valkenswaard

Just outside Valkenswaard there is a nature reserve full of beautiful heaths and fens. The fens are very diverse in size and you will find varied flora and fauna in and around these water bodies. For example, you will find round sundew, bell gentian, tormentil and devil's sewing thread. There are also many butterflies, dragonflies and occasionally you can see mammals such as rabbits and foxes running away. What a wonderful area to cycle through! Towards the end of the route you cycle past the St. Antonius Abt windmill. During the Second World War, part of the mill was used as a field hospital.