Walking between Den Hout and Breda

You can take a beautiful varied walk between Den Hout and Breda. This route takes you through the Vrachelse Heide and the Lage Vuchtpolder. You will also pass the Spinolaschans. Vrachelse Heide The route starts at Camping Vrachelen Soon you will walk onto the Vrachelse Heide. This nature reserve consists mainly of coniferous forest. It is wonderfully quiet walking here, a great opportunity to recharge the proverbial battery. When you walk out of the woods, you pass some characteristic Kempen long-gable farms with Flemish barns.Lage Vuchtpolder, The Lage Vuchtpolder mainly consists of wet, flowery hay meadows. You will see moisture-loving plants and meadow birds such as black-tailed godwit and redshank. During the Eighty Years' War, this polder was part of the Breda defense lines. It could be flooded to make life miserable for the enemy. The Spinolaschans is part of this history. This unique heritage was created in 1637 by Frederik Hendrik. He built an entrenchment built earlier in 1625 by Spinola.