Tour of Radio Kootwijk and Kootwijkerzand observation tower

Your route starts at Brasserie 't Genot van Garderen. Those visiting Radio Kootwijk first experience the vast natural landscape and then suddenly find themselves face to face with the monumental former radiotelegraphy transmission station. The Sphinx exudes a mystical atmosphere and captures the imagination through its architecture and placement within the surroundings. From the observation tower on the Kootwijkerzand, you have a fantastic view over the Veluwe. This steel tower replaces an 8-meter-high wooden structure from 1999, which had to be demolished due to wood rot. The 13.5-meter-high observation tower stands on the largest sand drift in Western Europe. You truly experience that vastness here! The cycle route to and from Radio Kootwijk is equally interesting and leads from the village of Garderen through heathland, forest, and meadows.