Tour of the Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park

Your route starts at Restaurant Zalencentrum In de Tonne. This route takes you to the leafy forests and rolling hills between Hellendoorn and Heeten. You cycle along the Hellendoornse mountain, the Koningsbelt and the Haarlerberg, which are part of the Sallandse Heuvelrug. This landscape was created long ago by sliding ice, melting water and shifting sand. On the west side of this area you will discover a number of wet fens, where vulnerable animals such as the great crested newt and moor frog live. Between cycling junctions 53 and 57 you cycle past the Twilhaar National Labor Camp monument, in memory of the dozens of men who were deported from this former labor camp to Westerbork concentration camp. If you want to know more about the Sallandse Heuvelrug National Park, you can go to the visitor center at cycling junction 56.