Kraggenburg, Vollenhove and Kraggenburg

Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 134432

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Provided by: Groots Genieten

24.7 km
01:27 h
435 kcal
10 m

Description

In the Noordoostpolder lies the town of Kraggenburg, where our cycling tour starts. The picturesque village has less than two thousand inhabitants. The town was named after a lightkeeper's house that also functioned as a toll house. This building was called Oud Kraggenburg and is one of the oldest buildings in the Noordoostpolder. After the reclamation, Kraggenburg was designated as an agricultural center: it turned out to be the ideal place for fruit growing and some arable farming. Where there was unusable clay loam in the soil, forests were planted. Farmers and agricultural workers therefore lived in the area, but when the National Aerospace Laboratory was established in Kraggenburg, the town also began to attract higher educated people. The new economic impulse made it possible to build more luxurious houses. In the core, the village atmosphere has always been preserved: the sense of community in the village is characteristic. At events, the villagers join forces to make something beautiful and cozy for and with each other. You cycle along the Voorsterbos, which was planted in 1944 and is one of the oldest forests in Overijssel. This part of the polder is too wet for agriculture, because the soil mainly consists of sand and boulder clay. The trees and vegetation are diverse and have attracted about sixty different bird species. Rare specimens such as the lesser spotted woodpecker, the beautifully singing nightingale and the cheerful whistling oriole can be found here, but birds of prey such as the honey buzzard and the sparrow hawk also feel perfectly at home in the Voorsterbos. Roe deer hide among the trees, but pine martens and small amphibians also live off the wealth that the forests, soil and water in the area have to offer. When it gets dark, the bats also become active.
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Directions

# Description Distance
38
38 (8317PW, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
Vergaand schip (Zwartemeerweg, 8317PB, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 2.56 km
14
14 (8317PC, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 6.64 km
34
34 (8326AX, Noordoostpolder, Flevoland, The Netherlands) 10.18 km
80
80 (8326AX, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, The Netherlands) 10.35 km
73
73 (8325BV, Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, The Netherlands) 16.88 km

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