The most beautiful place in the Netherlands

Your route starts at MyHotel Steenwijk. Open water, reed beds, swamp forests... Weerribben-Wieden National Park is one of the most beautiful places in the Netherlands. This area is a fine example of how man can create special nature. From the twelfth century onwards, dikes were built to reduce the influence of the Zuiderzee and make the land suitable for habitation. After the discovery that dried peat was a good fuel, peat was cut in the Wieden for centuries and long, wide pits were created. Peat extraction in the Weerribben started later and rules were drawn up for it. That is why you do not see any large lakes here. The Eeserveld north of Steenwijk is part of the De Eese estate. You will find authentic buildings there, such as a castle from the seventeenth century.