Fen route Oisterwijk

Nothing is more wonderful than a long walk through the woods below Oisterwijk. You can hardly imagine it, but the Oisterwijk Forests and Fens were once a vast heathland area. The Scots pines you walk among were planted at the beginning of the nineteenth century for mining and shipbuilding. You will pass the Kolkven, the largest fen in the Oisterwijk forests. This fen was not carved out by polar winds, but was carved out by the swirling water of an old meltwater river. The Kolkven is therefore deeper than the other fens. Nowadays people walk leisurely along the Brandven, but in the past it was sometimes stressful here: the water from this fen was used to extinguish fires. Your route starts at Boshuys Hermitage with its beautiful terrace on the water.