Fen route Oisterwijk

There is nothing more wonderful than a long walk through the forests near Oisterwijk. You can hardly imagine it, but the Oisterwijk Forests and Fens were once a vast heathland. The Scots pines you walk among were planted at the beginning of the nineteenth century for mining and shipbuilding. You will pass, among other things, the Kolkven, the largest fen in the Oisterwijk forests. This fen was not carved out by polar winds, but eroded by the swirling water of an old meltwater river. The Kolkven is therefore deeper than the other fens. Nowadays people walk along the Brandven at their leisure, 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.