Cycling through Southeast Drenthe

In Drenthe you can still take beautiful long bike rides through the vast silence and the historic landscape. This route takes you through the former peat area behind Coevorden and the German border.

Amsterdamscheveld
The area around the Amsterdamscheveld hamlet once belonged to an extensive raised bog. In 1850, a group of Amsterdam investors bought a piece of peat land here that served as a hunting ground until the early 1900s. It was later excavated. On Griendtsveenstraat you will pass three former staff houses (at numbers 39, 41 and 57) of the family that ran the Griendtsveen Turfkruidsel Maatschappij. They are national monuments. A little further on you will pass the unique Industrial Narrow Gauge Museum where there are two other national monuments.

Picturesque Schoonebeek
In the hamlet of Oosterse Bos you drive past some monumental Saxon farms from the early 1800s. Schoonebeek is one of the oldest mining villages in Drenthe, it was founded in the thirteenth century. In 1943, the second largest oil field on mainland Western Europe was found here. Oil was extracted here until 1996. There is still an old-fashioned yes-man in the center of Schoonebeek as a reminder. After this special route you can refuel at Camping and Bungalow Park De Wolfskuylen. Here you will find all the facilities for a carefree holiday.

Industrial Narrow Gauge Museum
Just before the village of Weiteveen, near the German border, you pass the Industrial Narrow Gauge Museum. This unique museum was founded in 1984 and has a collection of field railway locomotives, wagons, tools, photos and other museum material. You can take a tour through a beautiful area on a largely original route that was previously used for peat transport. During the ride you will pass the only remaining peat litter factory in the Netherlands. There is also a 4-track narrow-gauge depot from 1910 on the museum grounds. Both the peat litter factory and the depot are national monuments. Would you like to discover even more of Drenthe during your stay at Camping and Bungalow Park De Wolfskuylen? Then also drive routes 341570 and 341571.