In old footsteps on the Vasserheide

Near Vasse you can enjoy a lovely walk through the Twente esland landscape. You will pass through the romantic Springendal and an ancient burial ground on the Vasserheide.

Beautiful Springendal
The route takes you through a moist deciduous forest and via a beautiful open path over the Hezinger es, one of the higher points in the area. You have beautiful views here. A little later you walk into the Springendal. This nature reserve is nicknamed the'Garden of the Netherlands\\\'. Here you can indulge your romantic heart at the beautiful ponds and narrow streams in the middle of the quiet forest.

Vasserheide
After walking for a while along fields and meadows over the rolling eskers, you reach the Vasserheide nature reserve. The silence here is given extra charge, because you walk through an ancient burial ground. The burial mounds date from the period 4000 to 2500 BC. So you are following in historical footsteps here, because this region is one of the oldest inhabited areas in the Netherlands.