Walking through the Trentse Forests

It is wonderful to walk through the area around Oventje, a hamlet near Uden in Brabant. This route takes you through Oventje and the Trentse Bossen.

Trent Forests
The Trentse Bossen is a dry sandy area where mainly Scots pine and American oak grow. You walk on often straight paths. It is nice and quiet to walk here. A great opportunity to forget the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Or to catch up with your fellow hikers. In the rural area around Oventje you walk past meadows and fields. At junction 70 you will see Sint Victor, a flour mill from 1938.

Storm disaster of 1925
Oventje is a hamlet that probably owes its name to the medieval brick oven, some remains of which were found in 1982. You will see some characteristic farms there. Just past junction 69 is a very unique monument: a broken electricity pole. The metal pole collapsed during the infamous storm disaster of 1925. A plaque has been placed on the pole in memory of the visit that Queen Wilhelmina paid to Oventje after the tornado.