The Mander Circles and the German Border Area

Fancy a beautiful cross-border route? This bike tour takes you into Germany through a beautiful green region full of forest. Along the way you will also discover the Mander circles.

Hezinger Es
You drive to the German border, along the Hezinger Es. An es is a high-lying field, typical for sandy soils like here. In this beautifully rolling area you seem miles away from the Netherlands, you feel that you are already close to Germany.

Germany in
The beautiful cycling landscape of Twente does not stop at the border: in the German state of Lower Saxony you can also cycle wonderfully through a beautiful coulisse landscape. Just north of Mander you cross the border again. Take a break at the Mander circles: two round fields that were created in the thirties of the last century by a certain Jannink. You can see the circles better from the air: pilots call them the'Beha van Jannink\\\'!