The beautiful outskirts of Haaksbergen

This route takes you from Hotel De Kastanjefabriek through the Twente countryside around Haaksbergen. First you cycle to Landgoed Lankheet. The history of this 500 acre estate dates back to 1188! Here you can still see an old hoof landscape with ash trees, hedgerows and coppice woods. Characteristic are the vast forests with scattered heaths. Get off at the Oostendorpermolen from 1548, it is an idyllic spot. The Buurserzand nature reserve is a mosaic of heaths with hundred-year-old juniper berries, forests and orchid meadows. Just across the border in Germany you drive along the Ammeloer Venn, a nature reserve with wet and rough grasslands. At Rekken you cross the river Berkel, just outside Eibergen you grab a terrace at Hof van Eckberge.