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Adventures in the Hondsrug Geopark
What excites you and what would you like to do during your visit to The Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark? Check here what adventures are on offer!
Welcome to The Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark
For all ages…
The first Geopark in the Netherlands
Heritage of the Ice Ages
The ridges and valleys of the unique Hondsrug landscape were created in the ice ages. Prehistoric people left archaeological treasures behind. For thousands of years man has re-shaped this land, creating a landscape that reflects all ages.
Experience it in the Hondsrug
What excites you and what would you like to do during your visit to The Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark? Check here what adventures are on offer!
The Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark is an area rich in geological and cultural remains. Shaped by the ice ages, it has an abundance of archeological remains, myths and legends.
Do you like hiking, biking, riding, or boating? Then start exploring the Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark and enjoy some of the many interesting and exciting routes in the area!
Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark invites you on a yourney through time. We'll tell you the story of the ice ages, the mammoths and the people who lived in the area. Are you coming?
The Hondsrug UNESCO Global Geopark has many special spots. Locations in the landscape where you can feel the past, like the hunebeds, old farming villages, ancient track-ways and more.
The museums on the Hondsrug bring the stories to life. Come and admire the archaeological finds, weapons, tools, art and jewellery, and even visit Van Gogh’s House.
Hills, hunebeds, old farmsteads, picturesque towns, archeological finds... they illustrate the history of the beautiful Hondsrug area.
At 22.5 metres long, hunebed D27 in Borger is the largest prehistoric stone burial monument in Drenthe. It […]
The area around Exloo is rich in glacial remains. In the last ice age the land ice did […]
Between the villages of Anloo and Schipborg is a nature reserve with a double name: De Strubben Kniphorstbosch. […]
After the last ice age about 10 thousand years ago, the climate began to grow warmer and wetter. […]
The Ballooërveld lies to the north of the village of Balloo. On the Ballooërveld you can really touch […]
This geologically and historically interesting walk near the picturesque town of Vries will take you to spots where […]
From the Hunebedcentrum in Borger you can make a nice cycling tour accross the Hondsrug. You’ll visit four […]
Flint is the local name for the erratic boulders from the Ice Ages. You will come across many […]
The city of Groningen was founded already in the eleventh century on the site of two old farming […]
Dear Theo, ‘I ‘d love to tell you about a trip to Zweeloo, the village where Liebermann stayed […]
Would you like to know more about the Ice Ages and the people who lived here? Then start […]
The best place to begin your expedition into the peat is the Veenpark in Barger-Compascuum, not far from […]
(Tree Top Path) The Boomkroonpad outdoor centre is the starting point for a number of cycling and walking […]
The Homanshof is an eighteenth century Saxon-style farmhouse in Anloo, a country village in the Drenthe municipality of […]
