Veenhuizen - Westervelde - Norg
Linear walk, 19 km
You walk from the Hoofdweg through Veenhuizen, a Colony of Benevolence where paupers were formerly sent. They were educated and taught discipline. You walk past various historical buildings, such as the National Prison Museum. Afterwards, you walk along the Oude Norgerweg to the Slokkert. You walk through the Slokkert Valley to Westervelde. After passing Hunebed D2, you continue on to Norg. You walk through the old part of Norg to the Brink.
- shape
- line
- length
- 19 km 120
- location
- Drenthe, The Netherlands
- start
- bus stop Generaal van den Boschweg, Veenhuizen
- arrival
- Westeind / Kampweg, Norg
- path
- path:73% road:21% main road:6%
- elevation
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rise: 125m / fall: -128m
lowest: 3m / highest: 22m
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Points of interest
- Boscamping Langeloërduinen
- Het Vierde Gesticht (1831, 1874)
- Sint-Margaretakerk (XIII), Norg
- Generaal van de Boschweg, Veenhuizen
- Westeind, Norg
- Veenhuizen boeit
- Burial mounds (600B.C.)
- Hunebed D02
- Sterrenbos De Esch
- Brink Esweg
- Kerk Brink
- Brink Oosteind
- Parking lot Westeind, Norg
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