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The Top 20 Natural Monuments around Midden-Drenthe

Midden-Drenthe’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20

beautiful natural monuments around Midden-Drenthe. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: November 14, 2025

The New Heavenly Realm

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'T Nije Hemelriek is a lovely swimming lake with beautiful white sand. There are playground equipment for the little ones and there is a kiosk and restaurant where you can eat.

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Dolmen D17 (Rolde)

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Nice piece of history of two very well-preserved hunebeds, because just behind them is hunebed D18.

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Aekingerzand Sand Dunes

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In the Aekingerzand, the forester successfully revived the drifting sand. Landscaped forests have been cut down so that the sand can blow free again. In this way, the original and …

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Fochteloërveen Boardwalk and Wetland Trail

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Watchtower de Zeven (komoot.nl/highlight/2702104) is a very nice place to look out over this area

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Mantingerzand Nature Reserve

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The Mantingerzand is located northeast of Hoogeveen and was created by the cutting of heathland sods and the presence of sheep in the area. It is without doubt one of the most beautiful shifting sand areas in the Netherlands.

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Hunebeds D21 and D22 near Bronneger

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here are recordings of the famous TV series Bartje.

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Dolmen D49 (Papeloze Kerk)

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Dolmen D49, also known as the Paploze Church, is a passage grave in the Sleenerzand nature reserve between Schoonoord and Noord-Sleen. The dolmen was built during the Funnel Beaker culture. …

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Dolmens D21 and D22

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Dolmens D21 and D22 are located next to each other and are therefore also called twins. Dolmen D21 is not only the most photogenic, because of the large beech that …

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World War II Tank Trench, Drentsche Aa

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Beautiful area, but part of the route runs right through the heath. The result is that at a certain moment you suddenly find yourself in a tank ditch. This is a very nice experience.

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Poepenhemeltje Redoubt

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The Poop Hemeltje is a place near Deurze in the Dutch province of Drenthe where there may be remnants of an old entrenchment by Bommen Berend or where a garden shed of the Vredeveld estate may have once stood.

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Pieterpad Monument, Balloërveld

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Artwork on the Pieterpad. It consists of a large boulder with plaque surrounded by a large circle with smaller boulders. The plaque shows the distance to St. Pietersberg (415 km) …

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Westerveld Noordenveld Coevorden Emmen Borger-Odoorn Aa En Hunze Nationaal Park Drentsche Aa Nationaal beek- en esdorpenlandschap Drentsche Aa Tynaarlo Hoogeveen Assen De Wolden Meppel Boswachterij Sleenerzand Drents-Friese Wold Dwingelderveld National Park Fochteloërveen Bargerveen

The Top 20 Natural Monuments around Midden-Drenthe

The New Heavenly Realm

Dolmen D17 (Rolde)

Aekingerzand Sand Dunes

Fochteloërveen Boardwalk and Wetland Trail

Mantingerzand Nature Reserve

Hunebeds D21 and D22 near Bronneger

Dolmen D49 (Papeloze Kerk)

Dolmens D21 and D22

World War II Tank Trench, Drentsche Aa

Poepenhemeltje Redoubt

Pieterpad Monument, Balloërveld

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