Het Oude Diepje

This water is called Het Oude Diepje, formerly also called De Raken or Oude Reitdiep. Until the early 17th century, the Oude Diepje was part of the Reitdiep. In 1629, a canal was dug near Garnwerd, making this part of the Reitdiep. The Oude Diepje has the appearance of a stream valley as a result of centuries of silting up of soil in the time when it was still part of the Reitdiep. The ground silted up in places up to 2 meters.

This stretch along the water is as Dutch as it gets. Farmland with green pastures, sheep, horses and cows. And hopefully a beautiful blue Dutch sky above.

Flat, grain and cow and horse. If you're lucky some sheep clouds. Nice to walk here once as a Randstad resident. But it is not the most varied part of the Netherlands.