Here you can look for flints yourself, i.e. pebbles, and knock on the stones yourself ... so don't forget your hammer and safety glasses, flints are very splintery!

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Peter T. 🚴🥾

September 3, 2024

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A geosite worth seeing, at one point children can even chip stones.

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Ihno Mertens

April 1, 2025

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Lots of information about the existing rocks

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