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Valtherbos Forest

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Valtherbos Forest

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Location: Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands

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1. Hiding Place Valtherbos – Dolmen D35 loop from Emmen

17.3km

04:22

30m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Hiding Place Valtherbos – Dolmen D35 loop from Klijndijk

6.33km

01:36

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Dolmen D38 – Hiding Place Valtherbos loop from Valthe

14.6km

03:42

30m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Rob T 🚶🏿‍♂️🚲

January 2, 2025

North of Emmen lies the Valtherbos, no less than 448 ha in size, where you can walk along winding paths, between various types of coniferous and deciduous trees. Are you coming just before or just after sunset? Then it is even quieter here, the colours are even more beautiful and there is a good chance that you will spot deer or wild boar. The Valtherbos is also home to Europe's smallest bird, the goldcrest. From beak to tail tip only 8.5 cm in size. Because of their size, but also because they like to stay in the tops of coniferous trees, you do not spot them easily. Only by their song do you know that they are there.

Always beautiful is the drumming of the great spotted woodpecker or the black woodpecker that you regularly hear here. A woodpecker does this drumming for various reasons; to mark out a territory, to make it known that a partner is being sought, or to find food. With its drumming it chases insects away which, startled by the vibrations in the bark, emerge. An easy prey for the lightning-fast woodpecker. The Valtherbos was created in the 1920s, but contains traces from a much more distant past. Here you will find no fewer than four dolmens, ancient burial mounds and a pingo ruin. The hiding place you encounter along the way tells the impressive story of 16 Jewish Emmen residents who managed to survive the Second World War by hiding here.

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Theo

June 16, 2024

The Valtherbos is a forest of almost 450 hectares north of Emmen, planted in the 1920s.

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Elevation 60 m

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Location: Borger-Odoorn, Drenthe, Netherlands

Valtherbos Forest

1. Hiding Place Valtherbos – Dolmen D35 loop from Emmen

2. Hiding Place Valtherbos – Dolmen D35 loop from Klijndijk

3. Dolmen D38 – Hiding Place Valtherbos loop from Valthe

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