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The Doorn Boulder

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The Doorn Boulder

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The Doorn Boulder

Recommended by 274 hikers out of 307

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Utrechtse Heuvelrug

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Location: Doorn, Utrecht, Netherlands

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Versluis Martin

June 20, 2022

This boulder from Scandinavia was brought here during the ice age, about 150,000 years ago, by shifting ice sheets. The boulder has been on display on this pedestal since 1935.

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Adrián Moreno

October 2, 2020

Funny rock put on a stand. It came from Scandinavia in the Ice Age.

Bumble-Bee

November 19, 2021

This heavy boulder was one of the attractions of the Kaapse Bossen in the thirties. The colossus symbolizes the Ice Ages, when the shifting ice mass left behind many boulders from Scandinavia. And if you look closely at the base of the stone, you can discover letters. The text reads: The Doornsche Kei. Around 1900 people had more free time and tourism started, such as a trip to the Kaapse Bossen. The owners of the estate built several attractions in the forest. In addition to this boulder, two viewing towers and a stone table also provided entertainment for the visitor. You had to pay an entrance fee to see all that beauty.

(natuurmonumenten.nl/natuurgebieden/kaapse-bossen/route/wandelroute- Hoogtepunten-kaapse-bossen-doorn)

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