Westerheide周辺のアトラクション＆必見スポット - トップ20

Beautiful trails through a well-maintained area.

The heath in this area, called the Zuiderheide, used to be a communal heath where farmers grazed sheep. Now it is a beautiful nature reserve that turns purple at the end of the summer.

Beautiful views over the heath.

There are still 14 burial mounds in the Goois nature reserve. One of these burial mounds is located here. These may not be entered as they are protected monuments. The burial mounds are the only visible remains of our ancestors and date from the Bronze Age (2000-800 BC). At that time, the Gooi was a wooded landscape. The later deforestation of the forest created the first moors here. In these early moors, people built burial mounds in honor of their deceased, in which sand and turf were layered on top of each other. These are circular burial mounds with a height of 0.5 to 1.5 meters and a diameter of 5 to 10 meters. The cremated remains were placed in bronze urns. Other additions included daggers, an axe, bronze bracelets, arrowheads and tools made of flint or a drinking cup for the afterlife. Some finds have been collected in museums such as the Hofland Geological Museum and the Goois Museum. Most finds are kept in the provincial archaeological depot in the Huis van Hilde in Castricum.

smooth gravel and great views!

Enjoy a fast gravel ride with a view over Westerheide. It can be busier with walkers and various types of cyclists. If you're lucky, you might see different animals like sheep and Scottish Highlanders.

Beautiful free-standing trees invite you to take a break

The hill is an old longitudinal dune, created in the last ice age. Before the entire nature reserve came into the ownership of the Goois Nature Reserve, part of this nature reserve was a military training area, with a shooting range. In the distance you can see the Broadcasting Tower of Hilversum, 196 meters high.