지월데‬에서 가장 멋진 ‪20‬개의 천연기념물

A completely new work of art has recently been delivered as additional information about the centre of the Netherlands. This is a scale replica of a map of the Netherlands in steel.

Very beautiful artistic carving.

Before 1830, the Beekhuizerzand was part of a large quicksand area. Between 1880 and 1930, it was planted with pine trees on a large scale, especially to prevent dusting. It was also used as a military training area and opened for recreation from 1963. In 2004, many fly pines were felled and the top layer removed from the ground, so that it has become a real quicksand area where the destructible sand has been released again. The area is grazed by sheep.

Just a “wow effect” when you pass by!

The center of gravity of the mainland area of the Netherlands. In 1984, geologist Frank Storbeck calculated that the center of gravity was in Putten. He digitized the edges of the Netherlands and the inland waterways and calculated the center of gravity of the mainland using the computer. Storbeck did this on behalf of the theater maker Harrie Hageman, who had set himself the goal of organizing a funny happening about the discovery of the center of gravity in the Netherlands. [1]Hageman had an iron ring anchored to a boulder in the ground at the calculated location. This monument was unveiled with the words “Lift the Netherlands by this ring and no one will notice.” The ring with stone was lifted and kidnapped in 2007 as part of a New Year's Eve stunt. Kadaster recalculated the point for an episode of the television show Het Klokhuis in 2016. They then arrived at a location in the municipality of Ermelo. [2]But this was mainly because this calculation also included land that dries up at low tide. The found center then shifts through the Wadden Sea in the north. If you calculate the center based on the high water mark, you get to about 2 km from the top of Storbeck. The difference can be partly explained by calculation uncertainties, as Storbeck calculated it partly manually, but the exact location found also depends on the definitions used, boundary changes and coastline changes. Source: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographic_middelpunt_van_Nederland goo.gl/maps/dqdxCASQqGiAt2GP6

Special wood carvings along the Medusa cycle path. Straight from Greek mythology. Don't look at her ;-)

Made by Theo Borger and André van Beek from Putten. They have now also made a group of 3 monks and a fox. A little further in the forest (spot the highlight).

One of the beautiful quicksand areas in the region - although not really natural, but it's worth it as you don't find something like that often.