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Scheenesluis – Bridge over the Scheene loop from Nijetrijne

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Hiking trails & Routes

Netherlands

Friesland

Weststellingwerf

Scheenesluis – Bridge over the Scheene loop from Nijetrijne

Moderate

4.3

(13)

107

hikers

Scheenesluis – Bridge over the Scheene loop from Nijetrijne

04:29

17.8km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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Includes movable bridges

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After 4.07 km for 28 m

After 13.6 km for 28 m

After 16.1 km for 5 m

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The ancient forests and their swamps

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Rest Stop and Information Shelter — Rottige Meenthe

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Here you can rest; shelter from the rain and find information about the area

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Scheenesluis

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Nice old lock, one of many ...

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The Last Penny Sluice

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House at the lock - ships with peat left the peat here; and the last money was spent on a drink before the long trip to South Holland. Now bed & breakfast ...

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9.47 km

The Veensluisje near Braandemeer

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The lock is very characteristic for this area. It is probably the only one of its kind in our country. That is why Mr. G. van der Meulen of Staatsbosbeheer in the early 1980s to bring the dilapidated lock back to life.

In order to be able to transport the peat by ship outside the polders, simple wooden locks were built in the polder dikes at several places.

Every peat boss had his own lock. Several dozen of these locks were once built in Westellingwerf in the low moor areas, both along the Linde and the Tjonger or Kuinder. These were locks that often only consisted of two lock heads with a so-called green vortex in between. The lock walls in such locks were therefore not lined. In short, the locks were actually no more than a piece of heifer closed off with two doors

The lock was renovated in 1997 and carried out as a work-learning project by students of the MTS "De Friese Poort in Drachten

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