Westerwolde and Driestromenland

The Landscape

The landscape in Westerwolde looks different from the rest of Groningen. Here you will find no straight lines, but meandering streams, gentle slopes and winding roads in the landscape. Arable fields, hay meadows, grasslands, hedgerows and old forests together form a harmonious green landscape. Villages, hamlets and monumental farms still breathe the atmosphere of the past. The basis of this beautiful landscape was created from the last ice age. Westerwolde was isolated in an impenetrable swamp area and was almost uninhabited. A network of streams carried water from the swamp to the sea. It was not until the early Middle Ages that the first pioneers settled in the area. Gradually the population increased and hamlets arose that jointly managed the higher fields. The hamlets became villages and without their knowledge these farmers contributed to the unique and intimate landscape of Westerwolde as we know it today.

Bike with us

Route map

You will bike in the vicinity of the towns of Onstwedde, Vlagtwedde, Blijham, Vriescheloo, and Oude Pekela.

Start and finish at bike node 56 on the Veelerveensterweg in Veelerveen. However, this bike route is a circular tour, so it offers the possibility to start from any of the following bike nodes.

56 - 57 - 59 - 62 - 67 - 12 - 29 - 66 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 30 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 8 - 80 - 27 - 50 - 51 - 26 - 56