Easy hikes and walks around Bunderbos

Ensure waterproof footwear, because due to all the streams and springs, there are many mud puddles on the route that you have to go through.

Bunde station is the railway station of Bunde in the municipality of Meerssen. The first station building dates from 1862 and was of the standard SS 5th class type. This building was renovated in 1911, with the addition of a wing. In 1964, the building was demolished and replaced by the standard Douma type. 🅿️🚅 for free parking at the starting point of a beautiful walk through the Bunde and Elslooërbos forests. The railway line through the Bunder and Elslooërbos forests (part of the Maastricht-Venlo line) was constructed in the 19th century, with Bunde station opening in 1862. The construction of this line had a significant impact on the drainage of the slopes in this area at the time. Source/info: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Station_Bunde_(Nederland)

Text board: THE MEADOW It belongs to no one, and therefore to me. By the fence stands a secret tree where the wind also lives. Flowers embroider the grass, and by the ditch there are often traces of an animal that once lived there. Sometimes homesickness overwhelms you, then the silence overtakes you. When you sing, it passes. Nobody knows what I do there, perhaps I'm enchanted by that ununderstood meadow. Johanna Kruit, Can you see what you feel? 1991. Holland Johanna Anna Kruit (Zoutelande, December 14, 1940) is a Dutch author. Children's literature Biography Kruit grew up as the second oldest in a family of eleven children. Her father was a bookseller. Kruit attended junior high school and then worked as a nurse in a children's sanatorium. Afterward, she had a children's column in a regional newspaper for a while. When she developed a hernia later in life and was confined to bed for extended periods, she began writing. Source/info: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johanna_Kruit

Cultural Heritage Monument number 28467 Weerter Hof, manor house around an enclosed courtyard. Gatehouse, 1671-18th century; otherwise 1671-19th century. • Detached barn with hipped roof, 1831. Two pairs of gate pillars with vase crowns, 18th century. Source/information: https://monumentenregister.cultureelerfgoed.nl/monumenten/28467

Berceau Berceaus originate from a time when it was fashionable for upper-class women to look as white as possible. In the gardening context, a 'berceau' means a covered walkway or 'foliage' of trees or shrubs connected to create a tunnel-like effect. The word also comes from French and can mean 'cradle', and more broadly: birthplace, cradle of civilization, or a particular type of chisel (in art). Source/info: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berceau_(tuin)

Op ’t Rentelen In Bunde near the hamlet of Kasen lies the plot Op ’t Rentelen. We lease this plot of 1.3 hectares of agricultural land from the Province of Limburg for the next six years until 2027. We are going to transform this plot of 1.3 hectares of agricultural land into an ecological flower-rich grassland with a different revenue model. A revenue model in which not people but nature comes first. The province selected us based on our plans to lease this land. Source/info: https://www.thebutterflyhouse.nl/op-t-rentelen/

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This is NOT Mary, but a statue of Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia. Monastery garden where Elizabeth of Thuringia keeps watch. Elizabeth of Thuringia (1207-1231), also known as Elizabeth of Hungary, was a daughter of the Hungarian King Andrew II. Through her marriage, she became the Landgravine of Thuringia. As a Landgravine, she pursued the Franciscan ideal of piety. Her life was dedicated to charity. The Catholic Church commemorates her on November 17. More information: https://kro-ncrv.nl/katholiek/encyclopedie/e/elisabeth-van-thuringen https://nl.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_van_Th%C3%BCringen Reflection Park in Bunde https://www.bezinningsparkbunde.nl/