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Amsterdam Forest – View of The Pool loop from Aan de Poel

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Amsterdam Forest – View of The Pool loop from Aan de Poel

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Amsterdam Forest – View of The Pool loop from Aan de Poel

04:29

17.7km

30m

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: August 17, 2026

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Start point

Bus stop

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2.08 km

Amsterdam Forest

Highlight • Forest

Beautiful beautiful trees in this special forest, unfortunately not a quiet area due to all the traffic.

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7.35 km

On May 6, 1937, the first rowing competition was held on the then 2,200 meter long and 72 meter wide track. This concerned the 60th edition of the Varsity, which was previously held in the North Sea Canal. Because the Bosbaan was too short for the Varsity, this competition was moved to another location in 1940. The Bosbaan was only used once for this competition in 1971.
The Bosbaan was an alternative to the Amstel river and the Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeerpolder, where rowing competitions were also held. The water depth is 3 meters and therefore just meets the minimum requirement for international competitions.
To comply with the applicable rules for international rowing events, the Bosbaan has been widened twice. The first time in 1963 with an expansion to six lanes and 92 meters, prior to the 1964 European Championship. The second time was in 2001 to 118 meters and eight competition lanes to meet the current conditions for world championships.

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7.63 km

Meerzicht Farm

Highlight • Restaurant

Of course a pancake is part of a forest walk. Fortunately, this is also possible in the Amsterdamse Bos at Boerderij Meerzicht.
Children have fun in the playground and riders on horseback regularly come to the garage. Pause for the horse and a pancake for the rider!

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12.4 km

Amsterdam Forest

Highlight • Forest

The Amsterdamse Bos is three times the size of Central Park in New York, and twenty times the size of the Vondelpark in Amsterdam. The forest is entirely hand-built under the name Bosplan. This was an employment project in the crisis years of the 1920s and 1930s.

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15.2 km

Bridge to the Cherry Blossom Park

Highlight • Bridge

The bridge is 175 meters long. Initially, the bridge was made of bamboo (built in 2000), but that was not resistant to the weather. The bridge was renovated in 2020 and is now made of galvanized steel with composite bamboo uprights.

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15.5 km

Bloesempark

Highlight • Natural

Really beautiful, but incredibly crowded! So charming when it's in bloom.

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15.7 km

Cherry Blossom Park Amstelveen

Highlight • Natural Monument

Sakura, also known as the Cherry Blossom Festival, is a Japanese celebration of the arrival of spring. It is a tradition to have a picnic with family and friends under the beautifully blooming cherry trees. In Japan, flowers, and nature in general, have profound symbolic meaning. The cherry blossom symbolizes a new beginning, but at the same time reminds us of the fleeting and transience of life.

The Cherry Blossom Festival is organized in Amstelveen every year, usually in March or April. A special aspect of this festival is that in the year 2000 the Japan Women's Club (JWC) donated 400 cherry trees to Amstelveen. It is striking that each tree has a name, with 200 trees named after Japanese women's names and 200 trees after Dutch women's names.

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16.3 km

View of The Pool

Highlight • Lake

De Poel is a lake located between Amstelveen and the Amsterdamse Bos. This lake was created in the 19th century by peat excavations and has never been reclaimed. Today, De Poel is used by water sports enthusiasts, but it is also well-known among restaurant lovers thanks to the adjacent two-Michelin-star restaurant "Aan de Poel."

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17.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.6 km

5.79 km

665 m

345 m

220 m

106 m

Surfaces

5.71 km

4.66 km

3.30 km

2.08 km

1.74 km

224 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Thursday 27 August

22°C

17°C

86 %

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Comments

March 18, 2024,Rondje Amsterdamse Bos – Deel 2

Continuation of Rondje Amsterdamse Bos - Part 1 where I accidentally shut down Komoot after the first 2 km from the parking lot (B) to Bloesempark (A) :-). In total, a circular walk of 21 km. On the last stretch, the A9 crossing was not possible according to the original planning, due to the road works there. From there we …

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June 20, 2024,Rondje Amsterdamse Bos (B.H.)

A varied walk through a wooded area interspersed with open landscape and small and large water features, but if you go for peace and quiet then you should not walk here because it is certainly very noisy due to the many planes taking off and car traffic on the highway. Only that fisherman (photo), that didn't bother me....☺ I had …

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December 30, 2024,Amsterdamse Bos/🅿️Europarks.

Today I recorded a lap in the Amsterdam forest.🌳

Left from the 🅿️ at Europarks.

Nice lap with the noise of the highway in the background and the planes above you ✈️.

That was it for this year for me..

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March 12, 2023,Rondje Amsterdamse Bos

Walk through and around the Amsterdamse Bos. The walk includes:
- through the cherry blossom park;
- along the playground;
- over The Hill;
- along the locks;
- along De Nieuwe Meer;
- along the ring canal;
- the Bird Island;
- past the Goat Farm.
Part of the walk follows part 1 of the Pilgrim's Path.

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September 14, 2025,Wandeltocht Amsterdamse Bos

A beautiful loop through the Amsterdamse Bos, a diverse forest whose development began in 1934.
The route began at the Goat Farm parking lot.
Along the way, we stopped for a coffee at Meerzicht Farm.
This farm has been there since 1857, and in 1934, a tearoom was added, which is now a restaurant.
We also popped into the Boswinkel …

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Amsterdam Forest – View of The Pool loop from Aan de Poel

Amsterdam Forest

View of the Bosbaan

Meerzicht Farm

Amsterdam Forest

Bridge to the Cherry Blossom Park

Bloesempark

Cherry Blossom Park Amstelveen

View of The Pool

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