Bargerveen Nature Reserve – Thatched Shelter by the Lake loop from Weiteveen

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Netherlands

Drenthe

Emmen

Bargerveen Nature Reserve – Thatched Shelter by the Lake loop from Weiteveen

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Bargerveen Nature Reserve – Thatched Shelter by the Lake loop from Weiteveen

01:41

28.9km

30m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes a ferry crossing

Check ferry timetable.

After 14.0 km for 15 m

Waypoints

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Bus stop

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793 m

Peelzicht Hill Viewpoint

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You can take a short break here. Nice view over the lake. Seating is available.

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919 m

Cycling Paths Through Bourtanger Moor - Veenland Nature Park

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Beautiful, mostly quite straight cycle paths in the NSG Bargerveen that allow a good view of the diverse moorland landscape.

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5.64 km

Bargerveen Nature Reserve

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After the peat bog was extracted in the 1960s, the Dutch Forestry Commission began the renaturation of what is now the Bargerveen nature reserve. Today, due to its exceptional diversity …

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7.07 km

Thatched Shelter by the Lake

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This is a nice, quiet area where you can enjoy walking and cycling. It is still a large living raised bog area.

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9.71 km

Hoogevense Vaart at Junction 93, Zwartemeer

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Zwartemeer at Knooppunt-93, a very beautiful border town of the municipality of Emmen at the Van Echten Kanaal!

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14.1 km

Scholtens Kanaal Hand-Pulled Ferry

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By muscle power it goes here with the edges over the channel

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24.7 km

Cycle path through the Bourtanger Moor - Veenland

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Just great what the Dutch have built on bike paths there

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25.2 km

Bargerveen Nature Reserve

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The cycle paths in this moorland area are simply great. It is something special that concrete slabs can be laid and maintained so seamlessly. We Germans can learn a lot …

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