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Solse Gat – Speulderbos loop from Netherlands

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Solse Gat – Speulderbos loop from Netherlands

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Solse Gat – Speulderbos loop from Netherlands

04:12

16.4km

60m

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: May 22, 2026

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Veluwe

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Start point

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795 m

Forest walk in the Veluwe

Highlight • Forest

Beautiful environment

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2.76 km

According to folk tales, there used to be a monastery here, where dark practices took place... The abbot and the monks who lived in the beautiful monastery did not take the pious life very seriously. They drank gallons of wine, gorged themselves during meals and organized meetings with witches and ghosts. Together they danced until it became light again.

This went on for a long time. The monks partied, drank and enjoyed life. Until, sometime in the Middle Ages, a stormy Christmas evening put an end to the wicked excesses in the forest. Suddenly, local residents heard a huge lightning strike. The next morning a little boy passed by the site and discovered that the entire monastery had disappeared into a large hole in the forest. All that could be seen were some uprooted trees around the site, the brick path that was the access road and a deep hole.

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7.13 km

Speulderbos

Highlight • Forest

A hilly forest on the Veluwe, known for its ‘dancing’ trees with crooked trunks and lush vegetation. The Speulderbos offers beautiful walking routes through an enchanting landscape, especially atmospheric with morning mist or low-hanging sun, ideal for nature lovers and photographers.

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7.24 km

Forest Views in the Veluwe

Highlight • Forest

7.32 km

Speulderbos (Forest of the Dancing Trees)

Highlight • Forest

People used to think that the Speulderbos was haunted. A musician is said to have played in the forest for a group of horsemen, for whom he had also played at Staverden Castle the night before. Both times the riders allegedly behaved rather unpleasantly towards the musician. As punishment, they were turned into dancing trees in the forest. Do you still recognize the dancing horsemen in the tribes?

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7.39 km

Bench With a View of the Dancing Trees

Highlight • Viewpoint

11.6 km

Bergsham Burial Mounds

Highlight • Historical Site

Along the walking path are the 7 burial mounds of Bergsham. These burial mounds already attracted the attention of researchers in the 19th century. These burial mounds contain dozens of graves with cremated remains from the Middle Bronze Age. It's about people who know each other. This concerns at least 36 people who were cremated. Their ashes are buried in the burial mounds.

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15.6 km

Boswachterij Speulder en Sprielderbos

Nature Reserve

16.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.8 km

3.23 km

1.84 km

502 m

Surfaces

7.34 km

6.05 km

1.79 km

600 m

533 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Thursday 25 June

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Solse Gat – Speulderbos loop from Netherlands

Forest walk in the Veluwe

Bench at Solse Gat

Solse Gat

Speulderbos

Forest Views in the Veluwe

Speulderbos (Forest of the Dancing Trees)

Bench With a View of the Dancing Trees

Bergsham Burial Mounds

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