The Dwingelderveld is Europe's largest wet moorland area. It is covered by numerous fens and marsh flats featuring a wide variety of rare plants. At the same time, the moors are a habitat for rare species of butterflies and birds. The northern part of today's national park has been wooded since the mid-nineteenth century. There are beautiful pine forests in the Lheederzand and Lheebroekerzand, concealing small islands of idyllic moors and fens, such as the Zandveen (Sandmoor) and Groote veen (Big moore). The many characteristic juniper shrubs, clustered in vast thickets, are a very prominent feature.
The Dwingelderveld National Park is a heathland and woodland reserve of 3,700 hectares in the south-western part of the province of Drenthe in the Netherlands. This folder will help you find your way in the Dwingelderveld. Extensive moors, idyllic fens
