Wooldse Veen Nature Reserve – Wooldse Veen Nature Reserve loop from Oeding
Wooldse Veen Nature Reserve – Wooldse Veen Nature Reserve loop from Oeding
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Wooldse Veen Nature Reserve – Wooldse Veen Nature Reserve loop from Oeding
01:37
40.8km
80m
Road cycling
Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 14, 2026
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After 22.8 km for 108 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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1.10 km
German–Dutch Border Crossing at Oeding
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8.76 km
Venemansmolen Windmill
Highlight • Monument
Everything as before and it is also very well explained!
In an outbuilding is also an old diesel engine from 1935, which still works. (that looks like a steam engine)
All connected machines are still powered by leather belts.
Always open on Saturdays during the summer months and in August also on Sundays.
Who is there: definitely go and see!
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16.8 km
Korenmolen "De Vier Winden" in Vragender
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22.7 km
St. Gregory's Church
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32.7 km
Harmienehoeve Cheese Farm
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33.1 km
Wooldse Veen
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33.8 km
Wooldse Veen Nature Reserve
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In the middle of Varterholter Venn near Burlo, you will not only find high moors. Located right on the Dutch border you will find here and there very old landmarks that formerly formed the Kommiesenpatt (Low German Zöllnerpfad). These boundary stones "Fürstensteine" from Bentheimer sandstone carry on Münsterland side the prince-bishop coat of arms and on the Dutch side the Geldersche lion coat of arms as well as the year 1766.Nicht in former times coffee, tea, tobacco and cheese or even live cattle were traded in the small illegally border traffic.
Not infrequently you had to count on the border crossing so that strict customs officers searched a citizen for various "souvenirs". Today in 2017, this kind of "cheap" shopping is outdated. Gladly, however, is told in a cozy round about the adventures with the customs officers, about the tricks of the smugglers and some nifty hiding. From the Entenschlatt, led me the way through an exciting moorland along small smuggler trails, to the old rails that once rail passenger traffic between Borken and Burlo. Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck via Borken to Winterswijk was the name of the former route, which ended in 1961, however.
A very tedious but exciting MTB tour, around and in the Varterholter Venn
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34.2 km
Wooldse Veen Nature Reserve
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40.8 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
28.7 km
9.53 km
2.48 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
35.1 km
4.77 km
912 m
< 100 m
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Tuesday 7 July
24°C
16°C
34 %
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