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Sculpture “The Bather” – Mosheuvels of Backershagen loop from Wassenaar

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Sculpture “The Bather” – Mosheuvels of Backershagen loop from Wassenaar

Moderate

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(27)

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Sculpture “The Bather” – Mosheuvels of Backershagen loop from Wassenaar

03:34

14.1km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 2.05 km for 321 m

Open: • sunrise-sunset (otherwise closed)

After 8.63 km for 5.36 km

Open: • April 1-September 30: 9:00 AM-7:30 PM • October 1-March 31, Public holidays & Tuesday-Sunday: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM (otherwise closed) Closed: • October 1-March 31, Monday

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.51 km

De Paauw House

Highlight • Historical Site

Huize De Paauw has been the town hall of the municipality of Wassenaar since 1925. The building is freely accessible during office hours, but only partially accessible.

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1.60 km

Raadhuis De Paauw – Parking and Start of Landgoederenroute

Highlight • Parking

You can park your car here for free. You will also find a starting point for various walking and cycling routes here. Including the Country House Route, which has been mapped out for both cyclists and walkers.

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1.61 km

Sculpture “The Bather”

Highlight • Monument

Bronze sculpture of a bathing woman.
It was created in 1995 by Carla Rutgers-Hendriksen.

The model for the sculpture was Rembrandt's painting “Young woman bathing”, painted in 1655 with Hendrickje Stoffels as model.

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1.98 km

Entrance to De Pauwhof Estate

Highlight • Historical Site

De Pauwhof is a country house in Wassenaar that was known for half a century as a breeding ground for artists. It is a national monument, designed by Joseph Cuypers.

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3.01 km

Mosheuvels of Backershagen

Highlight • Natural Monument

3.03 km

Moss Hills – Backershagen Estate

Highlight • Natural Monument

It looks special and you become curious about what is underneath those moss dunes.

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4.28 km

Groot Eschenbosch

Forest

7.37 km

Walking Path Along Pollard Willows

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

You can easily overlook it, but a super nice walking path runs parallel to the cycle path, indicated on one side with a red / white marked gate.

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8.57 km

Entrance to De Horsten

Highlight • Monument

Nice bike path, nice entrance gate

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11.3 km

De Horsten

Nature Reserve

14.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.34 km

4.12 km

3.20 km

213 m

171 m

Surfaces

4.20 km

3.34 km

2.46 km

2.43 km

1.30 km

308 m

Elevation

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Weather

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Thursday 2 July

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Comments

December 7, 2021,Wassenaar

Beautiful De Horsten as always. Well known area but somehow different on a quiet Tuesday morning. Thank you to Aad, I got this one from you and made some small changes since I wanted to walk the Molenpad (my favourite path in De Horsten)
No need to buy the entrance ticket at the moment.

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Sculpture “The Bather” – Mosheuvels of Backershagen loop from Wassenaar

De Paauw House

Raadhuis De Paauw – Parking and Start of Landgoederenroute

Sculpture “The Bather”

Entrance to De Pauwhof Estate

Mosheuvels of Backershagen

Moss Hills – Backershagen Estate

Walking Path Along Pollard Willows

Entrance to De Horsten

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