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Aekingerzand Sand Dunes – Aeckinger Vlakte loop from Appelscha

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Netherlands

Friesland

Ooststellingwerf

Aekingerzand Sand Dunes – Aeckinger Vlakte loop from Appelscha

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runners

Aekingerzand Sand Dunes – Aeckinger Vlakte loop from Appelscha

04:59

42.8km

60m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 30, 2026

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Drents-Friese Wold

Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld

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Start point

Parking

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6.91 km

Boardwalk Drents-Friese Wold

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Beautiful place, but be careful: can be slippery!

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7.40 km

Dog and Horse Bathing Pond, Drents-Friese Wold

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Nice swimming location for the dogs.

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7.70 km

Sandy Beach at Canadameer

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8.16 km

Bench by Canadameer

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10.7 km

Heather fields at Drents-Friese Wold

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Here you walk through the beautiful heathlands that are so characteristic of this nature reserve. Especially beautiful in August and September, when the heather is in bloom.

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11.4 km

Sandy Trail in Drents-Friese Wold

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Don't be alarmed by the lump of sand that comes out of your shoes when you take them off.

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17.5 km

Tilgrup

Lake

37.7 km

Aekingerzand Sand Dunes

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In the Aekingerzand, the forester successfully revived the drifting sand. Landscaped forests have been cut down so that the sand can blow free again. In this way, the original and …

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37.8 km

Aeckinger Vlakte

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Beautiful and largest active sand drifts in the Northern Netherlands.

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42.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.1 km

16.9 km

1.66 km

693 m

372 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

25.2 km

10.5 km

5.22 km

882 m

686 m

300 m

Elevation

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Aekingerzand Sand Dunes – Aeckinger Vlakte loop from Appelscha

Boardwalk Drents-Friese Wold

Dog and Horse Bathing Pond, Drents-Friese Wold

Sandy Beach at Canadameer

Bench by Canadameer

Heather fields at Drents-Friese Wold

Sandy Trail in Drents-Friese Wold

Aekingerzand Sand Dunes

Aeckinger Vlakte

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