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The Aekingerzand is a vast area of sand drifts that is part of the Drents-Friese Wold National Park . The Aekingerzand is located near Appelscha in the border area of ​​the provinces of Drenthe and Friesland. Areas with drifting sand are relatively rare in the Netherlands. The Aekingerzand is one of those areas. On the edge of the area is a watchtower, which was built in 1995 by students of the Special Youth Work.

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Duinen Zathe Amusement Park

Duinen Zathe Amusement Park

3.7km from Aekingerzand

Duinen Zathe is an amusement park in the place Appelscha in the Dutch province of Friesland. The larger, automatic attractions include the Super Nova, the Flying Swing gondolas and the rollercoaster Big Apple. There is also a water slide and regular slides.

Drents-Friese Wold National Park

Drents-Friese Wold National Park

5.83km from Aekingerzand

Drents-Friese Wold National Park is one of the largest areas of natural beauty in the Netherlands. Over 6,000 hectares of forest, heathland, shifting sands and brook valley grasslands were designated to become a national park in the year 2000.

Blauwe Meer

Blauwe Meer

9.19km from Aekingerzand

A beautiful artificial lake southeast of Hoogersmilde in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands. A beautiful location for bathing, with controlled water quality. This lake was was formed by quarrying the sand needed for the brick.

Diependal

Diependal

11.8km from Aekingerzand

Diependal is a wetland nature reserve in Central Drenthe . It is managed by the Drenthe Landscape . The area borders the Hijkerveld near the village of Oranje . Not far from Diependal is the Fochteloërveen . Diependal is 1000 hectares in size. There is a bird hide in Diependal . The red-necked grebe can sometimes be seen from this hut. There is a long tunnel of 160 meters long, at the end of which is the hut. There is a booklet available in which observations can be noted.

Museum De Koloniehof

Museum De Koloniehof

11.99km from Aekingerzand

The De Koloniehof museum is a memorial museum dedicated to the work of the Society of Benevolence , which founded various colonies in the then United Kingdom of the Netherlands in the first half of the 19th century as part of the fight against poverty. The museum shows the history of the origin of the colonies in Drenthe and Overijssel and the life of the settlers.

Holtingerveld

Holtingerveld

14.76km from Aekingerzand

Holtingerveld is a Natura 2000 area in the Dutch province of Drenthe . Before 2013, it was referred to as Havelte-East. The Holtingerveld is not a national park, but together with the national parks Dwingelderveld and Drents-Friese Wold it forms the natural and cultural landscape of the Drents-Friese border region.

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Friesland

Friesland

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Friesland is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. Friesland is a unique region of the country as its locals speak their own language known as Frisian. The province is primarily an agricultural region and is the birthplace of the Frisian Cattle and black Frisian horse. Aside from agriculture, tourism plays a major role in the province’s economy.

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