IJzeren Man - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

The Limburgs Openluchtmuseum Eynderhoof is an open -air museum in Nederweert-Eind in the Dutch province of Limburg. By demonstrating crafts and customs in the restored buildings, the museum functions for visitors as a traditional Peel village from the recent past. This museum focuses largely on games, food, drinks and crafts, but is also about discovery, experience and admiration, and is therefore suitable for all ages.

Boschmolenplas is a former gravel hole. The lake has become a household name in the diving-loving Netherlands and is even known far beyond the Belgian and German borders. Due to the excellent water quality, the Boschmolenplas is the scene of a very rich underwater flora and fauna.

Leenderheide is a nature reserve of 333 hectares, located on the territory of the Dutch municipalities of Heeze-Leende and Geldrop-Mierlo . It is owned by Het Brabants Landschap. It consists of a vast, dry heathland in the axil of the A2 and A67 motorways . There is also a high - voltage power line in the vicinity . The heath is interspersed here and there with small-scale pine plantations and some fly pine forest.

The Malpie is a nature reserve in the municipality of Valkenswaard .It is best known for its extensive heathland with many large and small fens. There is a walking and cycling area. A cycle path runs from the Venbergse Watermolen to Borkel en Schaft . From this path you have a view of the varied landscape with the fens and the black-headed gull colony. There are also marked hiking trails through the area.

The Plateaux-Hageven forms an international nature reserve of the Dutch Association of Nature Monuments and the Flemish Nature Point . More than 350 ha of this area is located in the Dutch municipalities of Bergeijk and Valkenswaard and more than 150 ha in the Belgian municipalities of Neerpelt and Lommel .

The Strabrechtse Heide is a nature reserve of approximately 1500 ha in the Dutch municipalities of Heeze-Leende , Someren and Geldrop-Mierlo, largely managed by Staatsbosbeheer . The heath takes its name from the hamlet of Strabrecht near Heeze. In July 2010, around 200 hectares of the area were damaged or destroyed in a wildfire that took over a week to put out.