Oranjezon Nature Reserve

Oranjezon Nature Reserve

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Oranjezon Nature Reserve

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Running

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Cycling

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Road cycling

5.0

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Location: Veere, Zeeland, Netherlands

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December 4, 2016

Hiking

The former drinking water production area has been under nature conservation since 1988. The landscape is dominated by dunes, dune valleys, deciduous and coniferous trees. On the horizon stretch the original, hilly shifting dunes, which are overgrown with shrubs and dune grass. The silence in this area is quite untypical for Holland; You can walk for hours through the dunes here.

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Claudia 🚶🏼‍♀️🚴‍♀️

April 4, 2018

Hiking

In the 13th century AD, the swamps west of Vrouwenpolder were dammed and dammed. This is how u.a. the barley poles and the Beekhoekspolder. The sand from the beach of Domburg formed by wind and storms the first dunes. As a result, over time, the area came to an untouched, wild dune landscape "Oranjezon" zoom.
The area was part of the old Margraviate of Veere and got its name from the original owners, the Counts of Nassau, later Prince of Orange.
In this area you can walk and enjoy nature. Free-roaming and wild horses can also be visited here.

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Pauline van der Waal

August 26, 2020

Hiking

Oranjezon was long used as a water extraction area. Water was purified by the dune sand and thus produced clean drinking water. Nowadays Oranjezon is a beautiful nature reserve. It is a varied area where you see many plants and animals. You can also bump into roe deer and fallow deer.

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