View of the Kiekkaaste and the Dollart – Nieuwe Statenzijl loop from Westerwoldsche Aa

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View of the Kiekkaaste and the Dollart – Nieuwe Statenzijl loop from Westerwoldsche Aa

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View of the Kiekkaaste and the Dollart – Nieuwe Statenzijl loop from Westerwoldsche Aa

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2.37km

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 1, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

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After 437 m for 11 m

After 634 m for 11 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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159 m

Nieuwe Statenzijl Border Crossing

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Here you pass the border almost inconspicuously. A cattle grid with a flag is the border.

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350 m

Viewpoint over the Dollard and Kiekkaaste

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Great view from the lock. Simply wonderful here on the 🇳🇱 side.

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398 m

View of the Kiekkaaste and the Dollart

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From here you have a great view of the Dollart and the Kiekkaasten.

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403 m

Buiten Aa Estuary and Fishing Hut

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Great place. You can walk for hours on the dike. The Kik box is also a small highlight

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541 m

Waaiboei Sculpture by Martin Borchert

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The Waaiboei (wind buoy), an eight meter high work of art in the form of a sea buoy, has stood on the dike next to the lock since 1996. With …

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712 m

Nieuwe Statenzijl

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Here is the border crossing to Holland,
You have a great view over the Dollart. From here you can see the viewing platform
in the mudflats on foot.
more info here:
ostfriesland.de/mein-ostfriesland/ferienorte/bunde/interessantes/kiekkaaste.html

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751 m

Glass Eel Migration Route

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Interesting and worth reading

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847 m

Marcellus Path to De Kiekkaaste Bird Hide

Highlight (Segment) • Mountain Hut

The Kiekkaaste, in the far east of the Wadden area, is the only bird watching hut outside the dykes in the Netherlands. This is accessible from the Nieuw Statenzijl lock …

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2.37 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.11 km

778 m

482 m

Surfaces

1.10 km

941 m

261 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 1 November

13°C

7°C

22 %

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Expect light wind and shifting conditions.

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Comments

August 10, 2025,Wanderung nach Kiekkaaste Vogelbeobachtungshütte

This hike takes us to the Netherlands.

We are at the Dollart. Where the freshwater of the Ems River mixes with the salty North Sea.

The sea dike ends at Nieuwe Statenzijl in eastern Groningen.

On the border between the Netherlands and Germany, the tidal river Eems flows into the Wadden Sea.

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September 18, 2024,Wandeling ....en nog even samen naar de "Kiekkaaste" met uitzicht op de Dollard

What a beautiful area, few birds but lots of peace

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July 24, 2024,Nieuw Statenzijl - De Kiekkaaste

Nice!!! I drove through the vegetable garden of the Netherlands to this beautiful spot! Lots of swallows, few water birds but.... stttt... what a peace

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