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Dike Workers Water Adventure Trail

(26.6 km)

The Dike Workers Water Adventure Trail takes you on a tour of northeast Friesland with Beitske as your guide. She was a woman who lived in one of the local mound villages and will take you to several places of interest in this part of Friesland. Beitske will tell you about dikes and mounds and events past and present. She was born in the little village of Hegebeintum, where the route starts. You set off from the highest mound in the Netherlands and travel along dikes, eventually arriving at the hamlet of Zwarte Haan. Along the way, you learn a lot about the nature in the area and the construction of dikes and mounds. You also get to see unique works of art and hear about heroic rescues. The Dike Workers Water Adventure Trail promises to be great fun.

Sights on this route

Visitor's Center 'Terp Hegebeintum'

Hegebeintum, a small village in North East Friesland, known for its high mound. Activities around and in the village are announced here.

Visitor's Center 'Terp Hegebeintum'

DOBBEPAARDEN PHOTO ARTWORK

Discover the reclining photo artwork in the middle of the Ozingadobbe, the place where the horses got trapped in 2006.

DOBBEPAARDEN PHOTO ARTWORK

Dijktempel (dike temple) at Marrum

This spectacular work of art by Ids Willemsma is a great place to land. It is described as a ‘Dike Temple’. But what is it really?

Dijktempel (dike temple) at Marrum Dijktempel Marrum

De Heining: klimaatverandering

O, zo vervelend als je net op de fiets zit: een stortbui. Een extreme plensbui van meer dan 60 mm per etmaal is bovendien best zorgelijk. De waterbeheerders liggen er wel eens wakker van.

De Heining: klimaatverandering

It Noarderleech - Noard Fryslan Butendyks

Want to get a breath of fresh air on these salt marshes outside the dikes? This area is a very popular attraction for birds, a sloppy million of them pay a short or longer visit every year. It's rough, wide and often you're the only one of your kind here!

It Noarderleech - Noard Fryslan Butendyks

Noarderleech Bunker and Training Base

The famous Noarderleech bunker is situated near the coastal dike in Hallum. The training base for bombers that the Germans set up here was part of the military air transport command at the Leeuwarden air base.

Noarderleech Bunker and Training Base

Bezoekerscentrum Aerden Plaats

Visit the "Earthy Place" and discover both the cultural history and contemporary art of the Bildt. The Archaeological Centre shows the history of this area and specific facts of the Bildtse culture.

Bezoekerscentrum Aerden Plaats

Oudebildtdijk

De historische Oudebildtdijk langs de Friese Waddenkust in Noardwest Fryslân biedt een dijk met een verhaal. Een markante dijk, kenmerkend door zijn typische dijkhuisjes en monumentale boerderijen.

Oudebildtdijk

Restaurant de Zwarte Haan

Dine near the sea dike in a monumental farmhouse. Local, seasonal game, fish and vegetables.

Restaurant de Zwarte Haan