Useful Bushcraft areas in the Netherlands

[JayKay]

Hi there,

Thanks for reading my post.

As a follow up of the question Rhapsody asked about "Useful Bushcraft areas around the UK?", I was wondering are there any sutable places for bushcraft in the Netherlands.

For myself I know Otterlo and surroundings is quite a good place.

Jeroen

 

[acw_akkermans]

I used to teach Bushcraft skills around Maastricht. Some nice forests there. Other cool areas to hang around in are The Veluwe. The areas around Apeldoorn are quite nice too.

 

[PC2K]

i live in the randstad, don't come here for bushcraft ! the "groene hart" really isn't bushy at all ! Does anyone know a place accesable with public transport and not to far away from zuid holland ?

 

[acw_akkermans]

The city parks in Den Haag perhaps?

 

[eraaij]

Around Arnhem there is plenty of forest, the Veluwe is nice but lots of little green men in Suzuki Vitara's over there .

The Northern part of The Netherlands has some great forested country too. With less people around.

 

[UrbanSpirit]

can you help me to find the shops selling equipment or outdoor product in Amsterdam Holland ?

May be some websites ?

Thank you

 

[pe1pme]

There is a beautiful piece of nature called "Loonse en Drunense duinen" near Loon op Zand, a small village near my hometown Tilburg, with lots of woods and lots of sanddunes, some of them about 3 square kilometers!
The Dutch Army used it for many years as their "playground" and I had a lot of good times when I was a youngster. Even the soldiers trusted my knowledge of that area when they were lost....... :rolmao:
I've teached there many of my scouts the noble arts of mapreading and the basic skills of bushcraft. ack:

Here you find a map (it's big: 7Mb!!!):

http://www.xs4all.nl/~pe1pme/44HWaalwijk.JPG


Another fine place I know is the Ginkelse Heide near Ede-Wageningen. I've played there a lot when I was in the Army. (in Ede you' will find the barracks of the Dutch Signalcorps and the Artillery)


greetings,
Wim

 

[pe1pme]

can you help me to find the shops selling equipment or outdoor product in Amsterdam Holland ?

May be some websites ?

Thank you

You can try these:

Demmenie Sports: http://www.demmeniesport.com/


good luck,

Wim

 

[EdS]

try:

http://www.extrasurvival.nl/

one of guy from our Fell Rescue team teaches/helps out here a fair bit

 

[PC2K]

i know extra, but last year i didn't had cash for his courses, this year i don't have time on the dates of the courses. Oh a student from extra has started a mailing list. We had a meetup with the members of that mailing list. ( http://lists.topica.com/lists/bushcraft/read ) It's a bit silent at the moment, though... so dutchies join and make some noice !

 

[eraaij]

can you help me to find the shops selling equipment or outdoor product in Amsterdam Holland ?

May be some websites ?

Thank you

Not exactly in Amsterdam, but they do e-commerce:

http://www.countrystore.nl/

Happy hunting,
-Emile

 

[PC2K]

these fellows do too !
http://www.noorloos-se.com/webshop/N_frame.html

 

[Ahjno]

Replies on shops in the Netherlands (or Amsterdam, as is asked in the thread)can best be posted here IMHO :roll: