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A
wonderful
National
park
to
explore.
By
foot
using
one
of
the
many
hiking
trails,
by
car
(part
of
the
park
can
be
explored
by
car),
or
from
the
back
of
a
horse
along
the
bridle
paths.
Of
course,
the
disabled
are
also
catered
for:
wheelchairs,
wheelchair
bikes,
electric
bicycles,
tandems,
comfortable
easy-to-mount
bikes
and
tricycles
can
be
borrowed
free
of
charge.
And
then
there
is
what
makes
the
Park
so
famous:
the
Park
has
1,800
so-called
White
Bikes.
The
use
of
a
White
Bike
is
included
in
the
entrance
fee.
As
soon
as
a
White
Bike
is
parked,
another
visitor
may
use
it.
They
cannot
be
reserved
or
locked.
White
Bikes
are
also
available
for
children
(without
training
wheels).
All
bicycles
have
a
child's
seat,
in
which
you
can
also
carry
your
backpack
if
you
do
not
have
children!
The
park
has
over
40
kilometres
of
cycle
paths
and
two
cycle
routes.
At
various
places
in
the
park
you
can
buy
a
map
with
all
cycling
and
walking
routes
on
it.
De
Hoge
Veluwe
National
Park
is
the
unique
legacy
of
one
of
the
most
remarkable
couples
in
Dutch
history:
Anton
and
Helene
Kröller-Müller.
Anton
was
a
great
lover
of
nature
and
hunting
who
founded
his
own
country
estate:
the
Hooge
Veluwe.
He
was
able
to
expand
this
estate
continuously
with
new
pieces
of
land.
Red
deer,
wild
boar
and
mouflons
were
released
there.
The
most
celebrated
Dutch
architect
at
the
time,
H.P.
Berlage,
was
asked
to
design
the
St.
Hubertus
hunting
lodge
in
Art
Nouveau
style.
Berlage
also
designed
the
ponds,
the
gardens
around
the
lodge,
the
Art
Deco
interior
and
even
the
cutlery!
Helene
Kröller-Müller
also
had
a
passion:
collecting
modern
art.
A
major
part
of
her
enormous
art
collection
can
be
viewed,
for
example
in
the
Kröller-Müller
museum,
where
you
can
admire
the
work
of
Vincent
van
Gogh,
but
also
that
of
Claude
Monet,
Georges
Seurat,
Pablo
Picasso
and
Piet
Mondriaan.
In
the
adjacent
sculpture
garden,
the
largest
in
Europe,
there
are
more
than
160
sculptures
by
iconic
artists,
from
Auguste
Rodin
to
Henry
Moore,
from
Jean
Dubuffet
to
Joep
van
Lieshout.
From
the
sculpture
garden,
you
can
also
climb
up
to
the
highest
viewpoint
in
the
park
from
where
you
can
see
the
wide
surroundings.
Impressive
sculptures
and
statues
can
additionally
be
found
here
and
there
in
the
park.,
just
out
of
the
blue
in
the
middle
of
nature.
There
are
the
remains
of
the
foundations
of
the
Great
Museum.
Helene's
dream
was
to
establish
a
large
museum
so
that
everyone
would
have
access
to
modern
art.
Unfortunately,
the
economic
crisis
of
the
1920’s
brought
Anton's
firm
into
very
serious
difficulties
and
in
1922
the
construction
had
to
be
stopped
definitively.
Eventually,
the
couple
had
to
hand
over
all
their
possessions
to
the
Dutch
state,
on
condition
that
a
museum
would
still
be
built
and
that
the
park
would
become
a
National
Park.
And
so
it
happened:
in
the
park
you
will
find
the
hunting
lodge,
the
Kröller-Müller
museum,
the
sculpture
garden,
as
well
as
a
large
visitor
centre
with
restaurant,
playground,
shop
and
the
Museonder,
the
first
underground
museum
in
the
world.
For
a
small
entrance
fee
accessible
for
everybody.
The
Museonder
provides
a
surprising
picture
of
everything
that
lives
below
the
earth's
surface
and
of
what
used
to
live
there.
The
exhibition
takes
you
deeper
and
deeper
into
the
ground.
Eventually
you
will
even
end
up
in
the
centre
of
the
earth.
Also
great
fun
and
educational
for
children!
The
National
Park
itself
offers
the
very
best
in
Veluwe
landscapes:
deciduous,
coniferous
and
mixed
forests,
as
well
as
heathland
(wet
and
dry),
grassy
plains
and
shifting
sands.
These
landscapes
harbour
an
unprecedented
diversity
of
plant
and
animal
species,
including
many
protected
birds,
insects
and
amphibians.
It
is
a
wonderful
National
Park
in
all
seasons,
one
never
gets
tired
of
it!
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