
Amsterdamse Bos
A vast man-made forest three times the size of Central Park, with a rowing course, goat farm and miles of cycle paths.
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A vast man-made forest three times the size of Central Park, with a rowing course, goat farm and miles of cycle paths.
A vast dune reserve south of Zandvoort that still filters Amsterdam's drinking water: canals, hundreds of tame fallow deer and a huge web of walking paths (no bikes or dogs).
The largest lowland nature area in North-West Europe: a vast mosaic of heath, drift sand, forest and fens across the heart of Gelderland, roamed by red deer and wild boar.
A green zone on Eindhoven's south edge with a watermill, open-air museum and the Genneper Hoeve farm.

The oldest public forest park in the Netherlands (1583), a stately woodland of beech and oak south of Haarlem's centre.
A green-blue recreation area of lakes, reed and meadow just north of Amsterdam, with swimming beaches, birdlife and quiet paddling — a favourite car-free escape.

A forest around a large lake on Rotterdam's east side, with historic windmills and a beach-like shore.

A historic country estate famous for its Japanese garden — open only a few weeks a year — set in rolling parkland.

A 1930s woodland park on Leiden's north edge with stately lanes, a children's farm and an open-air theatre.

A huge modern park in Leidsche Rijn with a 6 km cycle loop, a walled 'Vlinderhof' garden and big open skies.
The oldest nature reserve in the Netherlands (protected since 1906): a lake, reed and swamp forest near Amsterdam with a famous cormorant and heron colony, reached by boat.
A Frisian fen national park of lakes, reed and wet forest between Leeuwarden and Drachten — a paradise for boaters, otters and marsh birds.