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Brabant drifting sands: heathland that starts moving again
On the Loonse en Drunense Duinen, sand blows across the cycle path. This is not a beach. It is inland drifting sand created by the landscape itself.
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Limburg sunken lanes: the path that wore itself into the landscape
In South Limburg, you sometimes walk between two walls of loess. Above you, a tractor drives across the plateau. You are metres lower, down in the lane.
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Stream restoration: the straight channel is allowed to meander again
Many Dutch streams were straightened to drain water quickly. Stream restoration gives some of those bends back.
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Hedges as heritage: a living fence
A hedge is more than a property boundary. In the Maasheggen, the woven structure itself is the monument.
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Pollard willows: trees you keep small
Along ditches in river-clay landscapes stand willows with a thick knob and a crown of twigs. That knob is not a disease. It is a pollard head.
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