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Track * The track coversv about 23 kilometers from the ferry at Ouderkerk (bottom right) to the railway station at Berkel-Rodenrijs (center left), along nature, suburban parkland and buidlings. We missed a right turn right in the beginning, but hat was the only miss we had. But at timnes, we really had to look twice. The route wasn't always very clear: you'll need the booklet. * 1276 x 579 * (752KB)
Google * The track projected o Google Earth. Im numbers refer to the images. * 1243 x 676 * (260KB)
01-IJssel * From the Northern bank of the Hollandse IJssel, the poles of the power grid are the major vertical elements in an otherwise horizontal scenery. * 1984 x 1488 * (220KB)
02-Hitland * Hitland - an old area that never got really dry. This is the wild part, flat as the rest of Holland. * 1984 x 1488 * (265KB)
03-Swamp * Being the wildest part of the whole region named Hitland, the Southern part consists of nmarshes and swamps, full or reeds. * 1984 x 1488 * (539KB)
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04-Bridging * To cross this landscape, these wooden paths, elevated about 20 centimeters above water level, help you to keep your feet (and more) dry. It's walways a surprise what's around the next corner... * 1984 x 1488 * (533KB)
05-LivingLow * Along the road, this old hose stands centimeters above the water level. * 1984 x 1488 * (598KB)
06-Fundaments * A power pole needs dry feet, so a specific construction is created as a fundament. * 1488 x 1984 * (491KB)
07-Park-1 * Parkland in suburbia. Since this area lies several meters below sealevel, water is a main ingredient for these parklands. And water means brdiges....We would cross the one in the back. * 1984 x 1488 * (507KB)
08-Park-2 * After crossing the bridge, a view on the wooded bank we just went along. * 1984 x 1488 * (567KB)
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09-Swans * These swans with their young caused a small deviation - passing then with a dog was considered unwise. * 1593 x 879 * (261KB)
10-Pasage * Portals bridging the stream on our left, and a road along it. * 1809 x 1197 * (371KB)
11-Mills * The two mills at the Kralingse Plas. These are the only tobacco and spice mills left in the Netherlands: De Ster and De lelie * 1984 x 1488 * (365KB)
12-TheLakeAndTheCity * The Rotterdam skyline over the Kralingse Plas * 3572 x 1392 * (373KB)
13-Tilt * At the end of the park, threes are tilted - one more than the other; hardly any tree is really standing straight up. * 1488 x 1644 * (468KB)
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14-Statue * A trunk, converted to a statue. Ik looks like someone sitting - but trunk and head are gone. * 992 x 1568 * (301KB)
15-CemetryEntrance * The Crooswijk Cemetery - previously a stately home, of which only name and gate remain... * 1984 x 1488 * (597KB)
16-Factory * An old factory, now a shop for kitchenware, that used to be the emplyer for this quarter. * 1725 x 1116 * (283KB)
17-Gate * On the back size of the cemetary, another gate to the previous park * 1984 x 1488 * (584KB)
18-Peninsula * The Bergsche Meer, another patch of water, as a border of yet another suburb: Houses on the other side look out on the lake. * 3560 x 1475 * (492KB)
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