Flamingoroute
The nature reserve Aamsveen is partly in the Netherlands and partly in Germany (Amtsvenn-Hündfelder Moor). Believe it or not, but across the border in the Aamsveen you can see the northernmost flamingo colony in Europe. Flamingos in the wild!
Discover dreamy villages, lively towns and nature reserves of European importance with vast marshes, moors and wetlands. On the route there are three watchtowers, shelters and an impressive bird-watching hut with information boards. This cross-border route leads from Twente and the Achterhoek in the Netherlands to Westmünsterland in Germany, a region where you will encounter culture alternating between modern and historical forms.
Seven hikingroutes
Seven marked circular walks lead you on foot along small paths away from traffic routes, through particularly attractive bog and moor landscapes with rare plants and animals and to historically interesting places.
Want to cycle part of the route? That's easy with the bike route planner NRW (DE).
Flamingo's spotting
The flamingos land on their flamingo island in the German town of Zwillbrock (30 km from Enschede) every year in March and stay until the end of the summer. They can be viewed from a distance, bring your binoculars!
Since the 1980s, flamingos have been coming to Zwillbrocker Venn to breed, raise their young and spend the winter months in the Netherlands. First only the Chilean flamingo nested here in the 1980s, then came the European pink flamingo. Meanwhile, more than 60 flamingos of this Western European population can be observed in the Zwillbrocker Venn in April and May. The flamingos breed together with several thousand black-headed gulls and the black-headed gulls, which are very rare in North Rhine-Westphalia, on an island in the black-headed gull lake.
