The days in May start early, so I had to get out as early as 05:15 to be at this location, the Slochterbos in Slochteren. Once arrived, a walk starts first.
The most beautiful part of the forest can be found at the back, although for this you first have to walk a good kilometre through the beautiful forest/garden of the Fraeylemaborg.
The garden at the Fraeylemaborg was laid out in the late 17th century by owner Piccardt with long baroque sight axes, the longest in the Netherlands. The garden is 1.3 kilometres long and the central axis is particularly impressive. Piccardt was at the court of Louis XIV and probably had his French gardens in mind. The formal layout was extended in the 19th century in the somewhat looser English landscape style, which was later applied even further. Especially the woodland character (the 'Slochterbos') is characteristic of the Fraeylemaborg. Source: www.deverhalenvangroningen.nl/
My name is Peter Kuipers and I live in the province of Groningen.
In addition to being a teacher in primary education, I like to take pictures of nature in my spare hours.
I mainly do landscape photography and I am mainly active in the north of the Netherlands...
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