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We expected this visit to be the high point of the tour for us, and it certainly did not disappoint. The Hoge Veluwe National Park and the Kroller-Muller museum and Art Gallery at its centre are absolutely stunning and we enjoyed our best day of the holiday so far.
The park itself is enormous, and can only be visited on foot or by bicycle. To give an idea of the size, a tour of the park by bike involves completing a ride of around 35Km. The Kroller-Muller museum and Art Gallery contain numerous works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Mondrian, Rodin, Moore and Hepworth among others.
You can find out more about the park by visiting its website, which includes a live webcam, here.
Those who arrive by car must park at the entrance and take one of the famous ‘white bikes’ to tour the park…
The white bikes in the Hoge Veluwe National Park
Views of the Hoge Veluwe National Park including the beehives
A selection of sculptures from the Sculpture Garden at the Kroller-Muller museum…
We dined at the Buffet restaurant near the entrance to the park. Steve paid another of his visits to the Slagroom… I should hastily point out that this is not a colloquial term for a ‘house of ill repute’, but Dutch for whipped cream. The Dutch certainly do their cholesterol in style – diverse cheese and eggs at breakfast, toasted cheese sandwiches (‘tostis’) for lunch and whipped cream on the hot chocolate, Dutch apple cake (a speciality), and in this case, profiteroles!
Steve pays a visit to the slagroom…