Haaksbergerveen
The Haaksbergerveen is one of the remaining fragments of a once‑vast peat moor in the border region between the Netherlands and Germany. Covering roughly 500 acres, it lies in the eastern Netherlands, south of the city of Enschede and close to Haaksbergen. Most of the peat was extracted in the past, mainly by local farmers. Today, a series of peat bogs gives the landscape its characteristic appearance.
An unpaved footpath leads through the moor.
Sphagnum along the footpath; here lives Nebela carinata
The black spot indicates the location of the Haaksbergerveen.
The arrow points to the location where I took some samples. The white strait line is de border between The Netherlands and Germany.
The white line is the unpaved footpath through the moor, the arrow indicates the location where I took some samples.