The best MTB trails around Oldambtmeer

A quiet and pleasant path

The bridge is almost 800 meters long and 3.5 meters wide and consists of four interconnected bridges.

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When cycling, hiking and sailing, you will see more. The Oldambtmeer is as large as the Reeuwijk Lakes or the Sneekermeer: over eight square kilometers of water surface, comparable to 1,200 football fields. Never before has such a large agricultural area been flooded. https://www.visitgroningen.nl/de/orte/oldambt/oldambtmeer-lake

The Pieter Smit Bridge, which at 800 meters is the longest bicycle bridge in Europe, crosses the lake.

Characteristics Once upon a time, there was a triforium, a "gallery" high in the church that ran in front of the windows, and it was an impressive late Romanesque Crucifix Church. Only the heavily modified nave, dating from around 1275, remains. After a major fire in 1586, the cross was demolished, the church was lowered by more than 5 meters, and the choir was added. The rather simple interior contains mostly early 19th-century furniture, including sofas, gentlemen's sofas, and a beautifully carved pulpit. The organ, made by H.H. Freytag, dates from this period. Use The Protestant congregation of Reiderland rented the church back after the transfer of the SOGK and continues to use it for services. Every year, the church is opened on Organ Day, Kerkenpad, Open Monuments Day, and the Hungarian Wolf Festival. The church council is supported in these activities by the "Working Group for Cultural Activities in and Around Finsterwolde Church." This working group also organizes other events such as (mini) concerts, exhibitions, Christmas Harmony, and light parties at the church, tower, and cemetery. The church remains accessible to the villages and surrounding area. Info: https://www.kerkfinsterwolde.nl/algemeen

The mill is located on the west side of the Zijldiep and was built in 1868 for Antony Josephus (Lubberts) Nieland, who bought the ruins of a mill that had burned down on the site in 1854. In 1890, Eltjo Dates Rentema became the owner. He remained in this position until his death on January 31, 1918, after which his son Tunjes Rentema took over the mill. Shortly before his death in 1925, his son Date Rentema became the owner and remained so until his death on August 5, 1946. On November 1, 1946, Jan Udema bought the mill (which was out of operation at the time due to Date Rentema's death). Udema's own mill in Kroonpolder was irreparably damaged by war in April 1945. Willem Hendrik Udema, Jan Udema's son, also ran aground on the mill and sold it to the then municipality of Finsterwolde in 1961. The mill was severely damaged by the severe storms of November 1972 and April 1973, and was restored shortly thereafter by the company Roemeling & Molema. The mill has been running again since 1974, now on a voluntary basis. Theo J. took over in 1987. Gibcus, then Gerda Koster, took over. She remained active here until her advanced age (February 25, 2020). In 2016, she received support from Michel Steemers, one of the current millers. In April 2024, due to the poor condition of one of the mill rods, it was decided to shut down the mill. A technical peculiarity: This is one of the Groningen windmills with the long rafter between the upper and windmill blades (the other two are the "Senrust" in Nieuw-Scheemda and the "Eva" in Usquert). Info: https://www.molens.nl/ontdek-molens/alle-molens/udemas-molen-te-finsterwolde

The Oldambtmeer is an artificial lake covering over 800 hectares in the municipality of Oldambt. It was created as part of the Blauwestad project on the site formerly occupied by Lake Huninga. With a volume of 14 million cubic meters and a surface area, the lake is one of the largest in the Netherlands and, after the Lauwersmeer, the largest in the province of Groningen. The lake was completely flooded from May 2005 to the summer of 2006, and it was reopened for water sports in April 2007.