I hiked this section of the Old Dutch Waterline trail in two parts. I hiked the first part, from Gorinchem to Noordeloos, in early February 2026. I hiked the second part, from Noordeloos to Schoonhoven, two months later.
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Overview hiking trails in the Green Heart
In September 2021, I completed the last hike from the booklet Green Heart trails of the ANWB. This booklet contains 43 round trails in the Green Heart region in the Netherlands. The booklet is no longer for sale and the hexagonal ANWB trail markings are outdated or no longer present everywhere, but the trails can still be hiked and found here and there on the internet. Therefore, I created an overview of where you can find these trails online. I also describe a top 5 of favourite hiking trails from this booklet.
Wooden shoes trail: Grift and Graften trail – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Wooden shoes trails are fun and always a surprise! This blog post contains a brief description of the trail (a trail shortcut 😉), a few photos and a simple sketch to illustrate. No need for a hiking map, the info on the website is clear enough. This time a report on the Grift and Graften trail.
Wooden shoes trail: Overlangbroek trail – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Wooden shoes trails are fun and always a surprise! This blog post contains a brief description of the trail (a trail shortcut 😉), a few photos and a simple sketch to illustrate. No need for a hiking map, the info on the website is clear enough. This time a report on the Overlangbroek trail.
Wooden shoes trail: Gerrit Achterberg trail – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Wooden shoes trails are fun and always a surprise! This blog post contains a brief description of the trail (a trail shortcut 😉), a few photos and a simple sketch to illustrate. No need for a hiking map, the info on the website is clear enough. This time, a report about the Gerrit Achterberg trail.
Wooden shoes trail: Lint and Linie trail – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Wooden shoes trails are fun! I’ve already picked out the next one. In this blog just a short description of the trail (a trail shortener 😉), a few photos and a simple sketch to illustrate. No need for a hiking map, the info on the wooden shoes trails website is clear enough. This time a report about the Lint and Linie trail.
Migration birds trail: from Rhenen to Ede – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
In this blog, I jump forward in time quite a bit. My last hike was in September 2023 and now it is January in a new year. In this new year, the new hiking adventures can begin! Today, I continue with the Migration birds trail between Rhenen and Ede.
Migration birds trail: from Amerongen to Rhenen – ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
My expectations of this part of the Migration birds trail, between Amerongen and Rhenen in the Netherlands, are high. After all, it promises to be a forest hike and I love that. But the places where fewer trees grow turn out to be the most wonderful. It would be the most beautiful part of the Migration birds trail so far!
Wooden shoes trail: Slagmaat trail – ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Wooden shoes trails are fun! I’ve already picked out the next one. In this blog just a short description of the trail (a trail shortener 😉), a few photos and a simple sketch to illustrate. No need for a hiking map, the info on the website is clear enough. This time a report about the Slagmaat trail.
Wooden shoes trail: Aderwinkel trail – ⭐⭐⭐
Wooden shoes trails are fun! I’ve already picked out the next one. In this blog just a short description of the trail (a trail shortener 😉), a few photos and a simple sketch to illustrate. No need for a hiking map, the info on the website is clear enough. This time a report about the Aderwinkel trail.









