Country road with red bush by Nop Briex

About "Country road with red bush"

by Nop Briex

About the artwork

Country road near Eys in southern Limburg.

The Heuvelland (in English-language publications: Dutch Hills) is a region in the south of the Netherlands characterized by a hilly landscape. The Heuvelland in the most commonly used sense comprises the non-urbanized southern part of South Limburg. For further identification, the designation "Limburgs Heuvelland" is also used.

Eys lies at an altitude of about 110 meters. The stream valley in which the village is located was created by the Eyserbeek. This stream, to which the village owes its name, originates near Bocholtz and flows from here from east to west through Simpelveld, through Eys and past the Wittem hamlet of Cartils to flow into the Geul just west of this group of houses. A railroad line (the former railroad line Aachen - Maastricht, on which a tourist steam train of the Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij now runs on Wednesdays, Sundays and during the summer months) runs through the entire valley and has a station at Eys, although it is located some distance outside the village. Near the station is the hamlet of Eyserhalte. Thanks in part to this railroad and especially its special location, the village attracts many tourists every year. The village lies between the Plateau of Bocholtz and the Plateau of Ubachsberg. Nearby are nature reserves including the Eyserbos and the protected Eyserheide, in former times a heathland, now an agricultural area where the rare hamster lives. Near Overeys is also the Froweinbos.