Dancing trees in the sun in the Speulderbos in the Netherlands by Bart Ros

About "Dancing trees in the sun in the Speulderbos in the Netherlands"

by Bart Ros

About the artwork

Dancing trees in the sun in the Speulder forest in the Netherlands.

The Speulder- en Sprielderbos is an approximately 3,300-hectare contiguous forest area in the northwestern part of the Dutch region of the Veluwe, east of Putten.

The area is located in the northwest of the Veluwe, east of Putten in the municipalities of Putten (Sprielderbos) and Ermelo (Speulderbos). It is part of the Natura2000 area protected by European regulations. The area extends roughly between the road between Putten and Garderen in the south to the village of Garderen and the Houtdorperveld, the hamlet of Speuld and the Ermelose heath in the east and north. The size of the area is approximately 3,300 hectares. Of these, about 300 hectares of the Speulderbos, especially in the vicinity of the hamlet Drie, consists of trees that seem to dance because of their erratic shape. The Speulderbos is therefore popularly called the "forest of dancing trees".

The subsoil is a north-south located lateral moraine, which consists of both loamy and loamy soil. The high-lying Speulder- en Sprielderbos near Drie has its highest point at over 55 meters above sea level. However, there are hardly any steep slopes to be found. The melting land ice of the last ice age carved out valleys here and deposited gravel and loam. The Laak is a winding path located on a municipal boundary in a meltwater valley.

In the Speulder forest is the Solse Gat, a pingoruin or possibly a pit created by meltwater flows du