sunrise on the Veluwezoom national park by Martijn van Steenbergen

About "sunrise on the Veluwezoom national park"

by Martijn van Steenbergen

About the artwork

National Park Veluwezoom is a 5,000-hectare nature reserve on the Veluwe in the province of Gelderland, owned in its entirety by the Natuurmonumenten association. In 1930, it became the first national park in the Netherlands. The hilly area largely consists of varied forest, heathland, and an occasional sand drift. In the southern, most hilly part of the park are several estates such as Heuven and Beekhuizen. Central in the national park is the well-known Posbank viewpoint. The nature reserve covers the municipalities of Arnhem, Rheden and Rozendaal. Veluwezoom National Park is a national park located in the Dutch province of Gelderland. This park is the oldest national park of the Netherlands.[2] It is an area of 50 square kilometres at the southeastern edge of the Veluwe, a complex of terminal push moraines from the Saalian glaciation. It has a pronounced relief by Dutch standards, with the highest point in the park at 110 metres above sea level.[3] It is a private national park, owned by Vereniging Natuurmonumenten, the largest nature conservation organisation in the Netherlands. The landscape of the park consists of forests and heathland, which is kept open by grazing of Highland cattle, and a small sand drift, which is kept open by human maintenance. The native fauna is represented by red deer, wild boar, badger and the regionally rare pine marten.