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Last Updated: 03. Mai 2000
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The Netherlands
De Hoge Veluwe National Park
Hoge Veluwe
Kröller-Müller Museum
Hoge Veluwe
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The Hoge Veluwe is largest continuous nature reserve in the Netherlands and the home of the prestigious Kröller-Müller Museum and Sculpture Park. Hoge literally means "high" but the Hoge Veluwe is a little more than a bump on the flat lands around it. The Hoge Veluwe is a strange mix of forests, woods, shifting sands and heather moors. It's home to red deer, wild boar and many varieties of birds. There are many walking and biking trails in the park. It is possible to borrow one of the 400 white bikes near the visitor's center. These bikes are free-of-charge for anyone who might want to ride a bike. There are even small bikes and tandem bikes available. The Niederlanders are a people who love to ride bikes. They use their bikes frequently. There are many bike paths along country roads and especially within the cities. When driving or walking in cities, one needs to be careful not to bump into a cyclist. Many cyclists are very assertive. Unfortunately, we did not have time to ride bikes.
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Kröller-Müller Museum
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The Kröller-Müller Museum was designed by a Belgian architect, Henry van de Velde in 1937-38. Constructed in light brown brick, the design and layout is in line with Helene Kröller-Müller's ideas of bringing art and nature together so that each should enhance each other. The Kröller-Müller collection's main emphasis is on work of the late 19th and 20th centuries and its fame rests principally on its 280 paintings and drawings by van Gogh mainly from his stays in The Hague, Brabant, Paris, and Provence ("Bridge at Arles"). Since the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam was closed for renovations until may 1999, we decided to make a special trip to this museum to see the large collection of his paintings. It was worth the trip to the original painting of "The Potato Eaters" as well as some of his impressive sunflower paintings.
The Kröller-Müller Museum has one of the largest sculpture gardens in Europe. The Sculpture Garden laid out in 1961 also reflects Helene Kröller-Müller's conception of a symbiosis between art, architecture and nature. It is filled with many modern pieces including Jacques Lipchitz, Claes Oldenburg, Henry Moore, Jean Debuffet, Auguste Rodin, and Barbara Hepworth. . It was a pleasant day to walk through the sculpture garden.
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Die Fotogalerie von die Niederlande
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