Wandelnetwerk Noord-Holland

Via Geniedijk, the Geniedijk Route (green) goes along the Wandelbos walking forest, orchards, a petting zoo and newer green spaces developed to compensate for the development of Schiphol. Wandelbos Hoofddorp was a job creation project from the crisis years before the Second World War. There is an owl roosting site and a heron colony, where spoonbills sometimes also occupy the nests. You can hear woodpeckers hammering away. The contrast with the Groene Carré and the Buitenschot land art park on the northeast beach of Hoofddorp is great. The sloped plot offers views of the busy metropolitan landscape.