Alto Veluwe (Hoge Veluwe)
The only national park in the world with a world-class art museum inside it (a Van Gogh collection), and 1,800 free bicycles to explore it
Area
55 km²
Declared in
1935
Region
Central Europe
Climate
Templado
Highlight
The only national park in the world with a world-class art museum inside it (a Van Gogh collection), and 1,800 free bicycles to explore it
Declared in 1935, it is a singular case among the world's national parks in holding within it the Kröller-Müller Museum, with the second largest collection of works by Vincent van Gogh on the planet, assembled by the collector Helene Kröller-Müller in the early 20th century. The park provides more than 1,800 white bicycles for free use, distributed around its entrances, a pioneering sustainable transport scheme running since the 1970s.
Location
See on the interactive map206 species documented in Alto Veluwe (Hoge Veluwe)
At conservation risk:Nóctulo grande,Porrón europeo,Rata de agua
Least ConcernCorzo
Capreolus capreolus
Least ConcernAlcaudón dorsirrojo
Lanius collurio
Least ConcernArdilla roja
Sciurus vulgaris
Least ConcernCiervo rojo
Cervus elaphus
Halcón abejero
Pernis apivorus
Least ConcernJabalí
Sus scrofa
Least ConcernMuflón
Ovis orientalis
Least ConcernTejón europeo
Meles meles
Least ConcernVíbora europea
Vipera berus
Least ConcernZorro rojo
Vulpes vulpes
Abeja albañil
Osmia bicornis
Abeja del sudor europea
Lasioglossum malachurum
Flora and ecosystems
Ecosystems found in Netherlands, where Alto Veluwe (Hoge Veluwe) lies.
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