Hoge Veluwe National Park
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The Nationaal Park de Hoge Veluwe (National Park De Hoge Veluwe) is a national park of about 55 square kilometres consisting of heathland, driftsand landscape and woodland in the municipality of Ede in the province of Gelderland, in the Netherlands.
The landscape within the park is mostly comprised of moraine created in the ice age. Alternating sand drifts and heathland may have been caused by exploitation of surrounding lands. The park forms one of the largest continuous nature reserves in the Netherlands. Animals in the park include boars, red deer and roe deer.
The park was founded by Anton and Helene Kröller-Müller as part of their estate. The park contains the large St. Hubertus hunting lodge designed by architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage. The art collection of the Kröller-Müllers now forms the Kröller-Müller Museum, with many Van Gogh, Picasso, Mondriaan, Rodin and Moore pieces exhibited.
The park is noted for the white bicycles whose use is offered free to use to visitors to alleviate the limited accessibility by car.
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