Hoge Veluwe National Park
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The Nationaal Park de Hoge Veluwe (National Park De Hoge Veluwe) is a national park in the municipality of Ede in the province of Gelderland in the Netherlands. Its approximately 55 square kilometres consists of heathland, driftsand and woodland. It is situated in the Veluwe, the area of the largest terminal moraine in the Netherlands, created in the last ice age. The alternating sand drifts and heathland may have been caused by human exploitation of the surrounding lands.
The park forms one of the largest continuous nature reserves in the Netherlands. Animals in the park include boar, red deer and roe deer.
Founded by Anton Kröller and Helene Kröller-Müller as part of their estate, the park contains their large former hunting residence, the Jachtslot Sint-Hubertus designed by the Dutch architect Hendrik Petrus Berlage. The building is named after Hubertus, the patron saint of hunters.
The art collection of the Kröller-Müllers now forms the Kröller-Müller Museum, and includes many works by van Gogh, Picasso, Mondrian, Rodin and Moore.
White bicycles are available free to visitors, much of the park being inaccessible by car.
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