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This boulder of 23,000 kg was found in 1959 west of Borger.
It was brought there 150,000 years ago during the second-last Ice Age, from the Aland Islands near Finland.
The stone is made of rapakivi, which is Finnish for "crumbly rock".
Written Jun 6, 2009
Address: Buinerstraat
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This tower dates back to the 14th century and is 27.5 meters high.
The foundations of the tower of this church are heavy boulders.
The church was rebuilt in 1826 and is connected with the main building of the city hall by an underground tunnel.
Updated Jun 6, 2009
Address: Hoofdstraat 32, Borger
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This is not a hunebed, but a statue made by Ton Kalle in 1992.
It is located close to the hunebeds D21-D25 near Bronneger.
The three stones weigh 12,000 kg together.
It is part of 7 statues made out of stone, along the bicycle route "Flintenroute" (40 km)
Updated Jun 6, 2009
Address: Kerkweg/Steenakkersweg Drouwen/Bronneger
Website: http://www.hunebedden.nl/maps/mapd25.htm
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About 20 minutes walking from the Hunebed Centre, there is a cluster of 5 hunebeds, D21-D25.
They are located between Borger and Drouwen. The route to these hunebeds is indicated from the Hunebed Centre with signs saying "Bijvoetpad" (about 20 minutes walking).
Updated Jun 6, 2009
Address: Steenakkersweg, Bronneger
Website: http://www.hunebedden.nl/maps/mapd25.htm
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The dolmens consist of stones weighing some 20 tonnes. The stones come from Scandinavia during the ice age and the graves are even older than the pyramids or Stonehenge. Some 500 years.
Do read the info at the link below.
Written Oct 11, 2004
Website: http://members.home.nl/jbmeijer/engels.htm
Hunebed D8 is located in the forest near Anloo.
Hunebeds D7 and D9 are in the neighborhood, but I haven't visited them yet (2012).
Nearby there are some burial mounds.
Updated Apr 9, 2012
Website: http://www.hunebedden.nl/maps/mapd08.htm
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Hunebeds D28 and D29 are located east of Borger and east of the recreational area Hunzedal.
Note the huge heart-shaped boulder!
Updated Jun 7, 2009
Address: Buinerstraat (N347)
Website: http://www.hunebedden.nl/maps/mapd27-d28-d29.gif
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Hunebeds D28 and D29 are located east of Borger and east of the recreational area Hunzedal.
Updated Jun 7, 2009
Address: Buinerstraat (N347)
Website: http://www.hunebedden.nl/maps/mapd27-d28-d29.gif
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This lime tree (etagelinde, rondkopboom) was planted in the second half of the 19th century, at the birth of princess Wilhelmina in 1880.
Also called Wilhelmina tree.
Written Jun 6, 2009
Address: Hoofdstraat 20, Borger
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Next to the dolmen is a visitor's centre and tearoom. The activities focus a lot on children who can do drawings, questionnaires and such to learn about old stones and prehistoric times.
Updated Jul 2, 2007
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