Top 10 photo spots in autumn

1. Kiekkaaste: a beautifully unique spot where you can experience the tranquillity of nature. Lovely views along the boardwalk. Stunning at sunset.
2. Ruiten Aa: a walk along the Ruiten Aa takes you back in time for a moment. A wonderful variety of natural scenery.
3. Bourtange: a lovely fortified town with clear lines of sight. It’s great to photograph it from above so you can see all its contours.
4. Veenborg Welgelegen: a lovely manor house with beautifully landscaped gardens. Lovely views from the garden towards the manor house.
5. Heemtuin: a lovely spot where you can find peace and quiet, with stunning views; all around the Mammoet path, the reeds take on a beautiful golden hue in the autumn sun.
6. Ter Apel Monastery and Woodland: the tranquillity of the monastery is unique. Here, you’re transported back in time. Lovely sightlines in the church and the corridors. Combined with the beautiful woodland surrounding it, it’s a unique spot.
7. Carel Coenraadpolder: beautiful , sweeping views where you can experience the elements of nature in all their power.
8. Oudeschans: a forgotten spot in our province. A lovely old fortified village, and the little church there is charming and a delight to photograph.
9. Blauwestad: a unique spot teeming with wildlife. A lovely place for nature and bird lovers. The bridge leading to it is also a well-known photography spot. Its clean lines create a striking contrast against the buildings and the sky.
10. Borgerswold: a lovely nature reserve with woodland and plenty of water. In autumn, it’s a wonderful place for a walk, with beautifully coloured trees, and if you take your camera along, you’re sure to snap a photo of a squirrel.

1. The Midwolder forest: Ilive nearby and love to walk there. The imposing lanes with grazing Konik horses in between give a very pure feeling of nature, especially in autumn. From October onwards, the most beautiful mushrooms grow everywhere and the golden-orange beeches around and behind the Ennemaborg are then a feast for the eyes.
2. De Kiekkaaste: the vastness of the view, the special birds and the long boardwalk between the reeds to the hut outside the dike always give me the feeling of becoming one with nature. A unique place.
3. Smeerling: Smeerling is always a great place to walk. The old farms, the beautiful cultivated landscape where cows graze peacefully: a walk in Smeerling gives me peace and new energy.
4. Churches and graveyards in Oldambt: the old churches of eastern Groningen are robust and tell centuries-old stories. My Oldambster favourite is the Stefanuskerk in Finsterwolde with its detached tower.
5. Ter Apel monastery: I think the Ter Apel monastery is a fantastic place. Peace, reflection, history, a beautiful, informative museum and lovely walks in the surrounding forests.
6. Het torentje van Trips: I grew up in Borgercompagnie. As a child, I loved walking through the fields to this little tower, which then stood lonely and dilapidated in the landscape. Now it has been beautifully refurbished and houses a B&B. How nice that this old building has been given a new purpose!
7. The Fraeylemaborg: animposing, old stone house surrounded by a lovely walking forest.
8. The coupures in the dykes of Oldambt: for example, the famous coupure Het Gele Diekgat, which even graces the cover of a novel by Kader Abdolah*. I think these are beautiful, historic places, which tell a lot about our region.
9. The Stadspark with the Rosarium in Winschoten: my parents-in-law lived nearby. A lovely park with forest allure, I think. As a rose lover, I love walking among the flowerbeds with the most unusual roses in the summer months. In autumn, the colours of the trees around the pond are a real treat.
10. The Scottish Highlanders in the Tjamme: the 'primal cows' I call them. I enjoy walking here and admiring the cows. A beautiful, young woodland with lots of different mushrooms in autumn.