These three walks cross farmland and start at the village square in Den Hoorn. Each route is different and has its own charm. You will pass old sea channels, farms and vanished villages. You can also take a look inside a real sheep pen and use a tow ferry.

Route Wambinghe - 7 km

This circular walk passes old sea channels and the former village of Wambinghe, which was founded 100 years before our era and disappeared from the map around 1650. Along the way, you can rest in a sheep pen, where you can make your own coffee or tea. The route passes estate De Bonte Belevenis.

Skéép and Lantskappad - 8.5 km

This walk goes along old dykes and shows the Texel farms from a completely different side - the back. Operate the tow ferry across the wide draft ditch yourself to reach cheese farm Wezenspyk. On the way back, you cross the yard of biodynamic care farm Novalishoeve.

Polder pad - 5.5 km

This route overlaps much of the Skéép and Lantskappad and passes a former harbour, the vanished village of Den Horn, which was destroyed by Frisian pirates in 1398, and the Novalishoeve, among others.

Good to know

You will be diverted on some parts of the routes during the breeding season. The route maps for all walks are available from VVV Texel and from Spar supermarket Goënga in Den Hoorn.

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