German-Dutch Nature Park

(Local Name: Duits-Nederlandse Natuurpark) Between the towns of Venlo and Roermond, southeast of the Maas, extends the German-Dutch Nature Park, established in 1976. This low-lying area on the Lower Rhine, with its river meadows, its bogs and its tracts of farming land, is a popular recreation area for the inhabitants of neighboring cities such as Eindhoven in the Netherlands and Krefeld-Duisburg in Germany. Some of the footpaths and trails in the park cross the Dutch- German frontier (no frontier controls).