Jaap van 't Veen's photos with the keyword: Ankeveense Plassen

The Groene Hart (Green Heart) of the Netherlands is a relatively thinly populated area, covering much of the middle portion of the Randstad megalopolis. The major Dutch cities of Rotterdam, The Hague, Leiden, Haarlem, Amsterdam and Utrecht surround this area. On a bicycle trip near the Ankeveense Plassen (Ankeveen Lakes) - an area largely formed by the excavation of peat in the 16th to 18th centuries - we were pleasantly surprised by a truly GREEN jungle.