The cottage is suitable for two people of any age. The cottage is located on the bike path, you park your car in the parking lot and then walk to the cottage within 5 minutes. A cart for your luggage is available. You are in the middle of the Weerribben nature reserve. But appearances are deceptive, because every meter of land around the nature house is man-made. In National Park Weerribben-Wieden you can walk, cycle and sail (for example with a whisper boat), but canoeing is the most beautiful. Between walls of reeds you sail further and further into the green, until you only hear your own paddles and the song of reed warblers and warblers. Mute swans and purple herons fly through the air, some splashing in the water could be an otter....

One big, green maze seems to be the Weerribben. You can wander endlessly, but nobody can get lost, because all the canals and waterways eventually always end up at the Kalenbergergracht in the village of Kalenberg, which lies in the middle of the Weerribben. The village was founded in 1313 as Calumburg. It is said that the village's name was coined by refugees and serfs from a hamlet of the same name near Hoogeveen, who sought freedom in this inaccessible area. Later the name changed to Kaleberghe (1323), Callenburgh (1702), Calenburg (1717) and Calemberg (1815), from which came the name Kalenberg. After peat digging, the Kalenbergers turned to fishing, cattle ranching and thatching. Kalenberg reed is still a sought-after building material for covering roofs.