According to the area’s forester, Grolloerveen is home to one of the area’s most photographed objects—the tjasker (a type of mill used to drain wet areas) at Grolloo. This paaltjestjasker is at located at the foot of the longest wooden bicycle bridge in the Netherlands. Passing through peatland, pedestrians or cyclists on the bridge are often treated to a so-called frog concert. The tjasker is located along a trajectory of cycling intersection and walking routes. If visiting by car, you are required to park a few kilometres away.
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According to the area’s forester, Grolloerveen is home to one of the area’s most photographed objects—the tjasker (a type of mill used to drain wet areas) at Grolloo. This paaltjestjasker is at located at the foot of the longest wooden bicycle bridge in the Netherlands. Passing through peatland, pedestrians or cyclists on the bridge are often treated to a so-called frog concert. The tjasker is located along a trajectory of cycling intersection and walking routes. If visiting by car, you are required to park a few kilometres away.
This paaltjestjasker has been in the state-owned forest between Grolloo and Elp since June 1985. Prior to that, the mill had been operational in peatland De Ziel until the end of 1940. The tjasker was found in the attic of a local farm. Such tjaskers were brought outside every spring to drain the land and would be stored back in the attic come autumn. Although there are only a limited number of them in the Netherlands, enthusiasts are hopeful another tjasker might one day be found in an attic somewhere.
Paaltjestjasker
