An area with un-Dutch vistas over large undulating moors and vast forests. The Sallandse Heuvelrug between Hellendoorn and Holten. In the distant past, shifting ice, melting water and drifting sand shaped the landscape. Man also left his traces there, the oldest dating back five thousand years.

The current appearance of the area was created mainly in the last few centuries. Sand drifts, caused by overgrazing of heathlands, were curbed by planting forest at the beginning of the last century. But even today, humans still leave their mark on the area. Now with the aim of preserving the landscape and plant and animal life.