Marketing Drenthe, Staatsbosbeheer, and Recreatieschap Drenthe have developed four new walking routes that invite you to slow down. Not by doing less, but by being more mindful. Along the routes, you will find small questions and tasks that help you pause. Along the way, you will come across a Zinzitter: a special place to sit for a moment and reflect. Do you want to fully offline Going? At the starting point, you can leave your phone in a locker. While you charge in nature, your battery charges there too.

There are four routes available: Spier (6 km), Noordsche Veld (6 km), Drouwen (9 km), and Diever (7 km). We walked the route in Diever, a 7-kilometer walk through the vast forests of Drents-Friese Wold National Park. The route takes you past tall trees, sand drifts, and serene vistas. Along the way, short questions and reflections invite you to consciously pause and appreciate your surroundings. A walk for anyone who wants to take a break from the daily hustle and bustle and return with renewed energy. *Out of office mode: on*

The culinary highlight of the weekend. Fun in Havelte is a restaurant where refined French cooking techniques are combined with Mediterranean and Asian influences, with regional products and ingredients from their own vegetable garden playing a leading role. Sitting outside is highly recommended: you sit in the meadow with a view of the vegetable garden, and in the evening it is Cozy with a small fireplace. Are you in the area? Then book right away.

Did you know that in Meppel you can eat between three monumental lime kilns? Villa Kalkoven has been transformed into a modern and hip restaurant by a former national industrial monument. The interior is surprising: industrial heritage as a backdrop, but the atmosphere is contemporary and the menu is full of local and organic ingredients. A lovely way to end the green weekend.