Dalmsholte: Hiking, Landscape and Cheese

Four circular routes starting and ending in Dalmsholte make hiking a concrete focus of your stay. Cheese-making at Kaasboerderij Heileuver adds another distinctive feature. If you are looking for hotels in Dalmsholte, the different routes and your interest in cheese can connect your travel plans with specific activities.

Four circular routes, four distances

A hiking trailhead on Oude Raalterweg/Dalmsholterdijk in Ommen provides access to four different hiking routes. The circular routes start and end in Dalmsholte:

• Green Route: 9.0 km, a circular route starting and ending in Dalmsholte.
• Purple Route: 8.0 km, a circular route starting and ending in Dalmsholte.
• Blue Route: 10.7 km, a circular route starting and ending in Dalmsholte.
• Orange Route: 3.9 km, a circular route starting and ending in Dalmsholte.

Distances range from 3.9 km for the Orange Route to 10.7 km for the Blue Route. The Purple Route at 8.0 km and the Green Route at 9.0 km fall in between. To compare routes by length, first decide on your preferred distance, then consider the landscape profile.

Heathland, woodland and trail surfaces

The Green Route is almost entirely unpaved. About half runs alongside heathland, and the other half through woodland. The Purple Route passes along heathland, through woodland and alongside farmland; each of these three landscape types accounts for about a quarter of the route. Heathland lies alongside more than half of the Blue Route, while about half the route runs through woodland. The Orange Route runs mostly alongside heathland; for more than half the route, sections of landscape alternate with woodland.

A direct comparison also reveals distinct profiles: the shorter Orange Route is predominantly heathland, while the longer Blue Route also has extensive heathland, but runs through woodland for about half its length. The Green Route combines roughly equal proportions of heathland and woodland with an almost entirely unpaved trail. Farmland is another explicitly mentioned landscape type along the Purple Route.

The landscape of the Dalmsholte shared brand

The landscape of the Dalmsholte shared brand lies on the edge of the elevated sandy soils. Its features include oak coppice banks and marshy, rugged common land. Alongside the landscapes found on the circular routes, these distinctive landscape features also form part of the picture that shapes the Dalmsholte brand.

Cheese-making and tours

At Kaasboerderij Heileuver, cheese is made from the milk of Friesian-Holstein cows. Varieties include plain and herb cheeses, which are sold, among other places, in the farm shop. For travelers interested in cheese and how it is made, this focus complements the hiking routes.

A 2026 entry by the Cultural Heritage Foundation mentions tours of the cheese dairy at Kaasboerderij en Schilderijenhuis Heileuver. Before your trip, check whether a tour can be booked and is currently available.

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