Westeinderplassen

The Westeinderplassen close to Aalsmeer belong to a peat and lake region. The Plas changed into created with the aid of excavating peat for peat extraction. In earlier centuries there had been additionally the Oosteinderpoel, Schinkelpoel, Stommeer, Hornmeer, Legmeer and Haarlemmermeer round Aalsmeer.

Except for the Haarlemmermeer, all those lakes were created with the aid of excavations. Due to the dyeing, there was a lack of soil, which changed into combated by using draining the peat lakes once more, which became commenced inside the seventeenth century. First the Stommeer became drained and then the Hornmeer. The Haarlemmermeer followed in 1852, after which the opposite lakes were also reclaimed. Only the Westeinderplassen had been subsequently left. The Westeinderplassen, that have a place of ??greater than 10 km², encompass a large lake and numerous smaller lakes. The swimming pools are linked via a network of small ditches. You can pass swimming, crusing, windsurfing, rowing and motor boating.