Nature cottage Klarenbeek
A picture-book cottage with red shutters, between the Veluwe and the river IJssel.
More than a hundred years old, the cottage was once a day labourer's house. Today it sits on roughly 7,000 m² of land: a garden right around the house, a wild meadow full of life, a food forest in the making, and a young forest running to the railway.
From road to railway — cottage, meadow and forest. With an elevation map and a drawing.
🌱 Food forestApple trees, berries and Vaccinium in the sunny spot — built on principles of letting things go wild.
🌿 Nature & red listNative species get their space back. American oak and black cherry are slowly phased out.
🍂 Through the yearWhat flowers, what moves, and what you spot from the bedroom window — season by season.
🦌 WildlifeFootage from the trail camera — roe deer, a hare, a buck with full antlers.
♻️ CompostingTwo bins, two rules — what goes to the food forest and what goes to the council.
🔑 For guestsArrival, wifi, house rules, the area and contacts — behind the password from your booking.
The cottage, inside and out
- Character
- Picture-book cottage, red shutters
- Building
- >100 year old day labourer's house, renovated
- Sleeps
- 4 people · 2 bedrooms with 4 single beds · 2 bathrooms · 2 travel cots
- Outside
- Covered terrace, BBQ, trampoline, swings, sandpit, gnome forest, pond
- Getting around
- Zutphen–Apeldoorn train station 200 m away · 4 bikes free to use (child seats available)
- Sustainable
- Solar panels · waste separation · our own composting
- Pets
- Welcome — off the lead in the garden and meadow, on the lead in the forest
The forest in pictures
A feel for the place. → More about the land
As it looks on paper
The surroundings
Walking, cycling and mountain biking straight from the door. 50 m away lies the medieval Bandijk dyke and an old river pool left by the IJssel. 3 km further is the Bussloo lake and recreation area. Within cycling distance: the Hanseatic towns of Zutphen and Deventer, the Nijenbeek castle ruin, and — in summer — the Loenen–Dieren steam train.
April brings wood anemone and lesser celandine; in autumn the Virginia creeper turns red. From the bedroom windows, with a bit of luck, you'll spot a roe deer or a squirrel. Birds: flycatchers, woodpeckers, tits, nuthatches and treecreepers.
Booking & availability
Booking and checking dates both happen on Natuurhuisje.nl.
→ Book on Natuurhuisje.nl #34402Tip when checking dates: fill in your arrival date first — only then does the site show how long you can stay. Dates in bold black are selectable. Something can look unavailable and then open up once an arrival date is set. The booking site itself is in Dutch; your browser's translate function handles it well.