The Achterhoek

The Achterhoek In the quiet eastern corner of Gelderland, a landscape of moated castles, book-filled market squares and ancient hedgerow country has been waiting patiently for you to arrive. The Keizersbeek, a peaceful stream winding through the Achterhoek countryside. Image Credit: BakkeBaarend / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0) An introduction to The Achterhoek There is a particular quality of quiet in the Achterhoek that takes a little time to recognise for what it is. Not emptiness — the fields and lanes are full of life — but depth. The eastern edge of Gelderland sits in a fold of the Netherlands that most visitors sail straight past on their way to Arnhem or the Veluwe, and the region has, over centuries, arranged itself into something that asks to be met on its own terms: slowly, by…