Around the centre of gravity of the Netherlands

Walk around center of gravity on the Veluwe

In 1983, Frank Storbeck, computer scientist, geologist and scientific collaborator at the University of Amsterdam, calculated the exact location of the centre of gravity of the Netherlands. The computer pointed to a field in the Sprielderbos in the municipality of Putten, located at the intersection Peppelerweg - Oude Prinsenweg. The centre of gravity is slightly different from the well-known centre of the Netherlands that lies on a hill in the woods of Lunteren. Some call the center of gravity the point around which the mass of a body is equally distributed . Harrie Hageman came up with the original idea to enrich the precise location of the centre of gravity with a distinctive sign.