The Red Carpet City Canal

The walk takes you through the scattered village of Stadskanaal. In 1765, the city council of Groningen decided to dig a canal from Bareveld to open up the immense bog area that extended to the state border with Germany. The canal initially served to drain the bogs and transport the harvested peat. Later, it became the economic lifeline of the entire region. This function has disappeared, and now leisure boating has become significant. Over time, developments arose along this canal, eventually leading to today's Stadskanaal. The route passes, among other places, along the Pagedal. Along the Schalenweg beside the meadow of the Scottish Highlands in Pagedal, wild orchids can be observed in spring. At the end of this Schalenweg, you can see a lovely little pond on the right, with walkways and beautiful planting; here, the kingfisher has been spotted. At the pond site, near the kiosk, cormorants can regularly be seen perched in a row on the existing poles in the water, spreading their wings to dry.