Exciting scavenger hunts along the Prince Frederik Park Trail

The seventh-grade students at the Jozefschool in Wassenaar and the children at De Regenboog in Voorschoten are the first to experience this. They were the first to receive the maps for the new scavenger hunts along the Prince Frederik Park Route from Aldermen Wassenaar (Wassenaar) and Cramwinckel (Voorschoten). These scavenger hunts follow the paths through Prince Frederik’s estates and teach the children about his life in Wassenaar and Voorschoten in an exciting way.  

Councilmember Cramwinckel at De Regenboog.

History Just Around the Corner

The municipalities of Voorschoten and Wassenaar have revived the Prince Frederik Park Route, through initiatives such as films about his life on the estates, scavenger hunts, and the creation of special markers along the route.

In the videos, we meet Frederik and his family, learn about the carriages in which he was transported, and hear about the unique parks he had built. As one student says, “So much history, and it’s all right around the corner from me.”
Next to De Paauw, a new playground structure has been installed that depicts one of the prince’s carriages.

The videos and scavenger hunts can be viewed at Prins Frederik Parkenroute | Wassenaar and Prins Frederik Parkenroute | Voorschoten. The scavenger hunts are also available free of charge at the municipal offices of both municipalities, the library, and Museum Voorschoten.

The Park Route

The Prince Frederik Park Route is the historic connection between the estates of Prince Frederik of the Netherlands, who had it specifically built so he could travel along it by carriage. In the 19th century, Prince Frederik purchased the De Paauw country estate and subsequently acquired eight more surrounding estates in both municipalities. It was his wish to create a route full of surprises and to merge his estates into a single entity.

Voorschoten and Wassenaar are carrying out this project with financial support from the province of South Holland as part of the “South Holland Estate Zone” heritage initiative and the “Dunes, Woodlands, and Meadows” Landscape Roundtable.