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The Hoge Veluwe might be one of the few places where this can happen. And even then, the Hoge Veluwe is 55 sqkm. Worst case scenario you walk for a few hours to

The Hoge Veluwe might be one of the few places where this can happen. And even then, the Hoge Veluwe is 55 sqkm. Worst case scenario you walk for a few hours to reach one of the edges. Just keep walking in the same direction. Hoge Veluwe, one of the few things I miss from my home town. Such a great place to hang out as a kid.

tom_mellior 7y ago
> Just keep walking in the same direction. AFAIK this is surprisingly difficult, many (most? all?) people end up walking in circles when placed in a forest without any clues for orientation. Edit: Some random sources: https://www.livescience.com/33431-why-humans-walk-circles.html https://www.livescience.com/33431-why-humans-walk-circles.ht..., https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/08/why-we-walk-circles https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/08/why-we-walk-circles, https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(09)01479-1 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(09)... "participants repeatedly walked in circles when they could not see the sun ... participants walked in often surprisingly small circles (diameter < 20 m), though rarely in a systematic direction"
- tiku 7y ago
  All Dutch woods have man made paths. Most forests even have some sort of grid of roads for logging. Check a random dutch forest on Google Maps to see it. As far as I know we ware the only country that has this in almost every forest..
  - tom_mellior 7y ago
    Looking at the above-mentioned Hoge Veluwe I do see the grid of paths and roads you speak of, though there also seem to be a bunch of places where there is plenty of room to go around in 20 or even 200 meter circles without hitting a path. Nobody said that that you can get lost in a Dutch forest forever, but I can totally believe that you might not immediately find out if you're dropped in the wrong spot in the middle of the night. After daybreak you'll be out in no time.

tom_mellior 7y ago

> Just keep walking in the same direction. AFAIK this is surprisingly difficult, many (most? all?) people end up walking in circles when placed in a forest without any clues for orientation. Edit: Some random sources: https://www.livescience.com/33431-why-humans-walk-circles.html https://www.livescience.com/33431-why-humans-walk-circles.ht..., https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/08/why-we-walk-circles https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2009/08/why-we-walk-circles, https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(09)01479-1 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(09)... "participants repeatedly walked in circles when they could not see the sun ... participants walked in often surprisingly small circles (diameter < 20 m), though rarely in a systematic direction"

tiku 7y ago
All Dutch woods have man made paths. Most forests even have some sort of grid of roads for logging. Check a random dutch forest on Google Maps to see it. As far as I know we ware the only country that has this in almost every forest..
- tom_mellior 7y ago
  Looking at the above-mentioned Hoge Veluwe I do see the grid of paths and roads you speak of, though there also seem to be a bunch of places where there is plenty of room to go around in 20 or even 200 meter circles without hitting a path. Nobody said that that you can get lost in a Dutch forest forever, but I can totally believe that you might not immediately find out if you're dropped in the wrong spot in the middle of the night. After daybreak you'll be out in no time.