Wahner Heide

North Rhine-Westphalia · Germany

Wahner Heide, Germany
Photo: Franz Gerd Frank, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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late summer
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A former military training ground turned nature reserve between Cologne and the airport, mixing sandy heath, dunes and wet hollows. Wild horses and cattle graze the open land to keep it free of encroaching scrub.

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