Hidden Landscape (Verborgen Landschap) is an organization which operates at the cross-over visual arts, landscape and cultural heritage. The director is Hans Jungerius.

We are fascinated by contemporary landscapes and the hidden stories and processes which formed them. It’s our believe, that manmade landscapes can be seen as a ‘cultural inscription’: an inscription that can be read in order to understand who we are and what we do.

This approach makes it also possible to discover new opportunities in our environment. Our aim is to make these new opportunities visible in a way that they can be experienced in real time. To reach this goal we develop projects for places that can not easily be defined, places with a mixture of underexposed issues.

To uncover opportunities, we believe it's important to create space for the subjective perception within the world of spacial planning ect. Especially since we observe that there is an increasing need for places that have meaning and a growing need for sustainable solutions and alternative connections.

The fine arts can contribute to this: like no other professional group, artists are especially able to observe and to find new meanings. They can open up a different appreciation of the world, of our environment.

With this mission as a starting point, we have a concrete idea for Arnhem:

Develop the northern edge of Arnhem into a Landscape-Park that combines landscape, art and heritage. Such a park will also function as a "cultural axis": a park that links the city of Arnhem  with the green Veluwe and the major institutions that are situated there: The Dutch Open Air Museum, Kröller-Müller Museum, Burgers' Zoo and National Park De Hoge Veluwe.

Such a cultural connection is at the moment missing. As a result of this, there is no public stream between the city and Veluwe: tourists visit either Arnhem or the museums up north; they do not visit both. This is a missed opportunity.

This park could be seen as the third (new) Park in sequence: the first park is Sonsbeekpark, the second park is Zypendaal and the third park will be the 21^st Century Landscape Park. Because of the fact that this forest has become "out of sight", it should be 'reclaimed'. Not by changing the landscape itself, but by programming it. By programming it, people will experience it in a different way. We have plans for a Belvedere (a viewing point), a resting-point and a landmark across the highway.

We are based at ‘Buitenplaats Koningsweg’. This former military site is beautifully situated on the northern edge of Arnhem, 6.5 kilometers away from the city center. In the next years 'Buitenplaats Koningsweg’ will be developed into a ‘cultural enclave’ (for working and living).

Our focus on the northern edge of Arnhem is not by accident. This is a very intriguing area. During World War II the Germans built right here the largest airport in Europe: Fliegerhorst Deelen. It had a magnitude of the current Schiphol. More than 900 buildings were constructed, over 200 of theme are now national heritage. The Germans camouflaged these building as farmhouses (called ‘Heimatschutz style’). They integrated the buildings into the existing landscape and grouped them in five fake villages to avoid recognition from the air. Nowadays, the landscape contains many traces of this past, such as remnants of the flights paths. And of course, there are many stories. Remarkably: the general public is completely unaware of this fascinating history. After World War II, under the influence of the Cold War the area remained under military control. It remained inaccessible and therefore unknown.