Exploring my home town and finding hidden forests and lakes!

Hey everybody! Are you enjoying the Local Guide program as much as I do?

I sometimes go to new shops, restaurants and parks just to make some pictures and posting a review on Maps, only to help this business or startup to get a boost. As and entrepreneur myself I’d love to help others. How awesome is that if you can give a new company a review and you can personally help this business grow.

Besides company reviews I also explore my own city and often go running to new forests, dune areas or around some lakes. I live close to the beach, but in between the beach and my house there are a lot of nice places to have a run.

I found this amazing place close to my house, just 5KM away. That could be a nice 10KM run every weekend, back and forth. But it’s hidden, behind a lot of trees and forests. I would have never found it if it was voor Google Maps and the Local Guide personal suggestions.

I needed to see this place with my own eyes and of course make my own photo’s and review of this place. So other people would enjoy it also. So on a sunny Saturday in June I went for a run with my running-buddy. She knew the area a little bit better, because she trains with a whole team every week in this area, but also didn’t found this spot yet. Ok, we did a couple of KM by bicycle before we went running.

When we arrived we went running through the forest and found there this magical, amazing, crazy-beautiful lake! With a big smile we went running up and down hill, all around the Oosterplas lake.

To make a long story short… I’m really using the Local Guides program for my local area the most. But when I’m in other cities for business or personal trips, I always try to search for highlights and restaurants that are personalized and suggests just for me. Google just knows I love healthy food that doesn’t just taste great, but also looks amazing!

I find the reviews also feel so more personal than other reviews with different apps, just because it could have been your own! It’s just that easy, let’s all help each other out!

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