Is there really peat in the Netherlands?

The only exceptions were those few places where rivers could deposit their clay in the peats, like in the above mentioned areas in the Netherlands where the peat still exists. The only real difference is, that peat deposits do not all lay on the same elevation with respect to sea level. The Dutch had the good fortune to find their. read more

Yes there is peat in the Netherlands and in Denmark and Finnland and Estonia and Siberia and all over Scotland. They have them in North America too but apparently they call them Muskeg rather than bogs. read more

PEAT PRODUCTION . There were two kinds of places where peat was found in the Netherlands. One type was the hoogveen or peat moor, which was formed above the water-table. The other was the laagveen, or peat bog, in which the peat had to be harvested from below the water-table. read more