APELDOORN - The Totallympics Open International Song Contest 2020 will be held in the city of Apeldoorn, but the focus definitely won't be on the city alone. Apeldoorn has been chosen because it's in the heart of the Veluwe, arguably the most beautiful part of the Netherlands - at least the entire Dutch delegation, every member of which was born and raised on the Veluwe, agrees. There's many centuries of history located here, sometimes in the obvious places, other times way more hidden. A word from the President of the organizing committee: "I was born on the Veluwe and spent many an hour cycling around it's forests, but there was towns not twenty kilometers away from home I'd never even heard of until I happened to come across them via some small forest road." As one would expect, these places have their history, and it's often near these hidden gems where one can find things like hills. Huh, hills? Yes, hills. Not your regular hills, but burial mounds, thousands of years old. Our President once more: "Take Niersen. Maybe three people and a cow live there, who knows, I think I was 25 when I happened to come across this place. Blink and you passed it, while cycling, but apparently I didn't blink. It's not a very interesting town, but the surroundings more than make up for it: the burial mounds, thousands of years old, are unmissable once you know they're there, and this area has been inhabited for at least 6000 years! Sorry it took me so long to find them.."
Anyway, the Veluwe. The true green heart of the Netherlands and as organizing committee, we would absolutely stress any Totallympian who ever visits the Netherlands to come and pay the Veluwe a visit - a Dutch delegation member would be more than happy to personally welcome you!
It's really not that special, until you realize thousands of years ago a group of people gathered here to bury someone
The majestic red deer, King of the Veluwe - during this time of year one can hear their mating calls echo for kilometers across the forests in the twilight, the committee President can speak from experience and say the sound alone is impressive!