Exloo

History

The village was first mentioned in 1376 as "tot Exle", and means "forest of the oak trees". Exloo is an esdorp which developed in the Middle Ages probably from Odoorn. It has three essen (communal pastures), but no church. The peat in the raised bog near Exloo was excavated around 1800. In 1850, it turned into an industry and excavation villages such as 1e Exloërmond and 2e Exloërmond were established. In 2010, LOFAR, a low frequency radio telescope, opened near Exloo. There are 6 stations in Exloo with a 18 stations within a 2 kilometre radius, and a further 28 in eight European countries. The set up will give LOFAR a resolution comparable to the Hubble Space Telescope. The hunebed dolmen used to have four capstones, however one is missing. Unless the others which are placed east-west, it is placed north-south. In 1918, it was explored by Albert Egges van Giffen. There were five floors underneath, and you could stand up straight in the first part of the grave underneath. D31 is also located in Exloo, but it is a mess of scattered stone. In 1822, the stones were still in their place.

Most-observed species

• Common Buzzard

  Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  11,226
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,640
• Yellowhammer

  Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  8,073
• White Stork

  Ciconia ciconia (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  7,461
• European mole

  Talpa europaea Linnaeus, 1758 · Mammalia
  7,378
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  7,181
• Speckled Wood

  Pararge aegeria (Linnaeus, 1758) · Insecta
  7,089
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  6,890

Most recent

• M 3.8 — 2025-11-14
  0 km ESE of Uithuizen, Netherlands
• M 2.7 — 2022-09-24
  3 km SSW of Spijk, Netherlands
• M 3.2 — 2019-05-22
  1 km E of Warffum, Netherlands
• M 3.4 — 2013-02-07
  1 km NE of Usquert, Netherlands
• M 3.4 — 2012-08-16
  1 km NNE of Loppersum, Netherlands
• M 3.3 — 2008-10-30
  2 km SSW of Usquert, Netherlands