Raised bogs contain high-resolution data on past climate, landscape change and human activity, which cannot be retrieved from other landscape contexts. However, detailed interdisciplinary studies with a long-term cultural and landscape-oriented perspective are rare. This hampers landscape reconstructions and the exploitation of the full scientific potential of these important repositories. The large majority of Dutch bogs (over 90 %) has already disappeared due to peat-cutting and reclamations, and the remainder is under major threat from climate change, agriculture, desiccation and pollution. As no proactive strategies have been designed for the sustainable management of bog-related cultural phenomena, this essential part of Dutch cultural heritage is at risk of being lost without having been identified properly. This Vidi-project analyses the long-term development of raised bogs in the "upland" parts of the Netherlands and adjacent parts of Belgium (Flanders) and Germany (Lower Saxony/Westphalia), with a main focus on cultural phenomena and human-land relations. This is done by means of interdisciplinary physical geographical, archaeological and historical geographical research at different spatial scale levels. Three prospective fieldwork campaigns in different parts of the research area provide additional high-quality data on bog development and cultural remains in the modern-day landscape. The research will produce detailed insights into the diverse trajectories that bog landscapes followed and how these patterns relate to human activity. As the research area is representative for larger parts of the Northwest European Plain, the results will be highly valuable for areas outside the Low Countries as well. Additionally, a proactive strategy is designed for the assessment and sustainable management of material culture elements in current and former bogs. This is done with the aid of constructive dialogues between scientists, numerous authorities, land management agencies and private owners, and by constructing mechanisms to integrate the interests of these different stakeholders.