Tour of Twiske, Ilpendam and Amsterdam

Your bike tour starts at Cafe't Sluisje in IJburg. Today you follow a lovely green cycle route through a typical Dutch area: Waterland. This is a unique Dutch peat meadow landscape. So special, that this low-lying area has been designated as a National Landscape. The tour takes you through typical North Holland villages such as Holysloot and Ilpendam. Broek in Waterland is a beautiful old village where you see many monumental wooden houses, often painted in pastel shades. You will also discover't Twiske, a nature and recreation area that was created by peat extraction, among other things. The peat meadow area of Oostzanerveld has a protected status, as part of the National Landscape of Low Holland. The so-called sailing farmers used to go here with their boat to the cows. In Amsterdam-Noord you cross the IJ twice by ferry, fun!