Boerenkaasroute Zoeterwoude

Grab a bike and taste, experience and discover the beautiful, rural polders of Zoeterwoude. There is a lot to experience; you will pass old mills, butterfly gardens, regional shops and visiting farms. Panels and audionetics (spoken stories) give you more information along the way about farmer's cheese and meadow birds, for example.

With the connection to the canals of Leiden, this route is 21 km, a circle through Zoeterwoude from TOP Zoeterwoude is 17 km. You can cycle this route in two directions, clockwise or counterclockwise.

Bees and butterflies
During this route you cycle through a rural area rich in water and nature with a colorful collection of flowers on the roadsides. Thanks to these flower ribbons, the polders are even more beautiful to see and they are a true paradise for bees, butterflies and other insects. Nice is not it?

From swamp to farmhouse cheese
Until the Middle Ages, the peat area around Zoeterwoude was swampy and marshy. Later peat was excavated, ditches dug and polders drained. The combination of juicy grass, healthy cows and traditional cheese makers has produced exceptionally tasty farmhouse cheeses in Zoeterwoude for centuries.

Taste, experience and discover
Along the way, information panels tell you more about the farms along the route. And audionetics are a kind of talking poles that generate their own energy to tell you a story about meadow birds or farmer's cheese, for example. Got thirsty or hungry? Taste the full flavor of fresh milk from the milk tap. Find a nice lunch in the farm shop. There are plenty of picnic spots along the route and a beautiful view is guaranteed. If you are traveling with children, you should definitely visit the ice cream farm or go on an adventure on the wild picking path.

Get on a bike and discover it for yourself!