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Particularly Nice Places: Round Water Kingdom

  • The Netherlands
  • North Holland
  • Alkmaar
  • 37.18 km (Approximately 02:11 u)
  • Cycling route 1082308
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Particularly Nice Places: Round Water Kingdom

  • The Netherlands
  • North Holland
  • Alkmaar
  • 37.18 km (Approximately 02:11 u)
  • Cycling route 1082308
Round Water Kingdom
De Rijp, Grootschermer, Driehuizen, West-Graftdijk, Akersloot, Uitgeest, Spijkerboor

The famous hydraulic engineer Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater once called De Rijp - his birthplace -'the best village in Holland\\\'. De Rijp was once a bustling fishing town known for its herring fishing and whalers. The traces of this watery history are still visible. De Rijp has a 17th century center with beautiful monuments and picturesque streets, which are definitely worth a walk through.

Social enterprises
This route also takes you past a number of special social enterprises. In De Rijp you will find lunchroom Koffie en Lekkers (Jan Boonplein 10, next to the Mennonite church), where people with a distance to the labor market work. In this nice place you can enjoy a delicious cup of coffee and something delicious. It is heartwarming to experience how welcome you are received.

Directions

# Description Distance
Jan Boonplein, 1483BL, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands 0.00 km
62
 62 (Dorpsstraat, 1484EL, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands) 1.42 km
82
 82 (Kopdammerdijk, 1843KA, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands) 4.39 km
81
 81 (Kleine Dijk, 1844KJ, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands) 6.65 km
80
 80 (1844KK, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands) 7.74 km
58
 58 (1486MX, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands) 11.14 km

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Miranda, Noord-Holland