Fort route't Gooi

From the parking lot there are signs with a reference to the Muiderslot; just before the Muiderslot you will see the Muizenfort on your right. The Muizenfort is the link between the New Dutch Waterline and the Defense Line of Amsterdam. Then you cycle to the Muiderslot. Turn left at the Muiderslot. Here you have to walk a little bit. After about 300 m (opposite no. 33) you will find the departure point of the ferry service to the Fort Island of Pampus. Fort Island Pampus is located in front of Muiden, 3 kilometers off the coast in the IJmeer. In the VOC time the ships'Voor Pampus\\\' were moored in front of the sandbar on which the Forteiland was later built. The entire island was built in the 19th century as protection for the port of Amsterdam as part of the Defense Line of Amsterdam, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From this point you go back towards junctions 17, 18 and 33. Follow Westwalstraat from junction 33 in a southeasterly direction. After about 200 m you will find yourself in front of the entrance of the Fortress Museum. From here you cycle back to junction 33, 78, 79. From junction 79 (on the Oud Bussummerweg) you follow junction 35. The cycle path ends at a right angle to the Amersfoortsestraatweg, follow junction 35 to the right here. After a few 100 m turn left onto the A1. After the'ovotonde\\\' go straight on, onto the Huizerweg. At the first roundabout, turn left onto the HALorentzweg and then take the 2nd right (Voormeulenweg) and the first left (Dr. A. Kuijperlaan). Hidden here in the middle of Bussum is a unique defensive structure, fort Werk IV. The entrance to Fort Werk IV is on the left after 200 m (in front of the Spant theatre!). This extra defense of the Vesting Naarden consisted of five works that were located in a semicircle in Bussum. Work IV, the main work, is the only one left. Then you cycle again to nodes 35, 34, 49, 48, 47 in the direction of 46. Fort Uitermeer is located between nodes 46 and 47. The restored lock once protected a lock in the's-Gravelandse Vaart and the (railway) road to Hilversum. The remaining buildings of the fort provide shelter to bearded bat and water bat in winter. After this you go back to 47, 45. Fort aan de Ossenmarkt is located between junction 47 and 45. Within the Weesp fortress, a bombproof tower fortress with a circular moat and drawbridge was built on the Ossenmarkt. The purpose of the tower fort was to close off and defend the banks of the Vecht and the locks. Originally it was part of the New Dutch Waterline, later it was added to the Defense Line of Amsterdam. The current situation is a good representation of what the bombproof towers and guardhouses originally looked like. The Ossenmarkt tower fort is accessible during public days. Then go back to junction 44, 16 to the parking lot near Muiderslot. This cycle route is offered to you by RBT Gooi & Vecht. For all tourist information about the Gooi & Vecht region, see the official VVV website of the region www.gooivecht.nl.