Staphorst Tour

We start the cycle route in Staphorst at junction 72. The (bright) green shutters in combination with (bright) blue window frames are striking in Staphorst. In Staphorst, quite a few women still wear traditional costumes. Since 1937, the General Local Regulation has stipulated that it is forbidden to "photograph someone on or near the road without their permission". The community of Staphorst is known as one of the most religious in the Netherlands and is fairly closed in nature. In 1971, Staphorst was world news due to an outbreak of polio (infantile paralysis). Several residents did not want their children to be vaccinated against this viral disease for religious reasons. A gradually increasing source of income is tourism, especially in the summer months. For this purpose, the Staphorst Days are held on three consecutive Wednesdays in July and August. During these days, there are, among other things, demonstrations of old crafts. From Staphorst, we cycle through the Staatsbos Staphorst. Here live deer, badgers, squirrels, barn owls and adders in the wild. In the middle of the forest lies the relatively shallow recreational pond the Zwarte Dennen. We cycle further towards Nieuwleusen. In Nieuwleusen-Noord lie the old and new Hulsterplas, two large connected ponds, which were dredged between the sixties and eighties. From Nieuwleusen we cycle via Rouveen back to Staphorst, also our end point of this cycle route.