Papendrecht mill route

This route takes you on a journey of discovery through the beautiful villages and forest plots located around Papendrecht and the beautiful Alblasserwaard polder landscape. Park the car at the Tourist Transfer Point at Zuiderstek 18-20 in Alblasserdam, a specially equipped place where you can park your car safely, easily and for free. From the main road, signs lead you to the TOP. Each TOP can be recognized by a large cone filled with stones and an information panel showing the signposted cycling routes. A nice starting point for the route is junction 01 near the tourist transfer point towards Papendrecht. More than 900 years old, Papendrecht is originally a dike village that now has an urban character. We recommend that you interrupt this beautiful route to take a break at De Krom. Cozy food and drinks, in the heart of the Alblasserwaard and in a bend of the Alblas river. You continue the route through the Alblasserwaard towards Nieuw-Lekkerland along the banks of the river Lek. Beautiful to visit: the mill corridor of Kinderdijk Netherlands is famous for its windmills. Today, there are still more than 1,000 in our country. Nowhere in the world will you find so many windmills together as in the village of Kinderdijk. Around 1740, 19 sturdy mills were built here, which have been well maintained and are still in operation to this day. The windmills of Kinderdijk have been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since 1997. The mills grind the surplus water from the Alblasserwaard polders - which are much lower than sea level - to the adjacent river Lek. The river in turn drains this water to the (North) Sea. Before you approach the end point of this route, you will come to Souburg Castle, which is definitely worth a visit.