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Nature and culture go hand in hand in the Veluwe. On the north side of the Veluwe, the former Zuiderzee was friend and enemy of the residents in this area. Fishing revenues were accompanied by flood losses. This route shows you how the past lives on in the present. From the Arkemheen visitor center the route goes along the Zuiderzee to junction 52 in the direction of Putten. On the way you can visit some prehistoric burial mounds. Towards beach Nulde you cycle past the Putter Stoomgemaal. This steam pumping station, together with steam pumping station Hertog Reijnhout, has maintained the water level in the Arkemheen polder for many years. Further on you will pass Vanenburg Castle. The twentieth century was extremely eventful for the Vanenburg. After the death of the childless Anna Frederika in 1917, her cousin Hugo'Joep\\\' baron van Pallandt squandered the entire estate and the Vanenburg was auctioned in 1931. Since then, the house has not been privately inhabited. The castle was used as a holiday colony, as a prison camp for Jews during the occupation, and as a training school for the protection of the civilian population of the government. Due to decay and modernisation, the complex was even in danger of being lost. In 1996, the Vanenburg Group moved into the building and restored the castle to its original state. Today the estate is used as conference, meeting and hotel accommodation. At junction 30 you can shorten the route to 37km. Continue to junction 20, in the center of Putten. See further from node 20. Close to node 79 is Visitor Center Ermelosche Heide. From this sheepfold you can visit a Roman March Camp, a rampart that served as protection for a Roman camp with 4000 soldiers around 170/180 AD. You then cycle through the Speulder and Sprielderbos, one of the oldest forests in the Netherlands. Between junctions 81 and 56 you will pass Landgoed Schovenhorst. Take a look at the tree garden and the'De Tien Malen\\\' museum. In the middle of Putten we find windmill't Hert. The windmill't Hert recalls the time when the cornfields determined the image of the Puttereng. The mill used to stand like a watchman at the entrance of the village, waiting for the moment when the grain could be threshed. The mill was part of the Puttereng and formed the final piece of an annually recurring process of sowing, mowing, harvesting and threshing. The last part of the route goes through Nijkerk. This city arose from a living community that built'the new church\\\', roads and houses and received city rights in 1413. A protective dike was built between the Zuiderzee and the Arkemheen polder. The Arkervaart connected the town with the Zuiderzee © This cycle route is brought to you by the Veluws Bureau for Tourism/VVV Putten. For more information about this region, visit www.develuwe.nl