Cycling through the polders of Hollands Kroon

Hollands Kroon, North Holland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 117034

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Provided by: Gemeente Hollands Kroon

50.0 km
02:56 h
881 kcal
4 m

Description

This route takes you through Hollands Kroon, a beautiful region in North Holland in which villages such as Den Oever and Wieringerwaard are located. You will enjoy beautiful views and the former island of Wieringen.

On Wieringen
Wieringen was an island in the Zuiderzee for centuries. In 1924, the island was'linked\\\' to North Holland by diking and reclamation. From the moraines in this area you have beautiful views over the low-lying polders, the Amstelmeer, the IJsselmeer and of course the Wadden Sea. There are still some erratic boulders on the former island, and here and there you can also see some authentic garden walls of about a meter high that served as a boundary.

Robbenoordbos
You cycle a bit through the Robbenoordbos, which was planted in the 1930s with oaks, alders and beeches. Wieringerwaard was once on the Zuiderzee, but is now a picturesque village in the middle of the polder. Here you see the White Church from 1865. A little further on you pass the Polderhuis, which was built in 1612 as the first in the village. At Restaurant Basalt you can enjoy a coffee, lunch or dinner with a view of the fishing port.

Turbulent Wieringen
Wieringen has a rich and eventful history. In the ninth century, the island was a base for Danish Vikings for a short time. Ships that returned from the East in the VOC era put sick sailors ashore on the west side of Wieringen - pretty much within sight of the ports of Enkhuizen, Hoorn and Amsterdam. This quarantine was to prevent diseases from spreading ashore. After the First World War, Wieringen served from 1918 to 1923 as a place of exile for the German crown prince Wilhelm who had fled. The story goes that blacksmith Jan Luyt from Hippolytushoef taught the crown prince how to forge horseshoes. Would you like to cycle around Wieringen again? Then also drive route 117035.

Restaurant Windmill

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Gemeente Hollands Kroon

Municipality of Hollands Kroon

Directions

# Description Distance
Restaurant Basalt (Haventerrein, 1779 GS, Hollands Kroon, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
De Hoop (Molen De Hoop, 1779CE, Hollands Kroon, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.72 km
24
24 (1779ES, Hollands Kroon, North Holland, The Netherlands) 1.22 km
36
36 (Akkerweg, 1779GJ, Hollands Kroon, North Holland, The Netherlands) 2.58 km
54
54 (1777PA, Hippolytushoef, North Holland, The Netherlands) 6.29 km
67
67 (Koningstraat, 1777AB, Hippolytushoef, North Holland, The Netherlands) 7.07 km

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