Nunspeet, Walibi World and Oldebroek

Cycle through the water-rich area of De Randmeren, which is an Eldorado for birds and water sports enthusiasts. Canoeists, swimmers, skaters, sailors, surfers and pleasure boaters come here to their heart's content. Water birds, such as the whooper swan and the pochard, have been assigned a protected zone, where they can swim, dive and fish in peace. They live off the special flora and fauna (the waters are home to various species of fish, including perch, pike, eel and roach). Unique plants such as pondweed and stonewort, which also grow in a protected area, prevent algae blooms in the shallow waters. You will not only cycle through nature, but will also visit various pleasant towns. Elburg is a village that originally looked out directly onto the Zuiderzee. Because the fishing and trading town regularly flooded, it was decided to move the town after the flood of 1367. During the reconstruction of Elburg, it was turned into a real fortress; the intact canals and the Vischpoort are still reminders of this. The church in the village is special, because it has retained its old location for many years, despite the fact that the rest of the town had already been rebuilt. That is also the reason why the church of Elburg is located on the edge of this village, instead of in the centre as is usual. A stone's throw from the starting and ending point of the cycle route (Camping Groot Grobbenhorst in Nunspeet) is a mill from 1886: De Duif. Before the ground for the construction of this belt mill was raised, a post mill stood here until 1818. The mill that was placed afterwards burned down in 1886, after which De Duif was built. A café has now been set up at the bottom of the mill. You cycle 24 kilometres until you reach Landgoed en Huize Morren. The estate was already inhabited before 1700, but the mansion was extensively renovated and changed in 1771, 1804 and 1910. The country house has elements from the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The garden is designed in the English landscape style. The whole is surrounded by a moat. The former owners of the estate found their final resting place in the adjacent Kelderbos. The entire complex; the house, the garden and the burial vault, were added to the list of national monuments in 2005. Another beautiful country estate is Zwaluwenburg, an estate with a small castle that is now privately inhabited. The area outside the moat belongs to a foundation, and the first mention of Zwaluwenburg dates back to 1326. The house was not built until 1728 and occupies a dominant position on the plot of land. History, just like Zwaluwenburg, also left a clear mark on the Schouwenburg estate. Over the centuries, the complex, which was built in the eighteenth century, was considerably changed by the residents. Parts were added to existing buildings, new outbuildings were built, and the moat was also moved. The construction of a wash house around 1930 put an end to all the drastic changes on the estate.