Tour of Meppel, Giethoorn and Ruinerwold

This area has been extensively excavated due to peat extraction. Now you can see lakes, ponds, canals, vast reed fields and flowery hayfields. In the middle of the beautiful old Dwarsgracht you can admire one of the thickest and oldest ash trees in the Netherlands, the tree was planted around 1800. Giethoorn is the cultural-historical pearl on your route: this picturesque village with its beautiful houses is also called the Venice of the North. The area around Nijeveen and Ruinerwold is also former peat area. Here you cycle past old farms and vast meadows.