Cycling through a picture book around Winterswijk

This route takes you through the Winterswijk National Landscape. You drive through a semi-open landscape of ash trees, forests, lanes, hedgerows and stream valleys. Ideal for a day of relaxation. In Meddo you pass the Johannes de Doperkerk from 1864. At Eetcafe Restaurant Spiekerman you can enjoy a cozy terrace, after which you head to the former fortified town of Groenlo. Here you will see many beautiful monumental buildings, such as the Oude Calixtuskerk. From junction 5 you drive a short distance along the edge of the Korenburgerveen nature reserve, after which you come through the former textile town of Winterswijk.'t Walien is a former manor house whose history dates back to the fourteenth century. Part of the canal is still there. Further on you will pass Camping't Hilgelomeer, an ideal base for exploring the Achterhoek.