Natural beauty in the Elsenerveen

This route takes you through Markelo, a popular place with tourists. Old monuments such as farms, estates with outbuildings and historic cemeteries have been well preserved. Enough to see in Markelo.

The Elsener Field
The nature in the area is also more than worth it. During this tour you cycle right through the Elsenerveld and peat with eye-catching, special plants. You will find bell gentian, sundew and wool grass. Many birds also live in this quiet area: pheasants, nuthatches, various species of tits and woodpeckers and much more. Admire the buzzards chasing succulent mice in the open spaces, the cranes and geese flying over to nesting and stopping places, and the skittish roe deer hiding among the bushes.

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After twenty kilometers you cycle past Restaurant Bowling't Witte Hoes, just outside Rijssen. Tired of all the moving? Then take a moment of rest here with an airy whipped cappuccino, a nice cup of tea and pastries. You deserve it after all that cycling. You can also go there for a more extensive snack. The lunch and dinner menu offers plenty of choice from tasty dishes. A little further is a narrow gauge railway from 1907. Brick factories used to transport their raw materials over this track.

The hope
In Markelo you will find the old octagonal windmill De Hoop, also known as the Molen van Buursink. The flour mill was built in 1839 and operated on wind power until 1924. In that year an electric motor was placed in the tower mill. The mill then fell into disrepair. By the end of the twentieth century, only the mill hull was left. The Friends of the Mill van Buursink Foundation then had the mill restored to its former glory. To prevent new decay, a voluntary miller now grinds regularly with the mill, in which one pair of mesh stones is present. A nice sight to visit during your bike ride.