Cycling through Velp and the Veluwezoom

Velp is a picturesque town near the IJssel. The Veluwezoom is the oldest national park in the Netherlands: it was founded in 1930 by Natuurmonumenten.

Herikhuizerveld
One of the most beautiful places in the Netherlands? That is the almost 90 meter high Posbank, the starting point of your route. You can enjoy a beautiful view here before you drive a long way across the Herikhuizerveld. At the edge you will pass a sheepfold, which is home to the Rheden sheep herd that goes out onto the heath every day. Further on you can get off at the Veluwezoom Visitor Center to learn more about this national park.

Rozendaal
You can make a pit stop at Pannekoekhuis Strijland. Enjoy a coffee and something tasty before you cycle into Rheden. Here you will see, among other things, the charming village church from 1500, the Romanesque tower dates from 1200. From the cycle path you have beautiful views over the IJssel. In Velp you see plenty of beautiful buildings. You will pass, among other things, the nineteenth-century Van Lennepsmolen, an overhead water mill. You cycle back onto the Veluwezoom past the many villas in Rozendaal.