On the pedals between the blades

This cycling route around Weert takes you along cycle paths and easily accessible, mostly quiet country roads through the unspoilt nature of the border area between the Netherlands and Belgium. The starting point of the route is at the reconstruction of the mill of a late medieval Rosolie mill in Weert. The original mill stood here until the 1950s to provide the residents of Weert with oil.

You cycle partly through the cross-border Kempen-Broek landscape. This nature reserve is even more extensive than the Hoge Veluwe and is located between Cranendock, Weert, Leudal and the Belgian border municipalities of Hamont, Bocholt, Bree and Molenbeersel-Kinrooi. In 2014, the region around Weert was voted the Greenest region in the world.

Along the way you will encounter plenty of beautiful sights that are worth a visit. Many of these places bear witness to the old agricultural character of the region, such as the old monumental long-fronted farms that are so characteristic of this region. You will also find crosses, old chapels, nine windmills, three watermills and a hydroelectric power station. Some of these wind turbines are regularly opened and are often still in operation today. Would you like to visit one of the mills? Then take a look at the mill agenda of the Weerterland Molenstichting. There you can see which mill is open and when.