Cycling through Midden-Delfland

Vlaardingen, South Holland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 187990

Provided by: Stichting TOP Routenetwerken

46.0 km
02:42 h
811 kcal
7 m

Description

You can take this route from both TOP Vlaardingen and TOP Maasland. This varied route shows you the green space of Hof van Delfland, but also the old port city of Vlaardingen. Along the way you will come across various windmills, and you can relax on a terrace.

Vlaardingen is a city of contrasts: nature and industry, pleasure yachts and commercial shipping, ecology and living. The city is characterized by parks, avenues and green oases.

.Midden Delfland is characterized by the agricultural cultural landscape, where the cows are in the meadow. The beautiful monumental farms and churches are definitely worth a photo. The villages of Maasland and Schipluiden form the jewels in the landscape. Here you can enjoy the local products that are served on the terraces of the catering establishments. Take home artisan cheese or delicious jams as a memento.

A few tips
Vlaardingen
Vlaardingen is a port city on the Nieuwe Maas with several ports. There are still many monumental buildings on the Westhavenkade and Oosthavenkade. Historic ships and pleasure craft are moored in the Oude Haven and on the cozy terraces at the Westhavenplaats you have a beautiful view of the many boats.

Dijkpolderpad
The Dijkpolderpad is a historic church path of about 2 kilometers long. This path used to be used mainly on Sundays as the shortest way to go to church. Nowadays you can walk among the cows and enjoy the beautiful peat meadow area of Midden-Delfland. The Dijkpolderpad starts at the Molenweide in Maasland.

Regional products Midden-Delfland
Enjoy the good life in Cittaslow Midden-Delfland. At Hoeve Bouwlust you can taste traditional farm ice cream and at Zuivelboerderij Van Winden you can buy delicious farm cheese (Tuesday and Friday afternoon, Saturday). Along the way you will also come across many catering establishments where you can taste the regional products of Midden-Delfland.
Addresses: Hoeve Bouwlust, Oostgaag 31 Maasland.
Dairy farm Van Winden, Gaagweg 36, Schipluiden.

Museum De Schilpen
Museum De Schilpen has a lively grocery shop, where sweets and trinkets from grandmother's time are for sale. In the museum you can see various period rooms from around 1900. The book corner offers a lot of information about the region. The museum is located on a historic shell square in Maasland.
Address:'s-Herenstraat 24, Maasland.
Opening hours: Sat 11am-5pm, first Sunday of the month 2pm-5pm, May through Sept. Wed from 2 pm to 5 pm and various public holidays.

For more information about this TOP
Tourist Transfer Point (TOP) Bicycle maintenance Pancake house

Height Profile

Stichting TOP Routenetwerken

Tourist Interchange Points (TOP 's) are the perfect places to start a bike ride or a walk. In these places you can park your car for free on the edge of beautiful areas. From here you can enjoy cycling and walking via the nodes. The TOP 's are easy to find by following the signs along the roads. You can recognize the TOP by a green steel culm of 5.5 meters high.

Directions

# Description Distance
TOP Vlaardingen (Vlaardingen, South Holland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
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67
67 (3137ZL, Vlaardingen, South Holland, The Netherlands) 2.56 km
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68 (3123, Schiedam, South Holland, The Netherlands) 5.97 km
69
69 (Spalandpad, 3124, Schiedam, South Holland, The Netherlands) 7.02 km
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65 (Kandelaarweg, 3047EW, Rotterdam, South Holland, The Netherlands) 8.75 km

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