Walk through the Veender and Lijkerpolder from Rijpwetering

Put on your sturdy walking shoes for a beautiful walk through the Veender and Lijkerpolder. You start in Rijpwetering, a beautiful and water-rich village. Over the Poeldijk you walk to the Lijkermolen 2. Further on is the Lijkermolen 1. Both mills date from 1780, they are the only twelve-sided mills in the Netherlands. They were used to drain the Veender and Lijkerpolder, a job that was completed in 1784. In these polders you walk through a wide landscape of elongated plots that are separated by straight ditches. You also pass a number of lakes, such as the Kleipoel and Hanepoel. On the edge of Nieuwe Wetering you walk through nature experience garden De Bult, where you can climb a lookout tower. Through the polder you walk back to the terrace of Restaurant RYP.