cycling through the hotspots Volendam and Marken starts valk hotel Volendam

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This beautiful cycling route of over 51 kilometers takes you through Waterland past Volendam and Marken. A typical Dutch route with Zaanse houses, windmills and bridges.

With the ferry service

The starting point of this route is the landing stage of the Volendam Marken Express at the harbor in Volendam. From here you take the ferry to Marken. Take a seat on the sun terrace or within the shelter of the boat and enjoy the special view over the former Zuiderzee. As soon as you arrive in Marken, you automatically imagine yourself in times long gone. Marken is a former island, now a peninsula, with wooden houses on stilts and mounds and narrow alleys next to which clothes hang to dry in the garden. You cycle past Het Paard van Marken, the lighthouse on the eastern point. You leave the island via the dike that is connected to the mainland.

Historic Waterland

The cycle route continues through the municipality of Waterland, a beautiful area for cycling. Surrounded by meadows you can enjoy the peace around you. Broek in Waterland was one of the most prosperous villages in Waterland during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries because of the wealthy merchants and captains who came to live there.

By Volendam

Shortly afterwards you cycle past the Zuidpolder windmill. This Zuidpolder mill was built in 1670 and was powered by the water of the Schermerboezem. The mill was taken out of use in the second half of the twentieth century, but the mill is still in working order. The route ends in Volendam, a real fishing town with, of course, the characteristic dialect. The area around the harbor is very attractive with fish shops and tourist shops.