Tour of Wieden: Waterloopbos, Dwarsgracht and Giethoorn

Your starting point Hotel and Restaurant De Kruumte is located just outside the pleasant center of Giethoorn. From here you can explore the Weerribben-Wieden National Park. This area has been extensively excavated due to peat extraction. Now you see lakes, ponds, canals, vast reed fields and flowery hay fields. You cycle via a beautiful shortcut exactly between the Beulaker and Belterwijde. In the Waterloopbos you will discover scale models of more than thirty waterworks. The former hydraulic laboratory has been transformed into an information center and pavilion. In the middle of the beautiful old Dwarsgracht you can admire one of the thickest and oldest ash trees in the Netherlands, the tree was planted around 1800. Giethoorn is the cultural-historical pearl on your route: this picturesque village with its beautiful houses is also called the Venice of the North.