Cycling through the area around Stiens

In the north of Friesland you drive through the characteristic Frisian polder country. You also pass through beautiful old villages.

Picturesque Birdaard
The route starts in Stiens. Here you can admire the twelfth-century St. Vitus Church. There is also a beautiful church in neighboring Britsum: the Johannes Church from the thirteenth century. On car-free roads you drive past vast grasslands and along ditches and canals. In picturesque Birdaard time seems to have stood still, what a nice atmosphere! In the countryside you pass the Genezareth, a thatched polder mill from 1850.

Saint Anne Parish
Oude Bildtzijl enjoys a protected village view. Here you can see the Julianakerk and several monumental farms. Nij Altoenae refers to Sint-Annaparochie, which was originally called Altoenae, because the people who embanked the Bildt in 1505 came from the Land van Heusden en Altena. In Sint-Annaparochie you will pass the octagonal Van Harenskerk from 1683.