Enjoy the rural Utrecht

First you drive to the Nieuwkoopse Plassen, one of the last extensive lowland peat areas that the Netherlands once had. You see marshes, but also hayfields, flowery meadows and reed fields. Then you drive into the cope landscape with its characteristic narrow plots: a parcelling pattern that originated in the thirteenth century. Along the Oude Rijn you cycle to Harmelen. Further on you make a pit stop at Brazzerie Abrona, after which you cycle via the Maximapark to Kasteel de Haar. Kockengen is an old reclamation village. The name comes from Cocagne, the French name for Cockaigne. Over a winding dike you cycle to Woerdense Verlaat. This hamlet was built near the lock in the Grecht that was already constructed in 1448. Here you see the Westveense Molen, a polder mill from 1676.