Along the Merwede to Gorinchem

Be amazed by the vast, flat landscape of the Netherlands. You look hundreds of meters away, over fields and farms. Farmlands stand out like dots on the horizon. Beautiful houses stand on large pieces of land, while the plots of the various plots are demarcated and intersected by dead straight ditches. The peace and space that characterizes the landscape from Schelluinen to Oud-Alblas creates a relaxed feeling in a typical Dutch setting. Gorinchem is the largest town through which the cycle tour takes place. The city probably originated when fishermen and farmers founded a settlement here around the year 1000. Flour Mill Nooit Perfect was built in 1718, after a storm destroyed a post mill on this site.