Memories of Orange around Baarn

Pancake farm De Wildenburg
The starting point of this route is at a parking lot just outside Baarn. From here you cycle to the former Orange Museum Baarn on the outskirts of the city. You will pass through the Baarnse Bos, a forest area of 80 hectares on a spur of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. After just over 10 kilometers of cycling you can take a break at Pannenkoekenboerderij De Wildenburg. Here you can satisfy your hunger with a delicious pancake made from ancient grains such as spelled and oats. That certainly gives enough energy for the rest of the route.

Palace Soestdijk
You then cycle through various beautiful nature reserves on the outskirts of Hilversum. Soestdijk Palace is located on the outskirts of Soest. From 1937 this was the residence of Princess and later Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. The first homestead on this site was built in 1650. It was even inhabited for a while by King Lodewijk Napoleon, the brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, but since the establishment of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, the castle has been in the hands of Orange.

Low Fire
Near Baarn you will find the small village of Lage Vuursche. You cycle around this village on this route. Lage Vuursche has a protected village view with historic houses from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and dozens of national monuments. Here you can take a look at the reformed Stulpkerk. Drakensteyn Castle is also a stone's throw from this village.