Low moor areas around De Rijp

Beemster, North Holland, The Netherlands

Cycling route: 410047

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47.9 km
02:49 h
845 kcal
1 m

Description

In the heart of North Holland you will find several low moor areas in the vicinity of Alkmaar. Cycle along countless farm ditches, flat meadows and reed beds along the water. Polder windmills should of course also not be missing in such a typical Dutch landscape as this and you will see them in abundance on this route.

The Eilandspolder and the Wormer and Jisperveld
You get on your bike in the village of De Rijp in the Eilandspolder, a nature reserve full of low moors. This wetland area was provided with dikes in the 13th century. The polder is the habitat of all kinds of meadow birds such as curlews and black-tailed godwits and waterfowl. From this polder you cycle through Stompetoren, along the Alkmaarder Meer and through Wormer and Jisp to the nature reserve Wormer- en Jisperveld. Along the way you will pass Fort bij Spijkerboor, the largest fortress of the Defense Line of Amsterdam. This fort was built in 1913 to defend the junction of canals and dikes at Spijkerboor.

Polder mills
A Dutch landscape is nothing without windmills. On this route you cycle past Poldermolen M, which was built in 1635. This mill used to drain the M department of the Schermer. Today, this area is drained by an electric pumping station. The second windmill on the route is De Koker. This corn mill from 1866 is located a bit outside Wormer and was used to grind grain. The mill is still running today.
Fort to visit-DO NOT USE Restaurant Windmill Fort

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Directions

# Description Distance
61
61 (1483HB, Beemster, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
29
29 (Westdijk, 1636XA, Beemster, North Holland, The Netherlands) 4.16 km
28
28 (1636XT, Beemster, North Holland, The Netherlands) 5.49 km
27
27 (1636VJ, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands) 7.02 km
79
79 (1841, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands) 11.08 km
78
78 (1841JD, Alkmaar, North Holland, The Netherlands) 12.68 km

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