Enjoy along the Utrechtse Vecht

Along the Utrechtse Vecht you can enjoy the beautiful nature and beautiful country houses. In the surrounding polders it is wonderfully peaceful to cycle through the special landscape around Kockengen.

Luilekkerland
Kockengen is an old mining village that takes its name from Cocagne, the French name for Luilekkerland. Around the village you can see the so-called cope landscape with its characteristic narrow plots: a subdivision pattern whose origins date back to the thirteenth century. Here you have beautiful views over the vast polder. The Kockengense Mill dates from 1675. It drained the Kockengense polder until the 1960s.

The hair
There is no shortage of historic buildings on this route. For example, you will pass Kasteel de Haar, the largest castle in the Netherlands. The castle originally dates from the fourteenth century, the current castle was rebuilt in 1892 in neo-Gothic style. On the meandering Vecht you will see some beautiful historic country houses. You also look out over the picturesque Loosdrechtse Plassen.

Zuylen Castle
Crazy about old castles? Then spice up your route with a visit to Slot Zuylen. The history of this castle goes back to the thirteenth century with the construction of a keep. The castle was razed to the ground in 1422, but reconstruction did not begin until a century later. Nowadays you can admire the residential culture of the Utrecht nobility from the thirteenth century in the castle. And view the beautiful castle gardens.