Cycling through Delft

This route takes you past highlights in the historic center of Delft, but also through the green zone outside the city. The old streets and canals in the city center are a feast for the eyes with their many monumental buildings. You will pass, for example, the Oostpoort, the only remaining Delft city gate from around 1400. The fourteenth-century Nieuwe Kerk with the mausoleum of William of Orange is, of course, a well-known attraction. The green and water-rich district of Het Delftse Hout is also worth a visit. As is the adjacent Bieslandpolder, with its forests and wet meadows. The water from this polder was once used by Delft breweries; later, the peat from this area ended up in stoves.