Ackerdijk Lakes and Broekpolder 65 km

Rotterdam, Vlaardingen

This cycle route takes you through nature reserves that you may not have known about. Did you know, for example, that a quarter of the municipality of Vlaardingen consists of the Broekpolder? A lovely green area where you can enjoy recreation. You also cycle past the not yet completed nature reserve Polder Schieveen, where nature and relaxation will soon go hand in hand.

Discover the colony of grey herons in the swamp forest of Vlietlanden, an area that is very un-Dutch and has not been reclaimed but where you can still find real old-fashioned Dutch nature. The Ackerdijkse Plassen are a real bird paradise. Bluethroat, lapwing, hawk, cormorant, shoveler, wigeon, redshank, white-tailed godwit, egret: they all feel at home here. No wonder that you can only enter this area under the guidance of a guide from Natuurmonumenten.