The first stage of the Pieterpad

Het Hogeland, Groningen, The Netherlands

Hiking route: 517783

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13.3 km
03:19 h
756 kcal
4 m

Description

From Hotel Waddenweelde in Pieterburen you can walk the first kilometers of the famous Pieterpad. In the Groningen polder you mainly walk along waterways to Winsum.

Picturesque Pieterburen
Before you leave Pieterburen, it is nice to take a look around this beautiful town. There are some beautiful buildings to see here, such as the Petruskerk from the first half of the fifteenth century and the Vier Winden, a corn and hulling mill from 1846. The Seal Center Pieterburen is of course also a well-known attraction. Just above Eenrum you pass through the Oosterbos, which was created in the early 1970s during a land consolidation.

Wierdedorpen
Eenrum is one of the most beautiful wierde villages in the Marne. It enjoys a protected village view, partly because of the thirteenth-century church, which is partly built from tuff. The beautiful Michaelkerk in Mensingeweer also dates from the thirteenth century. Hollands Welvaart is a corn mill from 1855. At the Winsumerdiep you can grab a terrace with a view of the water at the cozy Marenland Recreatie. Your tour ends a little further on at Winsum Station.

Pieterpad
The Pieterpad (LAW 9) is the most famous long-distance walking route in the Netherlands. He leads you from Pieterburen in Groningen to Sint-Pietersberg in Limburg. The path has a length of about 492 kilometers and is divided into 26 stages. The route gives you a beautiful view of the varied Dutch landscape. You will also pass through various historic towns. The path was designed by friends Toos Goorhuis-Tjalsma and Bertje Jens. They were dissatisfied with the lack of long-distance hiking trails in the Netherlands. From 1978 to 1983 they made many walks to plot the route. Existing trails were sometimes combined with new routes. The Pieterpad was officially opened in 1983.

Would you like to go mudflat hiking from Hotel Waddenweelde? Then walk route 519255 and book a wadloop package. Would you like to walk to Groningen from Marenland Recreation? Then walk route 530023.

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You will also encounter various sights along the way. We will tell you more about this.

Do you also want to walk the other stages of the Pieterpad? View all stages here.

Tourist idea Hotel Restaurant Old Groninger Churches Windmill

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Directions

# Description Distance
60
60 (9968AG, Het Hogeland, Groningen, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
65
65 (Hoofdstraat, 9968AG, Het Hogeland, Groningen, The Netherlands) 0.05 km
92
92 (Oudedijksterweg, 9967TM, Het Hogeland, Groningen, The Netherlands) 1.68 km
10
10 (Oosterweg, 9967TK, Het Hogeland, Groningen, The Netherlands) 3.29 km
11
11 (Hoofdstraat, 9967RJ, Het Hogeland, Groningen, The Netherlands) 5.42 km
Laurentius Kerk (Kerkpad, 9967RR, Het Hogeland, Groningen, The Netherlands) 5.50 km

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