Cycling through an idyllic Utrecht landscape

Your route starts at Ons Backhuys. Immediately after boarding, you will ride along the meandering Gein through a landscape of green meadows with grazing cows, dikes lined with pollard willows and elongated plots with old farms. You will pass the Oostzijdse Molen dating from 1874, one of Mondriaan's favourite painting objects. You will also see the old Liniedijk that belongs to the Fort bij Nigtevecht further on. On the other side of the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal you will see the thirteenth-century Loenersloot Castle. The route takes you through Nederhorst Den Berg, Vreeland, Loenersloot and Baambrugge. All nice places to get off and soak up the atmosphere! In Abcoude you will see the fifteenth-century Gothic village church. The Wilhelmina Bridge over the Gein is also beautiful. This 'kwakel' or pedestrian bridge dates from 1908.