Tour of Brielle and Rockanje

Your route starts at Restaurant Beach West. Voorne-Putten is a surprisingly green and quiet cycling area near Rotterdam. You cycle through an area where the past and present have been influenced by the surrounding water. This history is reflected in the many dikes, waterways and creeks in the open polder landscape. But also in the still-living history of the picturesque fortified towns such as Brielle. The largely seventeenth-century fortress of Brielle is one of the best-preserved defense works in the Netherlands. The fortress belt has been restored, you can admire nine bastions and five ravelins. Brielle, also called Den Briel, was captured from the Spanish by the Geuzen on April 1, 1572. The city still celebrates a historic liberation day every year on April 1.