From Raalte to the IJsseldelta

From Raalte you can make a beautiful bike ride along the IJssel. A route with much Salland natural beauty, estates and beautiful old villages.

Beautiful Salland
It seems as if the Salland landscape was specially designed for cyclists. You cycle through a mosaic of streams, forest plots, meadows and arable lands. It will not take you any effort to make kilometres here. Cycling along the IJssel is also great. You will pass through the Duursche Waarden, among other places. There is a lookout tower at the former brick factory on the Fortmonderweg. A little further on you will pass the bird-rich Buitenwaarden and Tichelgaten.

Lie pump
In the heart of the village of Wijhe you will pass the fourteenth-century Nicolaaskerk. You will also pass the Wijhese Molen from 1703, the oldest octagonal smock mill in Overijssel. In Windesheim you will see the very special village church from 1565. In the centre of Heino is the Leugenpomp. According to an old legend, the pump only gives water to people with a clear conscience.

Overijssel estates
On your route you will pass two estates: Windesheim and the Colckhof. At Windesheim there used to be a manor house that originally dated from 1600. On 20 October 1944 the house was destroyed by fire bombs during a bombing raid. Only a ruin remains of the old manor house. The rest of the estate, such as the beautiful farmhouses and the unique landscape park, was preserved. The Colckhof is a wooded estate from the eighteenth century. The country house dates from 1850.