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The mill route

  • The Netherlands
  • South Holland
  • Kaag en Braassem
  • 37.54 km (Approximately 02:12 u)
  • Cycling route 682998
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The mill route

  • The Netherlands
  • South Holland
  • Kaag en Braassem
  • 37.54 km (Approximately 02:12 u)
  • Cycling route 682998

This route takes you along the Kagerplassen. You will also pass through the old university city of Leiden. A route full of culture and nature.

Polder mills
The Kagerplassen are an area where islands and twelve peat lakes alternate. This area is beautiful to cycle through because of the historic parcellation pattern, the virtual absence of buildings and the centuries-old polder mills. The municipality of Kaag en Braassem even has the most windmills (20) within a municipality in the Netherlands!

Leiden city gates
There are so many beautiful sights in Leiden that you regularly have to hit the brakes to view them at your leisure. It is wonderful to cycle along the canals with all those monumental buildings. You will pass, among other things, the Zijlpoort, a city gate from 1667. The Rembrandt Bridge that spans the Galgewater is a replica of a seventeenth-century bridge. On the quay is the Morspoort from 1669, the only other remaining city gate.

Directions

# Description Distance
Parkeerplaats (2159 LA, Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, The Netherlands) 0.00 km
8
 8 (2158LS, Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, The Netherlands) 0.33 km
9
 9 (2376AR, Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, The Netherlands) 4.62 km
28
 28 (2376AZ, Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, The Netherlands) 5.74 km
Lijkermolen No.1 (Lijkermolen No 1, 2375 NE, Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, The Netherlands) 7.73 km
40
 40 (2375AC, Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, The Netherlands) 9.00 km

Sights

Lijkermolen No.1

Lijkermolen No 1 8
2375 NE Kaag en Braassem
http://www.allemolens.nl

This mill was built in 1780 to drain the dehydrated Veender and Lijkerpolder. The mill is still running on a voluntary basis. Near this mill you will find the Lijkermolen No. 2.

Hoogmadese Molen

34A
2355 AN Kaag en Braassem

This mill is located in Hoogmade, which managed to drain both the Hoogmadesche and the Piestpolder with a paddle wheel.

Doesmolen

Doesmolen
2355CG Kaag en Braassem
http://www.allemolens.nl

The most famous windmill type in the Netherlands. Windmills were used not only to produce flour from cereals, but also to reclaim polder areas. Natural energy. The most famous windmills can be found in Kinderdijk, really set up as a polder model. A must see!

Kikkermolen

Brug Heempark (737)
2334GJ Oegstgeest
http://www.allemolens.nl

The most famous windmill type in the Netherlands. Windmills were not only used to produce flour from cereals, but also for draining polder areas. Natural energy. The most famous windmills can be found in Kinderdijk, which have truly been set up as a polder model. A must see!

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