Cycling through the Krimpenerwaard and along Hitland

For the first kilometers you follow the course of the Lek. From the cycle path you look out over the rippling water, the grasslands and the monumental farms on the dike. You pass through Lekkerkerk, further on is Krimpen aan de Lek. Just past junction 70 you have a beautiful view of the Hollandse IJssel Storm Surge Barrier from 1958. You cycle along the river to Ouderkerk aan den IJssel where you cross the water with a bicycle ferry. You take a tour of the Hitland nature reserve. You can get off at Muller&Co Nieuwerkerk for a delicious meal before heading back to Ouderkerk aan den IJssel. Here you will pass, among other things, the fifteenth-century village church in which the mausoleum of Nassau-LaLecq is located. The last kilometers you drive through the vast Krimpenerwaard. How wonderfully peaceful it is here!