Enjoy the beautiful Waterland

The Waterland region has everything to make your cyclist's heart beat faster. You will find peace, space and a unique cultural history, such as in Monnickendam and Volendam.

Edam
The route starts at Café De Drie Zwanen. Before you cycle through the Ilperveld, a vast brackish peat meadow area with countless ditches and reed borders. On the edge of Purmerend you drive along the Purmerbos, an exception in this wide polder country. In the Purmerpolder you pass Boerderij Leeuwendaal, a former pleasure garden of an Amsterdam merchant where you can now stay. You cycle through Edam and Volendam: two characteristic towns full of attractions.

Monnickendam
On the dike is the Kathammer Molen, a polder mill from 1650. Ahead you will pass through Monnickendam, another beautiful old town where you can admire many monumental buildings. What a special historical atmosphere! Can't get enough of this? That is convenient, because in Zuiderwoud and Broek in Waterland too, time seems to have stood still a bit. How beautiful the Waterland is!