Zuiderzee route stage 6: From Muiderberg to Purmerend
- The Netherlands
- North Holland
- Gooise Meren
- 46.91 km (Approximately 02:45 u)
- Cycling route 747584
Zuiderzee route stage 6: From Muiderberg to Purmerend
- The Netherlands
- North Holland
- Gooise Meren
- 46.91 km (Approximately 02:45 u)
- Cycling route 747584
We have already arrived at the penultimate part of the Zuiderzee route . On this sixth stage you cycle from Muiderberg along the IJsselmeer to Diemen, Volendam and Purmerend, among others. Enjoy the vast polders and the sights that have everything to do with water along the way.
The New Dutch Waterline
Hotel Restaurant Het Rechthuis in Muiderberg forms the starting point of this route. From here you can be in the fortified city of Muiden in no time. In this historic city you will find various buildings of the New Dutch Waterline, such as the Muizenfort and the famous Muiderslot. This historic defense line with all kinds of forts was built in 1815 to better protect the country in wartime. You will also cycle across the imposing sea lock of Muiden, where beautiful ships regularly enter. From here you set course in the direction of Diemen and then continue to Monnickendam and Volendam through the polders.
Rest in Purmerend
After that it is only a short bike ride through Edam and further to the end point in Purmerend.
The Katwouder Mill
Just outside Volendam you can take a look at the Katwoudermolen. This mill drains the surrounding polders and meadows. The mill was built here around 1649 and put into use around 1650. The mill was restored in 1986, with a new hood with blades installed.
The New Dutch Waterline
Hotel Restaurant Het Rechthuis in Muiderberg forms the starting point of this route. From here you can be in the fortified city of Muiden in no time. In this historic city you will find various buildings of the New Dutch Waterline, such as the Muizenfort and the famous Muiderslot. This historic defense line with all kinds of forts was built in 1815 to better protect the country in wartime. You will also cycle across the imposing sea lock of Muiden, where beautiful ships regularly enter. From here you set course in the direction of Diemen and then continue to Monnickendam and Volendam through the polders.
Rest in Purmerend
After that it is only a short bike ride through Edam and further to the end point in Purmerend.
The Katwouder Mill
Just outside Volendam you can take a look at the Katwoudermolen. This mill drains the surrounding polders and meadows. The mill was built here around 1649 and put into use around 1650. The mill was restored in 1986, with a new hood with blades installed.
End the beautiful Zuiderzee route with the last stage of this tour.
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Directions
| # | Description | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Gerard Doulaan, 1399 EP, Gooise Meren, North Holland, The Netherlands | 0.00 km | |
17 | 17 (1399GW, Gooise Meren, North Holland, The Netherlands) | 0.24 km |
| Vesting Muiden (Old Dutch, 1398 AD, Gooise Meren, North Holland, The Netherlands) | 4.55 km | |
16 | 16 (1398ER, Gooise Meren, North Holland, The Netherlands) | 4.87 km |
15 | 15 (1398PV, Gooise Meren, North Holland, The Netherlands) | 7.57 km |
| Kustbatterij bij Diemerdam (1111PR, Diemen, North Holland, The Netherlands) | 9.60 km |
Pause places
The Experience Volendam
Haven 154
1131 EW Edam-Volendam
http://www.experiencevolendam.nl/
You will find Experience Volendam directly at the port of Volendam. In this center you can experience the glorious history of Volendam in a virtual way. For example, you will learn more about the flood disaster of 1916 in which roads, farms and houses and much more were destroyed. At the Experience you can experience this disaster yourself using virtual reality glasses. If you put on these glasses you will see all kinds of images of the Volendam of the past and of the flood disaster. In this way you completely immerse yourself in the world of the past and you experience the story of a young fisherman who goes out on a boat and survives the flood disaster. You also get to see what a living room, box bed and kitchen looked like in those days and you take a look at the old harbor as it used to look. In this way, fascinating history is combined with modern technology to achieve a unique experience. Come and experience the Volendam of yesteryear.
Sights
Vesting Muiden
Old Dutch
1398 AD Gooise Meren
http://www.muidenvesting.nl
The fortified town of Muiden is home to a number of important buildings of the New Dutch water line: the Muizenfort, depots, the Muiderslot, restaurant Fort H and large bombproof barracks. The boat to Pampus also leaves from Muiden.
Kustbatterij bij Diemerdam
100
1111PR Diemen
http://www.forten.info
Fort Diemerdam is part of the Defense Line of Amsterdam. It is an open coastal battery and therefore looks different from other fortresses; actually the complex should not even be called a fort. "Fort Diemerdam" is therefore a name that originated in popular speech. The coastal battery has two official names: 'Werk aan het IJ for Diemerdam' and 'Coastal battery at Diemerdam'. The fort is slightly hidden on the IJmeer with a view of Pampus, the coastal battery at Durgerdam and IJburg.
Museum De Speeltoren
1
1135 AM Waterland
http://www.despeeltoren.nl
This tower of the Onze Lieve Vrouwe or Kleine Kerk dates from the 15th and 16th centuries. As early as 1350, mention was made of a church or chapel on this site. The church itself was demolished in 1882, the stone foundation was rebuilt in 2006-2007. The slender late Gothic tower bears a carillon from 1561, cast by Pieter van de Ghein from Mechelen. Later the chimes were expanded considerably, which is also the reason that some of the bells hang outside the open lantern. In 1972 a local resident discovered that the tower was in danger of falling, fortunately the danger could be averted in time.
De Waegh Monnickendam
2
1141 AZ Waterland
http://www.dewaegh.com
Waegh is an old Dutch word for weighing house. There was already a Waegh building in Monnickendam in 1382. The Waegh was destroyed by fire in 1666. The current Waegh dates from 1668, built from the remains of its predecessor. The Waegh was the economic center of the city and in fact had two functions; the Waegh building (inside) and the Beurs (outside under the roof). The building was used for weighing and trading butter, cheese and grains. The original balance sheets are another nice detail from that time.The upper room served as the meeting room for the councilors, which consisted of four mayors and various councilors.
De Katwoudermolen
The Katwoudermolen drains the polder Katwoude-Hogendijk and a meadow area to the north of the Zeddeweg. The mill is located near the southern edge of Volendam. The first windmill for the Katwoude polder was built in 1649 and opened around 1650. A heavy inland barber that discharged into the Zuiderzee via a drainage sluice. By digging the barge canal from Edam to Monnickendam in 1663, the 689 hectare polder Katwoude was divided in two. The eastern part, Hogedijk, was drained by the old paddlewheel mill with a radius of 26.15 m and a paddle wheel with a diameter of 6.14 m and a width of 38 cm. For Lagendijk, the separated western part of 139 ha, a new paddle wheel mill was built in 1665 on the canal with a radius of 19.75 m.
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