Cycling route north Open Monument Day

1. Museum de Fundatie
The building was built between 1838 and 1841. It served as the Palace of Justice and later housed the National Planning Department. In 2012/2013 the building underwent a spectacular expansion."De Wolk\\\", the elliptical structure offers space for two exhibition rooms.

2. The Herman Brood Experience
A building from 1944 houses an exhibition to provide lasting appreciation to the Zwolle-born artist, Herman Brood.

3. The Longhouse
The oldest part of the house was probably built around 1400. The northern part dates from the 16th century. From 1639, the oldest part of the house was part of the Emanuelshuizen foundation, which provided housing for poor women of Catholic descent.

4. Hofvliet House
The house was built at the beginning of the 18th century as a convenient house and courtyard. In the late 19th century, Hofvliet was purchased by Petrus van Loo, owner of the wax cloth and floor cloth factory "Vogel van Calcar".

5. The Kluizenberg
De Klooiberg farm, possibly of medieval origin, mentioned as early as the 17th century, is now used as a neighborhood and petting zoo.

6. Westerveldse Bos
The Westerveldse Bos is now a recreational area with plenty of walking routes and mountain bike trails. A park built on an old landfill covered with soil.

7. Brinkhoekweg Farm
From the facade stone it can be concluded that the farm belonged to Van der Kolk and Snel in 1898. The farm was then passed on to daughter Snel and son Middag, and the name Middag was popularly associated with the farm.

8. Wide Aa
A recreational lake that was created by sand extraction for the construction of the Aa-landen residential area behind it. The name is derived from the river Aa, of which the Westerveldse Aa is the only remaining piece of open water.

9. Barrier work - Fighting vehicle obstacle or anti-tank wall
In 1939 - 1940, a casemate line was constructed along the Overijsselse Vecht as a deepening of the burg casemate line along the IJssel that was realized in the 1930s. The line was also kept ready by the German occupiers at the end of the Second World War and was even supplemented with two so-called Barriers, one on the southern dike between Langenholte and Brinkhoek and one on the Gennedijk. The opening can be closed with, for example, concrete blocks or steel rails.

10. Memorial stone Thomas a Kempis
The"Imitation of Christ\\\" a book by Thomas a Kempis is one of the most widely distributed books that our country has produced. As a monk, Thomas a Kempis lived and worked here on the Agnietenberg.

11. Mountain Monastery Cemetery
A monastery was founded at the end of the 14th century on the Sint Agnietenberg, the current Bergklooster, with Thomas a Kempis as its most famous resident. Not only the monks but also the neighbors of Zwolle found their final resting place on the monastery grounds.

12. The New Abandonment
The Het Nieuwe Verlaat lock was built in 1914 at the mouth of the Nieuwe Vecht in the Overijsselse Vecht. The lock is usually open and is only closed at extremely high water levels. This is therefore a so-called turning lock. The oval vortex is now rare.

13. Emmer/ or Herfterzijl
Emmer/ or Herfterzijl was the discharge point of the Emmen mark. The dike is located in the dike of the Nieuwe Vecht near the Nieuwe Verlaat. New masonry has been placed against the old masonry. The year of construction is probably 1769.

14. Gooseveldweg Farm
The Gooseveldweg 21 farm acquired its current size and shape in the 18th century or the beginning of the 19th century.

15. The open-air bath
The open-air bath is a monument of national importance. In June 1931, B & W van Zwolle commissioned the construction of the swimming pool. The Zwolle Open Air Bath has been a national monument since 1994.

16. The Passionflower
The Passiebloem oil mill was built in 1776 on the Nieuwe Vecht.

17. Polymer Science Park/PolyPlasticum
Plastic, an artificial polymer, is one of the most important inventions of the 20th century. The Polyplasticum in the Polymer Science Park is a knowledge and information center with an exhibition. There are objects on display, mainly made of older plastic such as celluloid and Bakelite.

18. Military Police Barracks
Military police barracks with forge and coach house were built in the period 1929 - 1931 by the architectural department of the second Commandement der Engineers in Groningen.

19. Menist Bridge
The Menistensluis is a lock that forms the connection between the Almelose canal and the Nieuwe Vecht, the peat supply route to the city of Zwolle. The oldest predecessor of the current lock, which was built in 1922 - 1923, dates from the beginning of the seventeenth century.

20. The provincial government building
The provincial government building, completed in 1971, is located at the head of the De Wezenlanden park. A gate included in the design functions as a connection from city to park.

21. The Court
The court (old part) is a highlight in the oeuvre of the important post-war architect Jo Kruger.

22. Former Zwollerkerspel town hall
This villa functioned as the town hall of the municipality of Zwollekerspel from 1916 to 1967. This remarkable situation, that a municipality has its town hall on the territory of another municipality, only came to an end when the municipality of Zwollerkerspel was dissolved in 1967.

23. GGD building
Office building of the former NV Electriciteits Fabriek IJsselcentrale built in 1939 - 1946. Due to the war, the building was only put into use in 1946. The building was put into use by the German occupiers in 1943 as a Central Distribution Office for foodstuffs. By camouflaging the bronze windows and doors at the front with green paint, they were not removed by the Germans to be melted down into bullets. After the renovation in 2015 - 2016, the bronze windows were restored to their former glory. In 2017, the GGD building won the 2017 Heritage Prize.

Route offered by: Municipality of Zwolle