Through the water-rich Green Heart

This bike tour takes you through the beautiful water-rich Groene Hart. It should actually be called the Blauwe Hart, with all those lakes and rivers!

Unique heritage
This route starts at Van der Valk Avifauna. You cycle through Alphen aan den Rijn and pick up the beautifully winding Oude Rijn with its beautiful dikes and mills. You pass Mill 3, or the Bovenmolen, which dates from 1823. This is part of the only mill quadrangle in the world that is still in operation: the Aarlanderveen is not kept at the right level from a distance, but by a real level miller.

Beautiful Girl
Further on you will see the Dikke Molen, a polder mill from 1674. Along the river De Meije you will see old farms and the almost sixty meter high white water tower from 1932. Everywhere you will come across signs of the centuries-old battle against the water: the lock in Woerdense Verlaat originally dates from 1448. Via the Braassemermeer and a number of other mills you cycle back to your starting point. Pay a visit to the adjacent bird park Avifauna here!