Through the water-rich Green Heart

This bike ride takes you through the beautiful water-rich Groene Hart. It should actually be called the Blue Heart, 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 windmills. You will pass Molen 3, or the Bovenmolen, which dates from 1823. This is part of the only windmill in the world that is still in operation: the Aarlanderveen is not maintained 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 come across signs of the centuries-long struggle against the water: the lock in Woerdense Verlaat originally dates from 1448. Via the Braassemermeer and a number of windmills you cycle back to your starting point. Pay a visit to the adjacent bird park Avifauna here!