Along the Line and the Vecht

Fort Nigtevecht

From Fort Nigtevecht you cycle at junction 83 over the Amsterdam Rhine Canal and via the winding Vecht to the characteristic village of Vreeland. You pass the Hoekermolen, a polder mill from 1847. Continue from Vreeland your way above the Vecht to Fort Nieuwersluis.

Fort Nieuwersluis

?At this historic location, owned by Natuurmonumenten, you can fill your stopover every Sunday with delicious coffee & tea, various homemade cakes and lunch. From Fort Nieuwersluis you drive through the beautiful Loenen aan de Vecht to the thirteenth-century Loenersloot Castle, after which you cycle through Baambrugge and Abcoude: three villages full of beautiful old buildings. From Abcoude you soon cycle along the meandering river 't Gein. Here you will find a landscape of green meadows with grazing cows, dikes lined with pollard willows and elongated plots with old farms. You pass the Oostzijdse molen, a polder mill from 1874 that became famous because Piet Mondriaan painted the mill twenty times. Turn right into Velterslaan and cycle through a hedge of pollard willows to Fort Nigtevecht. Here you cross the Liniedijk, which is part of the Defence Line of Amsterdam.