Cycle route from Groot-Ammers to Kinderdijk
Alblasserdam, Schoonhoven, Groot-Ammers
The surroundings you will cycle through during this cycle route fully comply with the image of Holland as people all over the world imagine Holland to be: grazing animals on vast meadows, ditches, mills and in the distance a church tower. Enjoy the wonderful rural peace. Of course, a visit to the world-famous windmills of Kinderdijk, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, cannot be missed. You will also pass a few special villages. Take Schoonhoven, for example. The town has been in existence since 1322 and is the National Silver Town. They owe their name to the Gold and Silversmith Guild that was founded here by a number of blacksmiths in 1629. Trade flourished and in the following centuries, no less than 40% of the inhabitants were directly employed in the gold and silver sector! In the streets of Schoonhoven, you can still see monumental silver workshops, old silversmith houses and more than thirty galleries, jewellers and studios displaying the most beautiful silver jewellery and works of art. Groot-Ammers was first mentioned in the year 1042. At that time, Slot Liesvelt, one of the largest and strongest castles in the Netherlands, stood here. The castle had to be demolished in 1740, but the stable building was preserved. This now serves as a courtroom. Groot-Ammers became famous around 1900 because of the large trade in cheese. You can see this in the cheese warehouses in the village. You can also know Groot-Ammers as the 'stork village': when the numbers of storks in the Netherlands were going down, they imported storks to breed with. That happened here in this village. This is how the Stork Village 'Het Liesvelt' came into existence. Het Liesvelt has now become a regional centre. Start your cycle route at TOP (Toeristisch Overstap Punt) Alblasserdam at junction 01. There are parking spaces here if you wish to park your car.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Marineweg 5, 2952 BX Alblasserdam | 56.1 KM | |
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From
1
to
30
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2973 M | 3 KM | |
| Head west on Marineweg | 88 M | ||
| Turn right | 93 M | ||
| Turn left onto Zuiderstek | 215 M | ||
| Continue right onto Werfbrug | 113 M | ||
| Turn left onto Havenplein | 27 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kraanbaan | 11 M | ||
| Turn left | 212 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Cortgene | 92 M | ||
| Continue straight | 159 M | ||
| Keep left at the fork | 326 M | ||
| Keep left at the fork | 389 M | ||
| Keep left at the fork | 355 M | ||
| Keep left at the fork | 177 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto West Kinderdijk | 333 M | ||
| Keep left onto West Kinderdijk | 361 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on West Kinderdijk | 17 M | ||
| Turn right onto Molenkade | 5 M | ||
| You are now at section 30 | 0 M | ||
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From
30
to
2
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976 M | 1 KM | |
| Head northeast on Molenkade | 915 M | ||
| Turn left | 61 M | ||
| You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
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From
2
to
3
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1251 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head northwest on Nederwaard | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 03 | 0 M | ||
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From
3
to
21
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2665 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head east on Molenstraat | 1.6 KM | ||
| Make a slight right | 65 M | ||
| Turn right | 7 M | ||
| Continue onto Hoogaarslaan | 548 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Klipperstraat | 222 M | ||
| Turn right onto Middelweg | 246 M | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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From
21
to
4
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1868 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head east on Tiendweg | 1.9 KM | ||
| You are now at section 04 | 0 M | ||
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From
4
to
5
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2504 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head southeast on Schoonenburglaan | 5 M | ||
| Turn left onto Tiendweg | 2.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 05 | 0 M | ||
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From
5
to
6
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6302 M | 6.3 KM | |
| Head northwest on Zijdeweg | 523 M | ||
| Turn right onto Boezem | 3.3 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Halfweg | 490 M | ||
| Turn left onto Beneden Tiendweg | 1.6 KM | ||
| Turn left | 318 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Bergstoep | 80 M | ||
| You are now at section 06 | 0 M | ||
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From
6
to
76
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629 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head northwest on Bergstoep | 146 M | ||
| Take the ferry Bergstoep - Streefkerk | 287 M | ||
| Continue right | 97 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Lekdijk-West | 70 M | ||
| Continue straight | 21 M | ||
| Turn left onto Lekdijk-Oost | 8 M | ||
| You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
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From
76
to
37
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2526 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head northeast on Lekdijk-Oost | 2.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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From
37
to
57
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3525 M | 3.5 KM | |
| Head northeast on Hogedijk | 2.1 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Lekdijk-West | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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From
57
to
10
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327 M | 0.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Voorhaven | 53 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Tol | 41 M | ||
| Turn right onto Veerstraat | 143 M | ||
| Turn left onto Buiten de Veerpoort | 90 M | ||
| You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
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From
10
to
66
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1266 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head southwest on Buiten de Veerpoort (N216) | 33 M | ||
| Take the ferry Veerdienst Schoonhoven (N216) | 235 M | ||
| Continue straight onto Veerstoep | 102 M | ||
| Turn left onto Schoonhovenseveer | 896 M | ||
| You are now at section 66 | 0 M | ||
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From
66
to
83
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2275 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head southwest on Tiendweg | 146 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Wilgenweg | 15 M | ||
| Turn left onto Provincialeweg | 7 M | ||
| Turn right onto Wilgenweg | 29 M | ||
| Turn right onto Provincialeweg | 17 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Wilgenweg | 2.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 83 | 0 M | ||
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From
83
to
67
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2400 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head west on Wilgenweg | 11 M | ||
| Turn right onto Haarsteeg | 271 M | ||
| Turn right onto Liesveld | 427 M | ||
| Turn left onto Gelkenes | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 67 | 0 M | ||
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From
67
to
82
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391 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Kerkstraat | 391 M | ||
| You are now at section 82 | 0 M | ||
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From
82
to
68
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2233 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head south on Molenkade | 270 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Molenkade | 371 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Molenkade | 675 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Molenkade | 851 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Molenkade | 40 M | ||
| Continue slightly left onto Achterland | 26 M | ||
| You are now at section 68 | 0 M | ||
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From
68
to
81
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580 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head south on Peulwijksekade | 537 M | ||
| Continue straight | 43 M | ||
| You are now at section 81 | 0 M | ||
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From
81
to
14
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847 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head northwest on Boezemkade | 16 M | ||
| Turn left onto Brandwijksedijk | 831 M | ||
| You are now at section 14 | 0 M | ||
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From
14
to
33
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3088 M | 3.1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Brandwijksedijk | 3.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 33 | 0 M | ||
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From
33
to
7
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5104 M | 5.1 KM | |
| Head northwest on Donkseweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn left | 13 M | ||
| Continue straight | 744 M | ||
| Turn right | 58 M | ||
| Continue onto Achterdijk | 194 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Achterdijk | 2.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 07 | 0 M | ||
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From
7
to
30
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1821 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head southeast on Zijdeweg | 74 M | ||
| Continue straight | 88 M | ||
| Continue onto Zijdeweg | 714 M | ||
| Turn left onto Geerweg | 945 M | ||
| You are now at section 30 | 0 M | ||
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From
30
to
8
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685 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head south on Kortegeer | 685 M | ||
| You are now at section 08 | 0 M | ||
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From
8
to
30
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685 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head northwest on Kortegeer | 685 M | ||
| You are now at section 30 | 0 M | ||
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From
30
to
8
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685 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head south on Kortegeer | 685 M | ||
| You are now at section 08 | 0 M | ||
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From
8
to
9
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1579 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head southwest on Heulenslag | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Noordzijde | 166 M | ||
| You are now at section 09 | 0 M | ||
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From
9
to
43
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1828 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head northwest | 5 M | ||
| Continue onto Noordzijde | 1.8 KM | ||
| Make a slight left onto Heiweg | 71 M | ||
| You are now at section 43 | 0 M | ||
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From
43
to
18
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3462 M | 3.5 KM | |
| Head west on Peperstraat | 3.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 18 | 0 M | ||
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From
18
to
1
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1548 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head southwest on Kortland | 50 M | ||
| Continue onto Kortland | 428 M | ||
| Turn right onto Randweg | 108 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Randweg | 20 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Randweg | 10 M | ||
| Turn right onto Seniorstraat | 746 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Dam | 133 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 6 M | ||
| Turn left onto Dam | 47 M | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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From
1
to
1
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83 M | 0.1 KM | |
| Head south | 83 M | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M |