Cycle route Textile barons in Twente
Almelo, Zenderen, Aadorp
Anyone who travels with a tent will recognise it: one of those fine, sturdy cotton tents. Chances are that it is made of fabric from Ten Cate, an international company that has been making a name for itself in the world of textiles for centuries. The Ten Cate family started making fabric in Almelo as early as 1691, and grew to become one of the most important players in the textile industry in the 19th century. Its directors were even called ‘textile barons’! Egbert IV was the last of those textile barons, before the family business merged with the Royal Steam Weaving Company. During this route, you cycle past special places that remind you of the flourishing textile industry and the prosperity it brought to Almelo. The Watertoren and the old Steam Cotton Spinning Mill have a different function nowadays, but still show you how impressive the factory buildings from that time were. Linked to Almelo's prosperity but not to the textile industry is Huis Almelo, a 13th-century manor house. This impressive house is privately owned, so unfortunately cannot be visited, but the driveway leading to it is a picture in itself! This lane is called Gravenallee because this is where the wealthier inhabitants of Almelo used to live, in beautiful houses that were a great contrast to the modest workers' dwellings of the past. Want a historic tour of Almelo? Choose this route and cycle through nature and the city centre.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Vossenveenweg , 7665 TC Tubbergen | 31.2 KM | |
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From
56
to
2
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2760 M | 2.8 KM | |
| Head west on Vossenveenweg | 303 M | ||
| Turn right onto Broekzijdeweg | 773 M | ||
| Turn left onto Gravenallee | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
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From
2
to
52
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857 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head west on Gravenallee | 857 M | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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From
52
to
51
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1065 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head west on Gravenallee | 440 M | ||
| Turn left onto Van Rechteren Limpurgsingel | 220 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hofstraat | 11 M | ||
| Continue onto Hofstraat | 394 M | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
to
48
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4380 M | 4.4 KM | |
| Head west on Hagenborgh | 439 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto De Waag | 115 M | ||
| Turn left onto Wierdensestraat | 196 M | ||
| Turn right onto De Werf | 113 M | ||
| Turn left onto Aletta Jacobsstraat | 59 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Aletta Jacobsstraat | 64 M | ||
| Turn right onto Joke Smitstraat | 131 M | ||
| Turn left onto Haven Noordzijde | 80 M | ||
| Keep left onto Haven Noordzijde | 210 M | ||
| Turn right onto De Grenzen | 1.7 KM | ||
| Turn left | 6 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 31 M | ||
| Turn left onto Plesmanweg | 427 M | ||
| Continue straight | 16 M | ||
| Continue onto Plesmanweg | 234 M | ||
| Turn left onto Aadijk | 110 M | ||
| Turn right onto Wilgenstraat | 168 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Wilgenstraat | 274 M | ||
| You are now at section 48 | 0 M | ||
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From
48
to
83
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2907 M | 2.9 KM | |
| Head southeast on Albardastraat | 845 M | ||
| Turn right onto Schuilenburgsingel | 128 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Dollegoorweg | 192 M | ||
| Keep left onto Dollegoorweg | 53 M | ||
| Turn left onto Jollesweg | 45 M | ||
| Turn right onto Slachthuiskade | 783 M | ||
| Turn right onto Schuilenbergsweg | 720 M | ||
| Turn right onto Wierdensestraat | 129 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 12 M | ||
| You are now at section 83 | 0 M | ||
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From
83
to
50
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1909 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head southeast | 71 M | ||
| Turn left | 34 M | ||
| Turn left onto Grintweg | 22 M | ||
| Turn left onto Wierdensestraat | 133 M | ||
| Turn right onto Knibbeldijk | 130 M | ||
| Turn left onto Knibbeldwarsdijk | 285 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bellinkhofsweg | 332 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Bellinkhofsdwarsweg | 287 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oude Wierdenseweg | 615 M | ||
| You are now at section 50 | 0 M | ||
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From
50
to
82
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2123 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Nieuwe Gravenweg | 972 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kooikersweg | 285 M | ||
| Turn right onto Windmolenbroeksweg | 866 M | ||
| You are now at section 82 | 0 M | ||
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From
82
to
61
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3318 M | 3.3 KM | |
| Head south on Windmolenbroeksweg | 196 M | ||
| Turn left onto Huttenweg | 687 M | ||
| Turn left onto Maardijk | 201 M | ||
| Turn right onto Leemslagenweg | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Nijreesweg | 198 M | ||
| Turn right onto Leemplasweg | 653 M | ||
| You are now at section 61 | 0 M | ||
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From
61
to
62
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1624 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head southeast on Verlengde Deldensestraat | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 62 | 0 M | ||
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From
62
to
63
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805 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head northeast on Maatkampsweg | 369 M | ||
| Turn left onto Grote Bavenkelsweg | 436 M | ||
| You are now at section 63 | 0 M | ||
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From
63
to
65
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5392 M | 5.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Zeilkerweg | 345 M | ||
| Turn right onto Vloedbeltsweg | 236 M | ||
| Turn left onto Zeilkerweg | 891 M | ||
| Turn right onto Zeilkerweg | 1 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Lidwinaweg | 263 M | ||
| Turn left onto Elsdijk | 209 M | ||
| Turn right | 3 M | ||
| Turn left | 15 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hoofdstraat | 163 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oude Kerkweg | 137 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Prinsenweg | 141 M | ||
| Make a sharp right onto Albergerweg | 741 M | ||
| Turn right onto Strootdijk | 850 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Bruggemansweg | 363 M | ||
| You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
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From
65
to
59
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2096 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head west on Bekkingvelderweg | 2.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 59 | 0 M | ||
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From
59
to
56
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1949 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head east on Looleeweg | 73 M | ||
| Turn left onto Dikkersbosweg | 890 M | ||
| Keep right onto Dikkersbosweg | 658 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Leemhuisweg | 129 M | ||
| Keep right onto Leemhuisweg | 199 M | ||
| You are now at section 56 | 0 M |