Cycle route along folk tales of Drenthe
Dwingeloo, Diever, Geeuwenbrug
The beautiful village of Dwingeloo has a beautiful church, the Sint Nicolaaskerk. The onion-shaped spire is striking. Tradition has it that this is due to the 'Miss of Batinge'. She drove past the building site every day because she found the master builder very attractive. The master builder was seriously distracted by this and this meant a delay in the construction work. Her father, the 'drost' of Drenthe, therefore sent her on a journey. But before her departure she managed to tell the master builder what shape of spire she would like. On her return, she saw that the architect had fulfilled her wish and married him. The Miss of Batinge has been immortalised with her horse by sculptor Charles Henri de Vries. Great stories can also be found in Diever, where the Shakespeare Theatre keeps the memory of this British writer alive. Performances are held in the open-air theatre in August and September. So who knows, if you cycle through the woods of the Drents-Friese Wold in the summer, you might just bump into the fairies Oberon, Titania and Puck from Shakespeare's play 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'...
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Hezenes 2, 7981 LC Westerveld | 39.8 KM | |
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From
69
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51
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570 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head south on Bosweg | 554 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 16 M | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
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80
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1185 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head northwest on Kasteel | 15 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kruisstraat (N855) | 135 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hoofdstraat | 171 M | ||
| Turn left onto Brink | 139 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kerkpad | 238 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kerkpad | 12 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Kerkpad | 73 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Meulakkers | 13 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kerkpad | 209 M | ||
| Continue straight | 180 M | ||
| You are now at section 80 | 0 M | ||
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From
80
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59
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3009 M | 3 KM | |
| Head north on Westerdrift | 240 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kalteren | 418 M | ||
| Turn left onto Ten Darperweg | 588 M | ||
| Turn right | 12 M | ||
| Continue onto Doldersummerweg | 400 M | ||
| Keep left onto Doldersummerweg | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 59 | 0 M | ||
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From
59
to
14
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2718 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head northwest on Doldersummerweg | 2.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 14 | 0 M | ||
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From
14
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12
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1093 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head west on Dieverseweg | 138 M | ||
| Turn left onto Huenderweg | 64 M | ||
| Turn right | 7 M | ||
| Continue onto Brink | 199 M | ||
| Turn right onto Boylerstraat | 685 M | ||
| You are now at section 12 | 0 M | ||
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From
12
to
21
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2539 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head northeast | 24 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 2.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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From
21
to
33
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1297 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on De Ruyter de Wildtlaan | 53 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 970 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto De Ruyter de Wildtlaan | 5 M | ||
| Turn right onto Verwersweg | 14 M | ||
| Turn left onto Dorpsstraat | 255 M | ||
| You are now at section 33 | 0 M | ||
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From
33
to
31
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763 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head north on Hogeweg | 75 M | ||
| Turn left onto De Monden | 688 M | ||
| You are now at section 31 | 0 M | ||
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From
31
to
86
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850 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head east | 278 M | ||
| Turn left | 572 M | ||
| You are now at section 86 | 0 M | ||
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From
86
to
87
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2183 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head northeast | 950 M | ||
| Turn right | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 87 | 0 M | ||
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From
87
to
82
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1358 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head southeast | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 82 | 0 M | ||
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From
82
to
88
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2574 M | 2.6 KM | |
| Head east | 1.4 KM | ||
| Keep left at the fork | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 88 | 0 M | ||
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From
88
to
61
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3323 M | 3.3 KM | |
| Head east | 810 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 5 M | ||
| Turn right | 2.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 61 | 0 M | ||
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From
61
to
39
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1165 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head northeast on De Stoevert | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 39 | 0 M | ||
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From
39
to
38
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2967 M | 3 KM | |
| Head southeast on Beleeffietspad | 72 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Beleeffietspad | 154 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Beleeffietspad | 2 KM | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Beleeffietspad | 206 M | ||
| Keep left onto Beleeffietspad | 359 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Beleeffietspad | 208 M | ||
| You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
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From
38
to
65
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1211 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head north | 985 M | ||
| Turn right onto Bosweg | 226 M | ||
| You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
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From
65
to
72
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1691 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head southeast on Bosweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Turn right to stay on Bosweg | 138 M | ||
| Turn right onto Rijksweg | 366 M | ||
| You are now at section 72 | 0 M | ||
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From
72
to
52
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5446 M | 5.4 KM | |
| Head southwest on Rijksweg | 2.1 KM | ||
| Turn right | 2.9 KM | ||
| Continue onto Haarweg | 287 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Haarweg | 159 M | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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From
52
to
69
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3861 M | 3.9 KM | |
| Head south on Groningerweg | 2.5 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Steenakkerweg | 943 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hezenes | 398 M | ||
| You are now at section 69 | 0 M |