Two friends, Toos and Bertje devised and walked the Pieterpad between 1978 and 1983. A long-distance walking route (500 km) from Pieterburen in northern Groningen to Sint-Pietersberg in southern Limburg in 26 stages that are easily accessible by public transport and where you can stay overnight. The scenery along the way is hugely varied, but equally beautiful everywhere. Where you can walk, you can also cycle, and we wouldn't be Fietsnetwerk if we didn't set out some great cycling tours for you inspired by the Pieterpad. We made 14 routes totalling almost 1,300 km along all the places on the Pieterpad. We did make circles of them so that you always return to your starting point. This is section 6 and leads from Nijverdal to Laren. Nijverdal is on the border of the Sallandse Heuvelrug. At the visitor centre, you can learn all about the origins and future of this beautiful nature reserve. The village of Holten had its own castle in the fourteenth century: De Waerdenborgh. Its foundations can still be found, but the castle itself was demolished in the sixteenth century. Holten is also home to Natuurmuseum Holterberg, where you can learn all about the environment with faithfully-prepared birds and mammals in their natural habitat. Laren is known for its country houses and castles. Huis Verwolde is now a museum, with the Dikke Boom on the estate. This is the thickest oak tree in the Netherlands with a trunk circumference of 7.5 metres. Do you also enjoy the Pieterpad routes so much? There are many more parts to discover.
Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Leo ten Brinkepark , 7443 BT Nijverdal | 108.7 KM | |
From
55
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53
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1341 M | 1.3 KM | |
Head east on Bouwmeesterstraat | 56 M | ||
Turn right | 69 M | ||
Continue onto Grotestraat | 122 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Grotestraat | 567 M | ||
Make a slight right to stay on Grotestraat | 29 M | ||
Turn left onto de Joncheerelaan | 179 M | ||
Turn right onto Spijkerweg | 319 M | ||
You are now at section 53 | 0 M | ||
From
53
to
58
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1889 M | 1.9 KM | |
Head south on Bonteweg | 524 M | ||
Make a slight right to stay on Bonteweg | 793 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Bergleidingweg | 572 M | ||
You are now at section 58 | 0 M | ||
From
58
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62
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2170 M | 2.2 KM | |
Head south | 1 KM | ||
Make a slight left | 534 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Holterweg | 635 M | ||
You are now at section 62 | 0 M | ||
From
62
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66
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1680 M | 1.7 KM | |
Head south on Holterweg | 1.7 KM | ||
You are now at section 66 | 0 M | ||
From
66
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65
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1701 M | 1.7 KM | |
Head west on Plaggenweg | 1.7 KM | ||
You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
From
65
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69
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3224 M | 3.2 KM | |
Head southwest | 613 M | ||
Make a slight right | 909 M | ||
Continue onto Oude Hellendoornseweg | 1.7 KM | ||
You are now at section 69 | 0 M | ||
From
69
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70
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2633 M | 2.6 KM | |
Head east | 8 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Enkweg | 19 M | ||
Make a slight right to stay on Enkweg | 184 M | ||
Keep left onto Enkweg | 2.4 KM | ||
You are now at section 70 | 0 M | ||
From
70
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72
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1757 M | 1.8 KM | |
Head south | 14 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Sprokkelweg | 1.7 KM | ||
You are now at section 72 | 0 M | ||
From
72
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73
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1846 M | 1.8 KM | |
Head northeast on Borkeldsweg | 764 M | ||
Turn right onto Drostendijk | 35 M | ||
Turn left onto Vonderweg | 308 M | ||
Turn right onto Veendijk | 739 M | ||
You are now at section 73 | 0 M | ||
From
73
to
9
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3675 M | 3.7 KM | |
Head east on Veendijk | 213 M | ||
Turn right onto Geskesdijk | 1.8 KM | ||
Turn left onto Brilsteeg | 615 M | ||
Turn left onto Postweg | 165 M | ||
Turn right onto De Oplegger | 901 M | ||
You are now at section 9 | 0 M | ||
From
9
to
59
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1569 M | 1.6 KM | |
Head south on Borkeldweg | 1.4 KM | ||
Make a slight right to stay on Borkeldweg | 107 M | ||
Turn left onto Holterweg | 15 M | ||
You are now at section 59 | 0 M | ||
From
59
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5
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3952 M | 4 KM | |
Head southwest on Roudaalterweg | 1.3 KM | ||
Turn left onto Lichtmissenweg | 918 M | ||
Turn right onto Witterietsweg | 202 M | ||
Turn right onto Groenlandsdijk | 1 KM | ||
Turn left onto Brummelaarsweg | 510 M | ||
You are now at section 5 | 0 M | ||
From
5
to
4
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1587 M | 1.6 KM | |
Head west on Larenseweg | 422 M | ||
Turn right onto Rietdijk | 1.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 4 | 0 M | ||
From
4
to
20
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4464 M | 4.5 KM | |
Head south on Drostendijk | 1.4 KM | ||
Turn left onto Larenseweg | 71 M | ||
Turn right onto Stobbendijk | 1.7 KM | ||
Make a slight right onto Wildriezendijk | 829 M | ||
Turn left onto Dwarsdijk | 492 M | ||
You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
From
20
to
21
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5804 M | 5.8 KM | |
Head southwest on Verwoldseweg | 1 KM | ||
Turn right onto Kattendaal | 704 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Kattendaal | 25 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Kattendaal | 190 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Kranegoor | 3.1 KM | ||
Turn right onto Verwoldseweg | 136 M | ||
Turn left onto Dijkmansweg | 658 M | ||
You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
From
21
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22
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2029 M | 2 KM | |
Head west | 257 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Huurne | 675 M | ||
Turn right onto Beuzelshoek | 257 M | ||
Turn left onto Zomerpad | 321 M | ||
Keep right onto Zomerpad | 476 M | ||
Turn right onto Zomerpad | 43 M | ||
You are now at section 22 | 0 M | ||
From
22
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23
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697 M | 0.7 KM | |
Head northwest on Verwoldseweg | 697 M | ||
You are now at section 23 | 0 M | ||
From
23
to
24
|
774 M | 0.8 KM | |
Head northwest on Dorpsstraat | 195 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Deventerweg | 579 M | ||
You are now at section 24 | 0 M | ||
From
24
to
25
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4314 M | 4.3 KM | |
Head north on Ooldselaan | 16 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Ooldselaan | 1.7 KM | ||
Turn left onto Sekmaatsteeg | 378 M | ||
Turn right onto Fleerhof | 771 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Ooldselaan | 23 M | ||
Turn right onto Wittendijk | 1.1 KM | ||
Turn left onto Peppeldijk | 408 M | ||
You are now at section 25 | 0 M | ||
From
25
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11
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2037 M | 2 KM | |
Head north on Peppeldijk | 547 M | ||
Continue slightly left onto Lendenpad | 1 KM | ||
Turn right onto Bronsvoorderdijk | 489 M | ||
You are now at section 11 | 0 M | ||
From
11
to
10
|
1967 M | 2 KM | |
Head north on Beekwal | 1 KM | ||
Make a slight right onto Schoolderpad | 923 M | ||
Continue right onto Bollestuw | 36 M | ||
You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
From
10
to
9
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2180 M | 2.2 KM | |
Head west on Schipbeekpad | 1.2 KM | ||
Turn right onto Schipbeeksweg | 333 M | ||
Turn left onto Larenseweg | 342 M | ||
Turn left onto Schoolstraat | 172 M | ||
Turn left onto Brink | 86 M | ||
You are now at section 09 | 0 M | ||
From
9
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2
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1937 M | 1.9 KM | |
Head northwest on Brink | 89 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Brink | 67 M | ||
Turn left onto Kerkplein | 107 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Kerkplein | 35 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Kerkplein | 8 M | ||
Turn right onto Dorpsstraat | 128 M | ||
Turn left towards Deventer | 211 M | ||
Turn right onto Traasterdijk | 379 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Traasterdijk | 16 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Traasterdijk | 87 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Pakkerijsteeg | 404 M | ||
Turn left onto Apenhuizerweg | 406 M | ||
You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
From
2
to
3
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764 M | 0.8 KM | |
Head northeast on Apenhuizerenkweg | 692 M | ||
Make a slight left to stay on Apenhuizerenkweg | 72 M | ||
You are now at section 03 | 0 M | ||
From
3
to
14
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2427 M | 2.4 KM | |
Head east on Apenhuizerenkweg | 1 KM | ||
Turn right onto Paalmansweg | 539 M | ||
Turn left onto Arkelsteijnweg | 845 M | ||
You are now at section 14 | 0 M | ||
From
14
to
67
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2417 M | 2.4 KM | |
Head northeast on Zegendijk | 779 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Oude Holterdijk | 1 KM | ||
Turn left onto Oude Stationsweg | 52 M | ||
Make a slight right to stay on Oude Stationsweg | 52 M | ||
Turn left onto Deventerweg | 12 M | ||
Turn right onto Dijkerhoekseweg | 513 M | ||
You are now at section 67 | 0 M | ||
From
67
to
4
|
3045 M | 3 KM | |
Head north on Dijkerhoekseweg | 137 M | ||
Turn left onto Maatmansweg | 229 M | ||
Turn right onto Boerendanssteeg | 1 KM | ||
Turn right onto Meutsteeg | 228 M | ||
Make a slight left to stay on Meutsteeg | 349 M | ||
Turn right onto Ikkinksweg | 258 M | ||
Turn left onto Klinkenweg | 840 M | ||
You are now at section 04 | 0 M | ||
From
4
to
15
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2473 M | 2.5 KM | |
Head northeast on Oosterhuisweg | 1.2 KM | ||
Turn right to stay on Oosterhuisweg | 11 M | ||
Turn right onto Okkenbroekerveldweg | 42 M | ||
Turn left onto Koerselmansweg | 1.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 15 | 0 M | ||
From
15
to
5
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1009 M | 1 KM | |
Head northeast on Oerdijk | 1 KM | ||
You are now at section 05 | 0 M | ||
From
5
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6
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2153 M | 2.2 KM | |
Head northeast on Okkenbroekstraat | 1.7 KM | ||
Turn left onto Holterweg | 7 M | ||
Turn right onto Okkenbroekstraat | 183 M | ||
Turn right onto Beukvenne | 12 M | ||
Turn left onto Okkenbroekstraat | 217 M | ||
Turn right onto Ambachtsstraat | 36 M | ||
You are now at section 6 | 0 M | ||
From
6
to
7
|
914 M | 0.9 KM | |
Head northeast on Bathmenerweg | 914 M | ||
You are now at section 7 | 0 M | ||
From
7
to
59
|
1805 M | 1.8 KM | |
Head northeast on Bathemerweg | 1.8 KM | ||
You are now at section 59 | 0 M | ||
From
59
to
5
|
1240 M | 1.2 KM | |
Head east on Oude Deventerweg | 1.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 5 | 0 M | ||
From
5
to
56
|
589 M | 0.6 KM | |
Head northeast on Oude Deventerweg | 303 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Oude Deventerweg | 248 M | ||
Turn right onto Molenweg | 38 M | ||
You are now at section 56 | 0 M | ||
From
56
to
16
|
748 M | 0.7 KM | |
Head northeast on Molenweg | 593 M | ||
Turn left onto Kerkweg | 155 M | ||
You are now at section 16 | 0 M | ||
From
16
to
2
|
3345 M | 3.3 KM | |
Head west on Kerkweg | 91 M | ||
Turn right onto Rutgersstraat | 143 M | ||
Turn right onto Pastoor Langedijkstraat | 142 M | ||
Turn right onto Pastoor Langedijkstraat | 266 M | ||
Turn left onto Molenweg | 368 M | ||
Turn left onto Meijerinksweg | 805 M | ||
Turn left onto Almeloseweg | 535 M | ||
Turn right onto Stationsweg | 995 M | ||
You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
From
2
to
10
|
3058 M | 3.1 KM | |
Head north on Blikweg | 982 M | ||
Turn right onto Hellendoornseweg | 922 M | ||
Turn right onto Buurtschapsweg | 1.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
From
10
to
6
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2889 M | 2.9 KM | |
Head north on Kathuizenweg | 1.9 KM | ||
Turn left onto Kathuizenweg | 127 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Kathuizenweg | 68 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Kathuizenweg | 752 M | ||
Turn left onto Veldhuizenweg | 57 M | ||
You are now at section 6 | 0 M | ||
From
6
to
19
|
825 M | 0.8 KM | |
Head north on Boksloot | 825 M | ||
You are now at section 19 | 0 M | ||
From
19
to
1
|
1451 M | 1.5 KM | |
Head northwest on Steenhaarweg | 1.5 KM | ||
You are now at section 1 | 0 M | ||
From
1
to
7
|
1705 M | 1.7 KM | |
Head northeast on Schaddenveldsweg | 490 M | ||
Turn left onto Boksloot | 1.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 7 | 0 M | ||
From
7
to
85
|
2762 M | 2.8 KM | |
Head east on Blikman Kikkertweg | 815 M | ||
Turn left onto Schaddenveldsweg | 1.3 KM | ||
Make a slight right onto Hancateweg-West | 60 M | ||
Turn right onto Zuidelijke Kanaaldijk | 558 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Zuidelijke Kanaaldijk | 28 M | ||
You are now at section 85 | 0 M | ||
From
85
to
4
|
1942 M | 1.9 KM | |
Head northeast on Zuidelijke Kanaaldijk | 54 M | ||
Make a slight right | 381 M | ||
Turn left onto Hancateweg-Oost | 39 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Hancateweg-Oost | 202 M | ||
Turn right onto Noordelijke Kanaaldijk | 412 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Zuidelijke Kanaaldijk | 854 M | ||
You are now at section 4 | 0 M | ||
From
4
to
9
|
3424 M | 3.4 KM | |
Head south on Leemkampweg | 1.4 KM | ||
Turn right onto Heuversteeg | 700 M | ||
Turn right onto Oost Dammarke steege | 498 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Oost Dammarke steege | 301 M | ||
Continue onto West Dammarke steege | 490 M | ||
You are now at section 9 | 0 M | ||
From
9
to
15
|
1533 M | 1.5 KM | |
Head southeast on Marsdijk | 1.5 KM | ||
You are now at section 15 | 0 M | ||
From
15
to
8
|
3264 M | 3.3 KM | |
Head southwest on Schuilenburgerweg | 164 M | ||
Turn right onto Nieuwe Twentseweg | 1 KM | ||
Turn right onto Elerweg | 9 M | ||
Turn left onto Nieuwe Twentseweg | 863 M | ||
Turn left onto Ommerweg | 4 M | ||
Turn right onto Nieuwe Twentseweg | 12 M | ||
Make a slight left to stay on Nieuwe Twentseweg | 1.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 8 | 0 M | ||
From
8
to
13
|
3695 M | 3.7 KM | |
Head southeast on Elerbergweg | 2.6 KM | ||
Turn left onto Huurmansweg | 286 M | ||
Turn right onto Molenweg | 80 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Molenweg | 86 M | ||
Turn right onto Ommerweg | 93 M | ||
Turn right onto Dorpsstraat | 15 M | ||
Turn left onto Bibenstraat | 219 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Smidsstraat | 183 M | ||
Turn left onto Dorpsstraat | 161 M | ||
You are now at section 13 | 0 M | ||
From
13
to
28
|
1657 M | 1.7 KM | |
Head southeast on Dorpsstraat | 325 M | ||
Turn left onto Harberssteegje | 102 M | ||
Turn right onto Hofmanstraat | 124 M | ||
Turn right onto Reggeweg | 55 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Reggeweg | 96 M | ||
Turn right onto Tolhuis | 95 M | ||
Turn right onto Koetshuisstraat | 39 M | ||
Turn left onto de Notenhoek | 143 M | ||
Turn left onto Leerlooierstraat | 166 M | ||
Turn right onto Zandsteeg | 512 M | ||
You are now at section 28 | 0 M | ||
From
28
to
55
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2322 M | 2.3 KM | |
Head southeast on Reggeweg | 17 M | ||
Turn right onto Duivecatelaan | 908 M | ||
Turn left onto Sportlaan | 491 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Sportlaan | 85 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Sportlaan | 66 M | ||
Turn right onto G van der Muelenweg | 69 M | ||
Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit onto Koersendijk | 22 M | ||
Exit the roundabout onto Koersendijk | 347 M | ||
Turn left | 220 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Oranjestraat | 14 M | ||
Turn left to stay on Oranjestraat | 40 M | ||
Turn right onto Bouwmeesterstraat | 43 M | ||
You are now at section 55 | 0 M |