Cycle route Piet Mondriaan in the Achterhoek
Winterswijk, Groenlo
Piet Mondriaan (1872–1944), known for his iconic geometric compositions in red, blue, and yellow, spent a significant part of his childhood in Winterswijk. Although he was born in Amersfoort, he moved to Winterswijk with his family at the age of eight, where his father became the headmaster of the local Christian primary school. The Mondriaan family lived in the school building at Zonnebrink, which is now the Villa Mondriaan museum. This is where Mondriaan started drawing and painting, inspired by the landscape, the light, and the calmness of the Achterhoek. His early works were mainly realistic and nature-focused: windmills, farms, trees, and wide open views. You can admire several of his first paintings in the museum. The years in the Achterhoek formed an important foundation for the abstract and modern pieces he created later. The structure of the ‘coulisse’ landscape – where fields are framed by tall trees – combined with the play of light and shape, clearly influenced how he would later abstract the world into lines and surfaces. We’ve added even more interesting places along the route. The fortified town of Groenlo is also a great spot to hop off your bike. Visit the creepy dungeons under Groenlo’s town hall, tap your own milk or even your own beer along the way. Of course, there’s also plenty of nature to enjoy, with lots of greenery and rivers and little streams flowing through it. Hop on your bike and see the landscape today through the eyes of Piet Mondriaan!
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Eimersweg , 7137 HE Oost Gelre | 48.8 KM | |
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From
98
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99
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2608 M | 2.6 KM | |
| Head northeast on Eefselerweg | 2.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 99 | 0 M | ||
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From
99
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41
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2021 M | 2 KM | |
| Head east on De Slinge | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Hartebroekseweg | 199 M | ||
| Turn left onto Troelstrastraat | 112 M | ||
| Turn right onto Schaepmanstraat | 247 M | ||
| Turn left | 22 M | ||
| Turn right | 54 M | ||
| You are now at section 41 | 0 M | ||
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From
41
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39
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2387 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head northeast | 11 M | ||
| Turn right onto Borculoseweg | 3 M | ||
| Turn left | 448 M | ||
| Keep right at the fork | 141 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Kapotte Brug | 187 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kapotte Brug | 243 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Blikpad | 135 M | ||
| Turn right | 326 M | ||
| Turn right | 201 M | ||
| Turn left onto Borculoseweg | 229 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Ruurloseweg | 45 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Ruurloseweg | 76 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Beltrumsestraat | 13 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Beltrumsestraat | 319 M | ||
| Continue left onto Markt | 10 M | ||
| You are now at section 39 | 0 M | ||
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From
39
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51
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384 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Markt | 38 M | ||
| Continue onto Mattelierstraat | 346 M | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
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1
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1604 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head southeast on Winterswijkseweg | 404 M | ||
| Keep right onto Oude Winterswijkseweg | 315 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Oude Winterswijkseweg | 885 M | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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From
1
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2
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3961 M | 4 KM | |
| Head east on Oude Winterswijkseweg | 925 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Meddoseweg | 3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
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From
2
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3
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2106 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head southeast on Geldereschweg | 2.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 03 | 0 M | ||
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From
3
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7
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2367 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head south on Goorweg | 357 M | ||
| Turn left | 468 M | ||
| Continue onto Hilteweg | 1 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Morskers Driehuisweg | 15 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Morskers Driehuisweg | 5 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Karkpad | 516 M | ||
| You are now at section 07 | 0 M | ||
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From
7
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8
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2641 M | 2.6 KM | |
| Head northeast | 976 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hilgeloweg | 491 M | ||
| Turn right onto Meddoseweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left | 50 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Waliënseweg | 54 M | ||
| You are now at section 08 | 0 M | ||
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From
8
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9
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1418 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head northeast on Waliënseweg | 725 M | ||
| Turn right onto Schaapsweg | 693 M | ||
| You are now at section 09 | 0 M | ||
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From
9
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15
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1571 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head southwest on Kobstederweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Jachthuisweg | 144 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Jachthuisweg | 188 M | ||
| You are now at section 15 | 0 M | ||
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From
15
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14
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2292 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head southwest on Vredenseweg | 277 M | ||
| Turn left onto Acacialaan | 440 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kloetenseweg | 306 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kastanjelaan | 33 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kloetenseweg | 515 M | ||
| Turn right onto Vredensestraat | 257 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Vredensestraat | 30 M | ||
| Turn left onto Singelweg | 213 M | ||
| Continue straight | 114 M | ||
| Turn right | 98 M | ||
| Turn right onto Burgemeester Bosmastraat | 9 M | ||
| You are now at section 14 | 0 M | ||
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From
14
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20
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2300 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head southwest on Burgemeester Bosmastraat | 253 M | ||
| Turn right onto Mevrouw Kuipers-Rietbergplein | 110 M | ||
| Turn left onto Wierengastraat | 460 M | ||
| Turn left onto Dingstraat | 142 M | ||
| Turn right onto Weurden | 302 M | ||
| Turn right onto Wooldseweg | 382 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Wooldseweg | 6 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Wooldseweg | 43 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Oude Bocholtsebaan | 188 M | ||
| Turn right onto Wamelinkweg | 19 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oude Bocholtsebaan | 395 M | ||
| You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
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From
20
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21
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864 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head west on Badweg | 487 M | ||
| Turn left onto Mr. A.Th. ten Houtenlaan | 377 M | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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From
21
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19
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5002 M | 5 KM | |
| Head north on Wooldseweg | 398 M | ||
| Turn left onto van Leeuwenhoekweg | 170 M | ||
| Turn left onto Buys Ballotstraat | 207 M | ||
| Turn right onto Leeghwaterweg | 197 M | ||
| Turn left onto Snelliusstraat | 657 M | ||
| Turn right | 91 M | ||
| Turn right onto Vreehorstweg | 464 M | ||
| Turn left onto Venemansweg | 598 M | ||
| Turn right | 43 M | ||
| Turn left | 24 M | ||
| Continue onto Corleseweg | 70 M | ||
| Turn left onto Sibbinkweg | 43 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Bessinkgoorweg | 1.4 KM | ||
| Keep right onto Bessinkgoorweg | 670 M | ||
| You are now at section 19 | 0 M | ||
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From
19
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18
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1475 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head west | 1.3 KM | ||
| Make a slight left onto Meenkmolenweg | 140 M | ||
| You are now at section 18 | 0 M | ||
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From
18
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13
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2025 M | 2 KM | |
| Head north on Meenkmolenweg | 1.6 KM | ||
| Continue straight | 9 M | ||
| Turn left onto Corleseweg | 391 M | ||
| You are now at section 13 | 0 M | ||
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From
13
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6
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3597 M | 3.6 KM | |
| Head north on Korenburgerveenweg | 2.4 KM | ||
| Turn right | 493 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Korenburgerveenweg | 20 M | ||
| Turn left onto Meekertweg | 19 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 669 M | ||
| You are now at section 06 | 0 M | ||
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From
6
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5
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1620 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head northwest | 1.1 KM | ||
| Continue onto Leemkuilweg | 522 M | ||
| You are now at section 05 | 0 M | ||
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From
5
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33
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3883 M | 3.9 KM | |
| Head west on Leemkuilweg | 457 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oostermeenweg | 573 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kamperweg | 717 M | ||
| Turn right onto Scheidingsweg | 508 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto 'n Onderholt | 1.6 KM | ||
| Continue straight | 10 M | ||
| You are now at section 33 | 0 M | ||
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From
33
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32
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936 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head north on Grolsedijk | 74 M | ||
| Make a sharp left onto Gasteveldsdijk | 584 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Gasteveldsdijk | 278 M | ||
| You are now at section 32 | 0 M | ||
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From
32
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85
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886 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head north on Kloosterstraat | 554 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 332 M | ||
| You are now at section 85 | 0 M | ||
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From
85
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98
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863 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head west on Zwolseweg | 243 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Zwolseweg | 259 M | ||
| Continue straight | 8 M | ||
| Turn left onto Lievelderweg | 84 M | ||
| Turn right onto Eimersweg | 269 M | ||
| You are now at section 98 | 0 M |