Cycle route World Heritage | Rietveld Schröder House
Utrecht, Zeist, Den Dolder
The Rietveld Schröder House is an iconic modernist house in Utrecht, the Netherlands designed by Dutch architect Gerrit Rietveld. He lived from 1888 to 1964. Besides being an architect, he was also a furniture designer, which he also built in modernist style. Some of his best-known designs include the zigzag chair and the Utrecht armchair. He was an important figure within the De Stijl movement. In 1924, he designed the Rietveld Schröder House, commissioned by Mrs Truus Schröder-Schräder (1889-1985). She, in turn, was also a figurehead within architecture and an opinionated woman. She was an architectural advocate, a progressive thinker eager to make changes in architecture. She wrote down her ideas in a number of books on architecture and art. The Rietveld Schröder House is known for its unique use of lines, planes and colours. It is one of the most influential examples of the De Stijl movement and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Almost everything is still in its original state. You can visit the house by booking a time slot via the website. There are many more houses designed by Rietveld in and around Utrecht, which you will visit on this cycle route. Between Utrecht Central Station and the Rietveld Schröder House, you will pass Waldeck Pyrmontkade, where you can already admire the first Rietveld building. It is a small house consisting of two rooms and a small terrace, designed in 1925. It was the living quarters for the chauffeur of the Van der Vuurst De Vries family. Close to the Rietveld Schröder House is Erasmuslaan, where a series of modernist flats are located. This row of houses were designed by Gerrit Rietveld in 1928. From Utrecht, cycle to Den Dolder, where you come across the Smedes House. Remarkably, this house is a cube with a garage and a conservatory against it. Rietveld also designed the furniture for the Smedes family, whose Mrs Smedes was a cousin of Rietveld. Finally, in the heart of Zeist, you pass the Music School, which Rietveld designed in 1930. Here the typical lines, planes and colours are again easily recognisable. Want to find out more about Rietveld and Schröder? Centraal Museum Utrecht has the largest Rietveld collection in the world! Admire the furniture and even some of the houses, which can be visited with a guided tour every last Sunday of the month.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Strick van Linschotenlaan , 3981 HH Bunnik | 43.6 KM | |
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From
41
to
44
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1867 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head northeast on Strick van Linschotenlaan | 626 M | ||
| Turn left onto Vagantenpad | 253 M | ||
| Turn right onto Rijnsoever | 988 M | ||
| You are now at section 44 | 0 M | ||
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From
44
to
87
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997 M | 1 KM | |
| Head north on Tolakkerlaan | 997 M | ||
| You are now at section 87 | 0 M | ||
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From
87
to
20
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1614 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head east on Bisschopsweg | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
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From
20
to
86
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1253 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Schorteldoeksesteeg | 414 M | ||
| Turn right onto Utrechtseweg | 90 M | ||
| Turn left | 37 M | ||
| Turn left onto Utrechtseweg | 712 M | ||
| You are now at section 86 | 0 M | ||
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From
86
to
85
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2367 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head northeast on Amersfoortseweg | 2.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 85 | 0 M | ||
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From
85
to
50
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1284 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head east on Amersfoortseweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 50 | 0 M | ||
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From
50
to
9
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1457 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head northeast on Amersfoortseweg | 35 M | ||
| Turn left | 35 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hobbemalaan | 183 M | ||
| Turn left | 45 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 143 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oude Spoorbaan | 1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 09 | 0 M | ||
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From
9
to
27
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808 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head northeast on Duinweg | 78 M | ||
| Continue onto Baarnseweg | 365 M | ||
| Turn right onto Vossenlaan | 365 M | ||
| You are now at section 27 | 0 M | ||
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From
27
to
37
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2539 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head northeast on Vossenlaan | 568 M | ||
| Turn right | 73 M | ||
| Turn left onto Dolderseweg | 34 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hertenlaan | 505 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Hertenlaan | 750 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hindelaan | 589 M | ||
| Continue straight | 20 M | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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From
37
to
8
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484 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head northeast | 484 M | ||
| You are now at section 08 | 0 M | ||
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From
8
to
56
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1580 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head northeast | 1.5 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Paltzerweg | 44 M | ||
| You are now at section 56 | 0 M | ||
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From
56
to
55
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2333 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head south on Paltzerweg | 1000 M | ||
| Turn left onto Verlengde Paltzerweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 55 | 0 M | ||
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From
55
to
53
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1300 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head southwest on Wethouder Lemmenpad | 788 M | ||
| Continue onto Veldmaarschalk Montgomeryweg; Veldm Montgomeryweg | 239 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Veldmaarschalk Montgomeryweg; Veldm Montgomeryweg | 273 M | ||
| You are now at section 53 | 0 M | ||
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From
53
to
54
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844 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head southeast on Kampweg | 844 M | ||
| You are now at section 54 | 0 M | ||
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From
54
to
84
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2195 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head west on Kampweg | 205 M | ||
| Continue straight | 1.4 KM | ||
| Continue onto Weg naar Heibergen | 470 M | ||
| Turn right onto Verlengde Slotlaan | 115 M | ||
| You are now at section 84 | 0 M | ||
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From
84
to
82
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2088 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Verlengde Slotlaan | 438 M | ||
| Turn right | 42 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 23 M | ||
| Turn right | 1 M | ||
| Continue onto Verlengde Slotlaan | 1.1 KM | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Verlengde Slotlaan | 32 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Verlengde Slotlaan | 405 M | ||
| Turn right | 14 M | ||
| You are now at section 82 | 0 M | ||
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From
82
to
81
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1460 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head west | 53 M | ||
| Turn right onto Slotlaan | 210 M | ||
| Keep left onto Slotlaan | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Het Rond | 101 M | ||
| You are now at section 81 | 0 M | ||
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From
81
to
64
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397 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head northwest on 2e Dorpsstraat | 17 M | ||
| Turn left onto Slotlaan | 380 M | ||
| You are now at section 64 | 0 M | ||
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From
64
to
97
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1146 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head southeast on Zinzendorflaan | 151 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hernhuttersingel | 171 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Hernhuttersingel | 52 M | ||
| Turn left | 8 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hernhuttersingel | 141 M | ||
| Turn left onto Koelaan | 282 M | ||
| Turn right | 39 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Koelaan | 302 M | ||
| You are now at section 97 | 0 M | ||
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From
97
to
43
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1572 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head southwest on Koelaan | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 43 | 0 M | ||
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From
43
to
42
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436 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head west | 14 M | ||
| Turn left | 124 M | ||
| Turn right onto Koningin Julianalaan | 229 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Stationsweg | 69 M | ||
| You are now at section 42 | 0 M | ||
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From
42
to
51
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931 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Stationsweg | 931 M | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
to
40
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1033 M | 1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Provincialeweg | 1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 40 | 0 M | ||
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From
40
to
53
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559 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head west on Provincialeweg | 505 M | ||
| Turn left onto Koningslaan | 54 M | ||
| You are now at section 53 | 0 M | ||
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From
53
to
39
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373 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Achterdijk | 115 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Achterdijk | 258 M | ||
| You are now at section 39 | 0 M | ||
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From
39
to
98
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1030 M | 1 KM | |
| Head southwest on Marsdijk | 1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 98 | 0 M | ||
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From
98
to
35
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652 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head west on Marsdijk | 652 M | ||
| You are now at section 35 | 0 M | ||
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From
35
to
22
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1789 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head northwest on Mereveldseweg | 1.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 22 | 0 M | ||
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From
22
to
95
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440 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head northwest on Koningsweg | 249 M | ||
| Continue straight | 191 M | ||
| You are now at section 95 | 0 M | ||
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From
95
to
62
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607 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head northwest | 48 M | ||
| Continue onto Koningsweg | 559 M | ||
| You are now at section 62 | 0 M | ||
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From
62
to
37
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90 M | 0.1 KM | |
| Head west on Koningsweg | 90 M | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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From
37
to
96
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517 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head northwest on Koningsweg | 15 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Koningsweg | 9 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Koningsweg | 493 M | ||
| You are now at section 96 | 0 M | ||
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From
96
to
80
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716 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head northwest on Koningsweg | 716 M | ||
| You are now at section 80 | 0 M | ||
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From
80
to
38
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34 M | 0 KM | |
| Head northeast | 34 M | ||
| You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
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From
38
to
58
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495 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head east | 6 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Tolsteegsingel | 489 M | ||
| You are now at section 58 | 0 M | ||
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From
58
to
86
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152 M | 0.2 KM | |
| Head northeast on Maliesingel | 152 M | ||
| You are now at section 86 | 0 M | ||
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From
86
to
21
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636 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head north on Maliesingel | 33 M | ||
| Turn right onto Zonstraat | 490 M | ||
| Turn right onto Mecklenburglaan | 113 M | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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From
21
to
84
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401 M | 0.4 KM | |
| Head northeast | 16 M | ||
| Turn left onto Julianalaan | 91 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Koningslaan | 44 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Koningslaan | 250 M | ||
| You are now at section 84 | 0 M | ||
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From
84
to
29
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1146 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head southeast on Prins Hendriklaan | 852 M | ||
| Turn right onto Platolaan | 294 M | ||
| You are now at section 29 | 0 M | ||
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From
29
to
77
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474 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head southeast on Weg naar Rhijnauwen | 474 M | ||
| You are now at section 77 | 0 M | ||
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From
77
to
41
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1512 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head southeast on Weg naar Rhijnauwen | 1.2 KM | ||
| Make a slight right onto Rhijnauwenselaan | 314 M | ||
| You are now at section 41 | 0 M |