Artisanal farmer's cheese cycle route
Woerden, Oudewater, Driebruggen
This cycle route revolves around old crafts, with cheese-making as the highlight. Start from the cheese centre of the region: the Cheese Warehouse in Woerden. From here you cycle to the Streekmarkt Woerden, where the Cheese Market is held from April to August. During the Cheese Market, a show recreates the trade of yesteryear. The many regional products and types of (farmer's) cheese you will find here show that Woerden is still connected to the surrounding countryside. Cycle via the junctions to the picturesque centre of Oudewater. You can take a break on a terrace here, or visit the Rope Museum or the Witches' Watch. In the Rope Museum, the craftsmanship comes to the fore: you can see how hemp, yarns, sledges and spinning wheels were hammered in the old days in a real job shed. The Witches' Watch tells you about the medieval witch hunts, when certain women were thought to be witches. If a woman was lighter than the weight on the other side of the scales, she was a witch. Do you dare stand on the scales? The cycle route also takes you through Papekop, originally a swampy area that was reclaimed in the 12th and 13th centuries after the bishop of Utrecht owned it. The agreements about the piece of land were laid down in a contract, called a 'cope' at the time. This gave rise to the name 'Pape-cope'. If you look closely at the meadows in Papekopop, you might notice that they have the same dimensions. This is not without reason: the cope stipulated that the bishop issued the pieces of land in fixed sizes. Each meadow is therefore still 1,250 metres long and 113 metres wide. Enjoy a scenic route along narrow roads and past old farms. And don't forget to stop at one of the monumental farms for a slice of delicious, traditional farm cheese!
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Houttuinlaan , 3447 HA Woerden | 26 KM | |
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From
28
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26
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876 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head south on Wilhelminaweg | 403 M | ||
| Turn left | 5 M | ||
| Continue onto Oranjestraat | 468 M | ||
| You are now at section 26 | 0 M | ||
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From
26
to
68
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688 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head southeast on Boerendijk | 622 M | ||
| Turn right onto Hollandbaan | 54 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Hollandbaan | 12 M | ||
| You are now at section 68 | 0 M | ||
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From
68
to
85
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504 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head east on Hollandbaan | 368 M | ||
| Continue straight | 136 M | ||
| You are now at section 85 | 0 M | ||
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From
85
to
99
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1045 M | 1 KM | |
| Head southwest | 22 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kromwijkerdijk | 17 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kromwijkerpad | 571 M | ||
| Continue right onto Parallelweg-Oost | 435 M | ||
| You are now at section 99 | 0 M | ||
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From
99
to
96
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3376 M | 3.4 KM | |
| Head southwest on Kromwijkerpad | 826 M | ||
| Continue onto Zwartedijkje | 482 M | ||
| Turn right onto Diemerbroek | 2 KM | ||
| Make a slight left onto Papekopperstraatweg | 16 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Papekopperstraatweg | 42 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Papekopperstraatweg | 14 M | ||
| You are now at section 96 | 0 M | ||
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From
96
to
22
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1223 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head southeast on Papekopperstraatweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 22 | 0 M | ||
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From
22
to
95
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650 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head southeast on Tappersheul | 87 M | ||
| Turn right onto Johan J. Vierbergenweg | 35 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Johan J. Vierbergenweg | 193 M | ||
| Continue straight | 12 M | ||
| Continue onto Johan J. Vierbergenweg | 323 M | ||
| You are now at section 95 | 0 M | ||
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From
95
to
93
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919 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head south on Brede Dijk | 8 M | ||
| Turn right | 25 M | ||
| Turn left onto Johan J. Vierbergenweg | 324 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Papenhoeflaan | 17 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Papenhoeflaan | 36 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Johan J. Vierbergenweg | 159 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 69 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oude Singel | 164 M | ||
| Turn right onto Biezenpoortstraat | 117 M | ||
| You are now at section 93 | 0 M | ||
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From
93
to
92
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253 M | 0.3 KM | |
| Head southwest on Kromme Haven | 87 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Broeckerstraat | 166 M | ||
| You are now at section 92 | 0 M | ||
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From
92
to
14
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4298 M | 4.3 KM | |
| Head northwest on Oude Hekendorperweg | 268 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Oude Hekendorperweg | 176 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Oude Hekendorperweg | 13 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hekendorperweg | 3.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 14 | 0 M | ||
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From
14
to
23
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1184 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head west on Goejanverwelle | 187 M | ||
| Turn right onto Opweg | 997 M | ||
| You are now at section 23 | 0 M | ||
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From
23
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37
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349 M | 0.3 KM | |
| Head north on Opweg | 22 M | ||
| Keep right onto Opweg | 114 M | ||
| Continue onto Hoogeind | 213 M | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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From
37
to
36
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2011 M | 2 KM | |
| Head north on Hoogeind | 2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 36 | 0 M | ||
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From
36
to
34
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2802 M | 2.8 KM | |
| Head east on Kerkweg | 572 M | ||
| Turn right onto Groene Kruislaan | 26 M | ||
| Turn left onto Westeinde | 16 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Westeinde | 428 M | ||
| Turn right onto Westeinde | 708 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Westeinde | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 34 | 0 M | ||
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From
34
to
35
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1187 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head northeast on Oosteinde | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 35 | 0 M | ||
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From
35
to
39
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1575 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head northeast on Oosteinde | 1.3 KM | ||
| Make a slight right onto Waardsedijk | 313 M | ||
| You are now at section 39 | 0 M | ||
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From
39
to
68
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1543 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head east on Waardsedijk | 1.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 68 | 0 M | ||
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From
68
to
26
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688 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head northwest on Hollandbaan | 12 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Hollandbaan | 54 M | ||
| Turn left onto Waardsedijk | 253 M | ||
| Continue onto Boerendijk | 369 M | ||
| You are now at section 26 | 0 M | ||
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From
26
to
28
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871 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head northeast on Chrysantstraat | 446 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 30 M | ||
| Continue onto Wilhelminaweg | 372 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 23 M | ||
| You are now at section 28 | 0 M |