Rotterdam, Alblasserdam

Modern and old, you'll find both in this cycle route. The skyline of the port city is full of modern architecture, but you'll also come across the first world heritage site in Rotterdam: the Van Nelle Factory. Although it was built in 1923, it still has a modern look. Factories were mostly dark and dark spaces, but this factory is called 'a poem in glass and steel'. Nowadays it is a unique location for meetings. The other world heritage you cycle to today from the busy centre of Rotterdam will take you back in time to the silence and centuries. It's the windmills in Kinderdijk. Not just nostalgia, but robust structures that made it possible for you to cycle here instead of swimming.