
The Alblasserwaard region used to have 150 mills. Nowadays, you will have to make do with 'only' 53 mills, 48 of which are watermills. You will see that the water in the ditches is often much deeper on one side than on the other. When all 150 mills were still there, they pumped the water a metre higher into the low basins of the Nederwaard and Overwaard. Nowadays, the pumping stations do that. Just past junction 9, you will see the Peilmolen (sounding mill). This mill was located in the deepest part of the polder. When the water rose too high, the miller would hang a lamp in the sails and the mill would become a sort of lighthouse. The signal was passed on by all the millers to Kinderdijk. This way, the millers communicated throughout the Alblasserwaard!
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Start: Molenstraat , 4233EN Vijfheerenlanden | 74.6 KM | |
From
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63
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6107.8 M | 6.1 KM | |
Head south on Prinsengracht | 308 M | ||
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Continue slightly left onto Broekseweg | 5.2 KM | |
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Continue right onto Parallelweg | 554 M | |
You are now at section 63 | 0 M | ||
From
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71
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4405.9 M | 4.4 KM | |
Head south on Parallelweg | 382 M | ||
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Continue right onto Noordseweg | 1.6 KM | |
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Continue onto Botersloot | 2.4 KM | |
You are now at section 71 | 1 M | ||
From
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70
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2387 M | 2.4 KM | |
Head southwest | 377 M | ||
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Continue left onto Nieuwendijk | 454 M | |
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Turn right | 1.5 KM | |
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Enter the roundabout | 19 M | |
You are now at section 70 | 1 M | ||
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69
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3039.9 M | 3 KM | |
Head south | 44 M | ||
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Exit the roundabout onto Zuidzijde | 3 KM | |
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Turn left onto Postkade | 1 M | |
You are now at section 69 | 0 M | ||
From
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69
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137.5 M | 0.1 KM | |
Head north on Postkade | 1 M | ||
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Turn left onto Smoutjesweg | 75 M | |
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Make a slight right | 27 M | |
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Turn left | 21 M | |
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Turn left onto Nieuwpoortseweg | 14 M | |
You are now at section 69 | 0 M | ||
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68
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4235 M | 4.2 KM | |
Head northwest on Nieuwpoortseweg | 1.3 KM | ||
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Turn left onto Achterland | 3 KM | |
You are now at section 68 | 1 M | ||
From
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14
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1424.7 M | 1.4 KM | |
Head south on Peulwijksekade | 595 M | ||
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Continue slightly left onto Brandwijksedijk | 829 M | |
You are now at section 14 | 1 M | ||
From
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13
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1782.4 M | 1.8 KM | |
Head southeast on Damseweg | 1.8 KM | ||
You are now at section 13 | 1 M | ||
From
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12
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4738.9 M | 4.7 KM | |
Head southwest on Damseweg | 40 M | ||
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Continue right onto Gijbelandsedijk | 3.7 KM | |
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Continue onto Meulenbroek | 1 KM | |
You are now at section 12 | 0 M | ||
From
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08
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2548.4 M | 2.5 KM | |
Head west on Meulenbroek | 174 M | ||
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Continue slightly left onto Kerkstraat | 792 M | |
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Continue onto Heulenslag | 1.6 KM | |
You are now at section 08 | 1 M | ||
From
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09
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1577.1 M | 1.6 KM | |
Head southwest on Heulenslag | 1.4 KM | ||
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Continue left onto Noordzijde | 166 M | |
You are now at section 09 | 1 M | ||
From
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43
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1829 M | 1.8 KM | |
Head northwest | 5 M | ||
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Continue onto Noordzijde | 1.8 KM | |
You are now at section 43 | 0 M | ||
From
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42
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969.8 M | 1 KM | |
Head south on Brugstraat | 89 M | ||
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Continue right onto Dorpsstraat | 368 M | |
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Continue onto Westeinde | 513 M | |
You are now at section 42 | 1 M | ||
From
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01
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2464.2 M | 2.5 KM | |
Head southwest on Westeinde | 861 M | ||
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Continue onto Vinkenpolderweg | 508 M | |
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Turn right to stay on Vinkenpolderweg | 465 M | |
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Continue onto Polderstraat | 629 M | |
You are now at section 01 | 1 M | ||
From
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01
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83.1 M | 0.1 KM | |
Head south | 83 M | ||
You are now at section 01 | 1 M | ||
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30
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2905.4 M | 2.9 KM | |
Head west on Marineweg | 338 M | ||
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Continue right onto Havenplein | 141 M | |
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Continue right onto Kraanbaan | 222 M | |
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Continue onto Cortgene | 1.5 KM | |
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Continue slightly left onto West Kinderdijk | 694 M | |
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Make a slight right to stay on West Kinderdijk | 16 M | |
You are now at section 30 | 0 M | ||
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02
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981.5 M | 1 KM | |
Head northeast on Molenkade | 413 M | ||
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Continue onto Blokweerschekade | 567 M | |
You are now at section 02 | 1 M | ||
From
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03
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1274.7 M | 1.3 KM | |
Head northwest on Nederwaard | 1.2 KM | ||
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Turn left | 25 M | |
You are now at section 03 | 0 M | ||
From
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31
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574.1 M | 0.6 KM | |
Head southwest | 97 M | ||
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Continue right onto Molenstraat | 177 M | |
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Continue slightly right onto Lekweg | 299 M | |
You are now at section 31 | 1 M | ||
From
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61
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359.2 M | 0.4 KM | |
Head northwest on Veerdam | 49 M | ||
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Take the ferry Autoveer Krimpen aan de Lek - Kinderdijk | 262 M | |
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Continue straight onto Kerkestoep | 47 M | |
You are now at section 61 | 0 M | ||
From
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63
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2806 M | 2.8 KM | |
Head east on Rijsdijk | 404 M | ||
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Continue onto Onder de Waal | 320 M | |
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Continue onto Ooster Lekdijk | 509 M | |
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Continue onto Schuwacht | 1.6 KM | |
You are now at section 63 | 1 M | ||
From
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62
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1919.9 M | 1.9 KM | |
Head southeast on Schuwacht | 1.4 KM | ||
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Continue onto Voorstraat | 525 M | |
You are now at section 62 | 0 M | ||
From
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64
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3110.9 M | 3.1 KM | |
Head east on Voorstraat | 495 M | ||
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Continue onto Opperduit | 2.6 KM | |
You are now at section 64 | 0 M | ||
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76
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5037 M | 5 KM | |
Head northeast on Opperduit | 1.4 KM | ||
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Continue onto Lekdijk-West | 3.6 KM | |
You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
From
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37
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2523.5 M | 2.5 KM | |
Head northeast on Lekdijk-Oost | 2.2 KM | ||
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Continue onto Hogedijk | 279 M | |
You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
From
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10
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3523.3 M | 3.5 KM | |
Head northeast on Hogedijk | 2.1 KM | ||
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Continue right onto Lekdijk-West | 1.3 KM | |
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Continue onto Voorhaven | 108 M | |
You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
From
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10
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328.2 M | 0.3 KM | |
Head northeast on Voorhaven | 52 M | ||
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Turn right onto Veerstraat | 141 M | |
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Continue onto Buiten de Veerpoort | 135 M | |
You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
From
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66
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1263.9 M | 1.3 KM | |
Head southwest on Buiten de Veerpoort (N216) | 32 M | ||
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Take the ferry Schoonhoven - Gelkenes (N216) | 235 M | |
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Continue straight onto Veerstoep | 114 M | |
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Continue left onto Veersedijk | 884 M | |
You are now at section 66 | 0 M | ||
From
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65
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3675.9 M | 3.7 KM | |
Head east on Hoogstraat | 452 M | ||
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Continue onto Lekdijk | 2.5 KM | |
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Continue right onto Boonevlietweg | 708 M | |
You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
From
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64
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6581.7 M | 6.6 KM | |
Head northeast on Tiendweg | 1.9 KM | ||
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Continue left onto Langesteinseweg | 748 M | |
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Continue right onto Lekdijk | 2 KM | |
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Continue right onto Kerkpad | 868 M | |
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Continue left onto Kerkweg | 404 M | |
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Continue left onto Hogewaard | 352 M | |
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Continue onto Molenstraat | 233 M | |
You are now at section 64 | 0 M |