Cycle route through the Amstelland
Amstelveen, Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Ter Aar
The Amstel winds its way for 31 kilometres through North and South Holland and even touches the province of Utrecht. In the thirteenth century, people began reclaiming the surrounding peatland. The peat they cut was turned into turf, which was an important fuel at the time. Around that same period, villages like Amstelveen and Ouderkerk aan de Amstel started to grow. As the peat shrank and settled, the landscape changed dramatically. Large lakes formed, some of which still exist today, like the Westeinderplassen. Others were later drained. The Haarlemmermeer disappeared under the force of the windmills in the nineteenth century, along with Legmeer and Hornmeer, which are now residential areas in Aalsmeer. At the mouth of the Amstel, a dam was built in the early Middle Ages. That became the fishing and trading village of Amstelredam, which received city rights around 1300 and eventually became the city of Amsterdam. Other places in the Amstelland still reflect the name of the river: • Nes aan de Amstel, named after its location by the river • Ouderkerk aan de Amstel • Amstelveen • Amstelhoek Although you are just south of Amsterdam, you will barely notice that as you cycle in the direction of Langerak and Nieuwveen. Only when you approach Aalsmeer and Amstelveen do you feel the energy of the busy Randstad. This is where centuries of Dutch history come together, with reclaimed land, drained lakes and villages that grew into international cities. A landscape that still tells the story.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Amsteldijk Noord , 1183 TA Amsterdam | 55.8 KM | |
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From
60
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61
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3672 M | 3.7 KM | |
| Head southeast on Amsteldijk Noord | 3.7 KM | ||
| Make a slight left onto Amstelzijde | 12 M | ||
| You are now at section 61 | 0 M | ||
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From
61
to
67
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1667 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head southeast on Amstelzijde | 83 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Amstelzijde | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 67 | 0 M | ||
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From
67
to
68
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2464 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head south on Amsteldijk Zuid | 2.3 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Nesserlaan | 214 M | ||
| You are now at section 68 | 0 M | ||
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From
68
to
29
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2660 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head south on Ringdijk BP | 246 M | ||
| Keep left onto Ringdijk BP | 986 M | ||
| Continue straight | 233 M | ||
| Turn left onto Pastoor van Zantenlaan | 109 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerklaan | 66 M | ||
| Turn right onto Amsteldijk Zuid | 1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 29 | 0 M | ||
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From
29
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39
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101 M | 0.1 KM | |
| Head south | 7 M | ||
| Take the ferry Nessersluis-Amsteldijk | 56 M | ||
| Continue slight left onto Nessersluis | 38 M | ||
| You are now at section 39 | 0 M | ||
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From
39
to
52
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3716 M | 3.7 KM | |
| Head west on Nessersluis | 67 M | ||
| Turn left onto Veldweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right onto 2e Velddwarsweg | 2.4 KM | ||
| Turn left | 139 M | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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From
52
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51
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728 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head northwest on Ringdijk 2e bedijking | 530 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Ringdijk 2e bedijking | 23 M | ||
| Turn left onto Ringdijk 2e bedijking | 175 M | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
to
53
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3560 M | 3.6 KM | |
| Head northwest on Ringdijk 2e bedijking | 35 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Mennonietenbuurt | 16 M | ||
| Turn right onto Mijdrechtse Zuwe | 170 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Mennonietenbuurt | 3.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 53 | 0 M | ||
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From
53
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76
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48 M | 0 KM | |
| Head west on Oude Spoorbaan | 43 M | ||
| Turn right onto De Hoef Westzijde | 5 M | ||
| You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
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From
76
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77
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878 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head southeast on De Hoef Westzijde | 5 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oude Spoorbaan | 873 M | ||
| You are now at section 77 | 0 M | ||
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From
77
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75
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2244 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head southwest on Oude Spoorbaan | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Provincialeweg | 24 M | ||
| Turn right onto Provincialeweg | 881 M | ||
| You are now at section 75 | 0 M | ||
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From
75
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87
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2504 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head northwest on Liemeer | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right | 53 M | ||
| Continue straight | 21 M | ||
| Turn right onto W.P. Speelmanweg | 421 M | ||
| Turn left onto A.H. Kooistrastraat | 949 M | ||
| You are now at section 87 | 0 M | ||
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From
87
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36
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1908 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head west on Oude Nieuwveenseweg | 332 M | ||
| Turn left onto Geerweg | 5 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Geerweg | 336 M | ||
| Turn left onto Paradijsweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 36 | 0 M | ||
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From
36
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35
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1071 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head northwest on Kerkpad | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 35 | 0 M | ||
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From
35
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11
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2663 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head east on Langeraarseweg | 593 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Langeraarseweg | 587 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Geerweg | 211 M | ||
| Turn right onto Generaal van Merleweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Continue onto Bilderdam | 92 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Bilderdam | 19 M | ||
| You are now at section 11 | 0 M | ||
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From
11
to
7
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2926 M | 2.9 KM | |
| Head northeast on Bilderdam | 1.6 KM | ||
| Make a slight left | 49 M | ||
| Turn left | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 07 | 0 M | ||
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From
7
to
25
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3753 M | 3.8 KM | |
| Head north | 22 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Herenweg | 1.6 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Kudelstaartseweg | 477 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Kudelstaartseweg | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 25 | 0 M | ||
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From
25
to
26
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2143 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head northeast | 24 M | ||
| Turn right onto Bachlaan | 610 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Bachlaan | 22 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bachlaan | 108 M | ||
| Turn left onto Vuurlijn | 13 M | ||
| Continue onto Vuurlijn | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 26 | 0 M | ||
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From
26
to
92
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4976 M | 5 KM | |
| Head north on Poelweg | 783 M | ||
| Turn left onto Koningin Máximalaan | 7 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Poelweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Randweg | 743 M | ||
| Turn right | 397 M | ||
| Turn right onto Noorddammerweg | 2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 92 | 0 M | ||
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From
92
to
90
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1551 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head northeast on Noorddammerweg | 707 M | ||
| Turn left | 13 M | ||
| Turn right | 20 M | ||
| Turn right | 7 M | ||
| Turn left onto Westwijkstraat | 403 M | ||
| Turn left onto Asserring | 23 M | ||
| Turn right | 36 M | ||
| Continue onto Slingerduin | 214 M | ||
| Continue straight | 118 M | ||
| Turn right | 10 M | ||
| You are now at section 90 | 0 M | ||
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From
90
to
86
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2498 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head northwest | 332 M | ||
| Turn right onto Beeckestijn | 124 M | ||
| Turn left | 47 M | ||
| Turn right | 89 M | ||
| Turn right onto Schinkeldijkje | 1.9 KM | ||
| Continue straight | 40 M | ||
| You are now at section 86 | 0 M | ||
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From
86
to
85
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784 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head east on Nieuwe Meerlaan | 218 M | ||
| Continue straight | 9 M | ||
| Continue onto Nieuwe Meerlaan | 557 M | ||
| You are now at section 85 | 0 M | ||
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From
85
to
83
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3846 M | 3.8 KM | |
| Head north | 204 M | ||
| Continue onto Schipholweg | 8 M | ||
| Turn right onto Nieuwe Meerlaan | 162 M | ||
| Turn right | 15 M | ||
| Turn left | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn right | 2.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 83 | 0 M | ||
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From
83
to
84
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615 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head southwest | 420 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 127 M | ||
| Turn left onto Nieuwe Kalfjeslaan | 68 M | ||
| You are now at section 84 | 0 M | ||
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From
84
to
60
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2811 M | 2.8 KM | |
| Head east on Nieuwe Kalfjeslaan | 119 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 61 M | ||
| Continue onto Kalfjeslaan | 686 M | ||
| Turn right | 33 M | ||
| Turn left | 52 M | ||
| Turn left | 98 M | ||
| Turn left | 74 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kalfjeslaan | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 60 | 0 M |