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!
Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
Start: Prinsengracht 2, 4233 EW Vijfheerenlanden | 74.6 KM | ||
From
64
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63
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6109 M | 6.1 KM | |
Head south on Prinsengracht | 304 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Broekseweg | 5.2 KM | ||
Turn right onto Parallelweg | 556 M | ||
You are now at section 63 | 0 M | ||
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63
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71
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4778 M | 4.8 KM | |
Head south on Parallelweg | 381 M | ||
Turn right onto Noordseweg | 2.4 KM | ||
Turn right | 19 M | ||
Turn left onto Noordzijde | 2 KM | ||
You are now at section 71 | 0 M | ||
From
71
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70
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1996 M | 2 KM | |
Head west on Nieuwendijk | 439 M | ||
Turn right onto Gorissenweg | 1.5 KM | ||
Turn left onto Tiendweg | 36 M | ||
Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit | 19 M | ||
You are now at section 70 | 0 M | ||
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70
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69
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2999 M | 3 KM | |
Head west on Zuidzijde | 3 KM | ||
You are now at section 69 | 0 M | ||
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69
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68
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4343 M | 4.3 KM | |
Head west on Smoutjesweg | 102 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Nieuwpoortseweg | 1.2 KM | ||
Turn left | 13 M | ||
Continue onto Achterland | 3 KM | ||
You are now at section 68 | 0 M | ||
From
68
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81
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580 M | 0.6 KM | |
Head south on Peulwijksekade | 537 M | ||
Continue straight | 43 M | ||
You are now at section 81 | 0 M | ||
From
81
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14
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847 M | 0.8 KM | |
Head northwest on Boezemkade | 16 M | ||
Turn left onto Brandwijksedijk | 831 M | ||
You are now at section 14 | 0 M | ||
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14
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13
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1783 M | 1.8 KM | |
Head southeast on Damseweg | 1.8 KM | ||
You are now at section 13 | 0 M | ||
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13
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34
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4415 M | 4.4 KM | |
Head south on Damseweg | 41 M | ||
Turn right onto Gijbelandsedijk | 4.4 KM | ||
You are now at section 34 | 0 M | ||
From
34
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31
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680 M | 0.7 KM | |
Head west on Meulenbroek | 505 M | ||
Make a slight left onto Kerkstraat | 175 M | ||
You are now at section 31 | 0 M | ||
From
31
to
8
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2202 M | 2.2 KM | |
Head northwest on Kerkstraat | 2.2 KM | ||
You are now at section 08 | 0 M | ||
From
8
to
9
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1579 M | 1.6 KM | |
Head southwest on Heulenslag | 1.4 KM | ||
Turn left onto Noordzijde | 166 M | ||
You are now at section 09 | 0 M | ||
From
9
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43
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1830 M | 1.8 KM | |
Head northwest | 5 M | ||
Continue onto Noordzijde | 1.8 KM | ||
Make a slight left onto Heiweg | 71 M | ||
You are now at section 43 | 0 M | ||
From
43
to
42
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972 M | 1 KM | |
Head south on Brugstraat | 90 M | ||
Turn right onto Dorpsstraat | 882 M | ||
You are now at section 42 | 0 M | ||
From
42
to
1
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2464 M | 2.5 KM | |
Head southwest on Westeinde | 10 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Westeinde | 852 M | ||
Continue slightly left onto Vinkenpolderweg | 507 M | ||
Turn right onto Oude Torenweg | 17 M | ||
Turn left | 8 M | ||
Continue onto Vinkenpolderweg | 1.1 KM | ||
Continue straight | 9 M | ||
You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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1
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30
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2999 M | 3 KM | |
Head south | 83 M | ||
Turn right onto Marineweg | 151 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Dam | 87 M | ||
Turn left onto Zuiderstek | 101 M | ||
Continue right onto Werfbrug | 113 M | ||
Turn left onto Havenplein | 27 M | ||
Turn right onto Kraanbaan | 11 M | ||
Turn left | 212 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Cortgene | 92 M | ||
Continue straight | 159 M | ||
Keep left at the fork | 326 M | ||
Keep left at the fork | 389 M | ||
Keep left at the fork | 355 M | ||
Keep left at the fork | 177 M | ||
Make a slight left onto West Kinderdijk | 333 M | ||
Keep left onto West Kinderdijk | 361 M | ||
Make a slight right to stay on West Kinderdijk | 17 M | ||
Turn right onto Molenkade | 5 M | ||
You are now at section 30 | 0 M | ||
From
30
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2
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976 M | 1 KM | |
Head northeast on Molenkade | 915 M | ||
Turn left | 61 M | ||
You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
From
2
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3
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1250 M | 1.3 KM | |
Head northwest on Nederwaard | 1.3 KM | ||
You are now at section 03 | 0 M | ||
From
3
to
31
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605 M | 0.6 KM | |
Head southwest on Molenstraat | 122 M | ||
Turn right to stay on Molenstraat | 44 M | ||
Continue straight | 134 M | ||
Continue onto Lekweg | 243 M | ||
Make a slight left to stay on Lekweg | 11 M | ||
Turn right onto Veerdam | 51 M | ||
You are now at section 31 | 0 M | ||
From
31
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14
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358 M | 0.4 KM | |
Head northwest on Veerdam | 49 M | ||
Take the ferry Autoveer Krimpen aan de Lek - Kinderdijk | 262 M | ||
Continue straight onto Kerkestoep | 47 M | ||
You are now at section 14 | 0 M | ||
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14
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61
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68 M | 0.1 KM | |
Head east on Rijsdijk | 68 M | ||
You are now at section 61 | 0 M | ||
From
61
to
63
|
2740 M | 2.7 KM | |
Head northeast on Rijsdijk | 2.7 KM | ||
You are now at section 63 | 0 M | ||
From
63
to
62
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1920 M | 1.9 KM | |
Head southeast on Schuwacht | 1.2 KM | ||
Turn right to stay on Schuwacht | 730 M | ||
You are now at section 62 | 0 M | ||
From
62
to
64
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3112 M | 3.1 KM | |
Head east on Voorstraat | 428 M | ||
Turn right onto Voorstraat | 2.7 KM | ||
You are now at section 64 | 0 M | ||
From
64
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76
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5039 M | 5 KM | |
Head northeast on Opperduit | 5 KM | ||
You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
From
76
to
37
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2525 M | 2.5 KM | |
Head northeast on Lekdijk-Oost | 2.5 KM | ||
You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
From
37
to
57
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3525 M | 3.5 KM | |
Head northeast on Hogedijk | 2.1 KM | ||
Turn right onto Lekdijk-West | 1.4 KM | ||
You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
From
57
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10
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325 M | 0.3 KM | |
Head northeast on Voorhaven | 53 M | ||
Make a slight right onto Tol | 41 M | ||
Turn right onto Veerstraat | 143 M | ||
Turn left onto Buiten de Veerpoort | 88 M | ||
You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
From
10
to
66
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1264 M | 1.3 KM | |
Head south on Buiten de Veerpoort (N216) | 32 M | ||
Take the ferry Schoonhoven - Gelkenes (N216) | 235 M | ||
Continue straight onto Veerstoep | 101 M | ||
Turn left onto Schoonhovenseveer | 896 M | ||
You are now at section 66 | 0 M | ||
From
66
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65
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3681 M | 3.7 KM | |
Head east on Hoogstraat | 3 KM | ||
Turn right onto Boonevlietweg | 708 M | ||
You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
From
65
to
64
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6587 M | 6.6 KM | |
Head northeast on Tiendweg | 1.9 KM | ||
Turn left onto Langesteinseweg | 748 M | ||
Turn right onto Lekdijk | 2 KM | ||
Turn right onto Kerkpad | 870 M | ||
Turn left onto Kerkweg | 407 M | ||
Turn left onto Hogewaard | 582 M | ||
You are now at section 64 | 0 M |