Cycle route There near the windmill
Alblasserdam, Kinderdijk, Ammerstol, Bleskensgraaf
Much of the Netherlands lies below sea level. What is now done with pumping stations used to be done with mills: pumping away excess water in the low-lying areas. With the reclamation of Alblasserwaard, the peat soil also lost mass and so the land became even lower. So mills took on an even more important function in the water management of these polders. The Alblasserwaard used to have 150 mills. Nowadays, you will have to make do with 'only' 53 mills, 48 of which are water mills. 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 storage basins of the Nederwaard and Overwaard. Nowadays, the pumping stations do that. You will pass the Kinderdijk mills, among others. These 19 mills are almost all ground-sailors. These are mills that are operated from the ground. The 'smaller' appearance means that the sails also turn closer to the ground. Here on the Nederwaard you will also find a museum mill, a nice place to take a look at this piece of history from the inside. The mills you see here pumped the water from the polder towards the river Lek. Just past junction 9, you can see the Peilmolen windmill. This mill sat in the deepest part of the worth. When the water got too high and thus had to be ground, the miller would hang a lamp in the sails, turning the mill into a kind of lighthouse. The signal was passed on by all the millers as far as Kinderdijk. In this way, the millers communicated throughout the Alblasserwaard!
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Start: Zuidzijde , 2977 XG Molenlanden | 70.3 KM | |
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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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1
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2544 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head west on Smoutjesweg | 81 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Smoutjesweg | 31 M | ||
| Turn right | 42 M | ||
| Turn left onto Nieuwpoortseweg | 605 M | ||
| Turn right onto A | 1.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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17
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290 M | 0.3 KM | |
| Head west on A | 290 M | ||
| You are now at section 17 | 0 M | ||
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13
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1120 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head southwest on B | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 13 | 0 M | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 | ||
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43
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1828 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 | ||
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18
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3461 M | 3.5 KM | |
| Head west on Peperstraat | 3.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 18 | 0 M | ||
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1
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1548 M | 1.5 KM | |
| Head southwest on Kortland | 50 M | ||
| Continue onto Kortland | 428 M | ||
| Turn right onto Randweg | 108 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Randweg | 20 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Randweg | 10 M | ||
| Turn right onto Seniorstraat | 746 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Dam | 133 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 6 M | ||
| Turn left onto Dam | 47 M | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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97
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949 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head south | 268 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Ruigenhil | 126 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Kabelbaan | 515 M | ||
| Continue straight | 40 M | ||
| You are now at section 97 | 0 M | ||
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96
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2103 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head northeast on De Helling | 100 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Grote Beer | 997 M | ||
| Continue straight | 594 M | ||
| Turn left | 26 M | ||
| Turn left | 52 M | ||
| Turn left | 9 M | ||
| Turn right onto Noordeinde | 249 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 41 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto De Schenkel | 35 M | ||
| You are now at section 96 | 0 M | ||
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20
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570 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head southeast on Veersedijk | 570 M | ||
| You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
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95
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1972 M | 2 KM | |
| Head west on Antoniuslaan | 15 M | ||
| Turn left onto Veersedijk | 466 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Veersedijk | 307 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 155 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Veersedijk | 630 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Onderdijkse Rijweg | 399 M | ||
| You are now at section 95 | 0 M | ||
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15
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3913 M | 3.9 KM | |
| Head west on Vrouwgelenweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Krommeweg | 14 M | ||
| Turn right | 21 M | ||
| Turn left onto Burgemeester Jonkerkade | 151 M | ||
| Turn right onto Krommeweg | 905 M | ||
| Turn right | 18 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Zuidwende | 971 M | ||
| Keep right onto Zuidwende | 43 M | ||
| Turn left onto Reeweg | 5 M | ||
| Turn right onto Zuidwende | 437 M | ||
| You are now at section 15 | 0 M | ||
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16
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1323 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Hendrik Ydenweg | 467 M | ||
| Turn left onto Palmhoevepad | 310 M | ||
| Continue straight | 25 M | ||
| Continue onto Palmhoevepad | 521 M | ||
| You are now at section 16 | 0 M | ||
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16
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56
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1570 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head west on Achterambachtseweg | 978 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Achterambachtseweg | 179 M | ||
| Turn right onto Rijksstraatweg | 413 M | ||
| You are now at section 56 | 0 M | ||
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55
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919 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Rijksstraatweg | 225 M | ||
| Turn right onto Pruimendijk | 436 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Jacob van der Laanstraat | 115 M | ||
| Turn right onto Pruimendijk | 143 M | ||
| You are now at section 55 | 0 M | ||
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52
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922 M | 0.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Zuidpad | 463 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oostpad | 414 M | ||
| Turn right | 45 M | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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51
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1449 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head northwest | 427 M | ||
| Continue straight | 27 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oosterparkweg | 133 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kerkweg | 65 M | ||
| Turn left onto Crocusstraat | 41 M | ||
| Keep right onto Crocusstraat | 17 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Geerlaan | 260 M | ||
| Continue straight | 26 M | ||
| Turn left | 47 M | ||
| Continue onto Burgemeester de Zeeuwstraat | 406 M | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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57
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1068 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head east on Lagendijk | 346 M | ||
| Turn right onto Burgemeester De Gaaij Fortmanstraat | 66 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 35 M | ||
| Turn left | 20 M | ||
| Turn left | 19 M | ||
| Turn left | 11 M | ||
| Turn left | 31 M | ||
| Continue onto Geerlaan | 64 M | ||
| Continue straight | 82 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Ridderstraat | 80 M | ||
| Turn left onto Verlengde Kerkweg | 177 M | ||
| Turn right onto Sint Jorisstraat | 137 M | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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50
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2088 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head northwest on Ringdijk | 650 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Ringdijk | 1.3 KM | ||
| Continue straight | 7 M | ||
| Turn left onto Ringdijk | 99 M | ||
| You are now at section 50 | 0 M | ||
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3
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1633 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head east on De Schans | 184 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on De Schans | 90 M | ||
| Turn right | 118 M | ||
| Take the ferry Driehoeksveer Ridderkerk - Krimpen aan de Lek - Kinderdijk | 1.2 KM | ||
| Take the ferry Driehoeksveer Ridderkerk - Krimpen aan de Lek - Kinderdijk | 0 M | ||
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61
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466 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Take the ferry Driehoeksveer Ridderkerk - Krimpen aan de Lek - Kinderdijk | 466 M | ||
| Take the ferry Driehoeksveer Ridderkerk - Krimpen aan de Lek - Kinderdijk | 0 M | ||
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14
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125 M | 0.1 KM | |
| Head northwest | 57 M | ||
| Turn left onto Rijsdijk | 68 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 | ||
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63
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2740 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head northeast on Rijsdijk | 2.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 63 | 0 M | ||
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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 | ||
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62
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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 | ||
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76
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5040 M | 5 KM | |
| Head northeast on Opperduit | 5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
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6
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614 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head southwest on Lekdijk-West | 9 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Lekdijk-West | 5 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Lekdijk-West | 70 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 97 M | ||
| Take the ferry Bergstoep - Streefkerk | 287 M | ||
| Continue straight onto Bergstoep | 146 M | ||
| You are now at section 06 | 0 M | ||
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From
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67
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2274 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Bergstoep | 369 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Opperstok | 1.2 KM | ||
| Make a slight left onto Sluis | 682 M | ||
| You are now at section 67 | 0 M | ||
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67
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83
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2400 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head north on Voorstraat | 1.7 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Liesveld | 427 M | ||
| Turn left onto Haarsteeg | 271 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Wilgenweg | 11 M | ||
| You are now at section 83 | 0 M | ||
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From
83
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66
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2275 M | 2.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Wilgenweg | 2.1 KM | ||
| Make a slight right onto Provincialeweg | 17 M | ||
| Turn left onto Wilgenweg | 29 M | ||
| Turn left onto Provincialeweg | 7 M | ||
| Turn right onto Wilgenweg | 15 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Tiendweg | 146 M | ||
| You are now at section 66 | 0 M | ||
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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 | ||
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65
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70
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2486 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head south on Boonevlietweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Boonevlietweg | 25 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Boonevlietweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 1st exit | 9 M | ||
| You are now at section 70 | 0 M |
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