Cycle route just a stone's throw from Amsterdam
Monnickendam, Broek in Waterland
There are a number of typically Dutch picturesque villages just outside Amsterdam that we don't want to keep from you. On this route, you will cycle through an idyllic green landscape and get to know a number of villages where it feels like stepping back in time. On 25 February 1355, Count Willem V granted Monnickendam city rights. This is when the city started to flourish, especially in the 16th century, when cheese dairies, smokehouses and shipyards made their appearance. However, there are hardly any buildings left from the city's early days, because two large city fires destroyed a lot of them. One building was spared and you can visit it on this cycle route. The Speeltoren (Play Tower) is the only remaining building and can be viewed at the Waterlands Museum. There is also plenty from later periods to enjoy, so put your bike aside and go exploring in the town. Just the street scene with the drawbridges and picturesque houses is a beautiful sight to see. We hope that you will receive a warmer welcome in Broek in Waterland than Emperor Joseph II did in 1781. He wanted to see the village, which was known for its beauty, with his own eyes. But when he wanted to enter a farmhouse, he was stopped; the farmer's wife was too busy, emperor or no emperor. Some of the beauty of that time can still be admired today; almost all the houses in Broek in Waterland are national monuments. But always come back; many of the pastel-coloured wooden houses have a front door that was only used for funerals or weddings. Feel like a tourist in your own country and enjoy yourself just a stone's throw from Amsterdam! Note: you will encounter a bicycle ferry on the way. It sails from 1 April to mid-October. Check the disembarkation time and the website for more information on the sailing schedule. Do you cycle the route when the ferry does not sail? Then detour via junctions 78-44-43-42-76 (or vice versa from the other direction).
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Zwartegouw , 1027 ED Amsterdam | 32.9 KM | |
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From
39
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45
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1916 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head southwest on Zwartegouw | 1.9 KM | ||
| You are now at section 45 | 0 M | ||
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From
45
to
46
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1244 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head southeast on Zwartegouw | 831 M | ||
| Keep right onto Zwartegouw | 413 M | ||
| You are now at section 46 | 0 M | ||
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From
46
to
47
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2425 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head southeast | 943 M | ||
| Turn left onto Durgerdammerdijk | 1.4 KM | ||
| Make a slight right | 20 M | ||
| Turn left | 15 M | ||
| You are now at section 47 | 0 M | ||
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From
47
to
44
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2104 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head north on Durgerdammerdijk | 42 M | ||
| Continue straight | 1.5 KM | ||
| Make a slight left onto Durgerdammergouw | 46 M | ||
| Turn right onto Dorpsweg Ransdorp | 566 M | ||
| You are now at section 44 | 0 M | ||
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From
44
to
43
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726 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head west on Nieuwe Gouw | 161 M | ||
| Turn left | 565 M | ||
| You are now at section 43 | 0 M | ||
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From
43
to
42
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995 M | 1 KM | |
| Head west | 995 M | ||
| You are now at section 42 | 0 M | ||
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From
42
to
76
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3506 M | 3.5 KM | |
| Head north | 18 M | ||
| Continue onto Poppendammergouw | 3.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
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From
76
to
75
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1292 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head east on Poppendammergouw | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 75 | 0 M | ||
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From
75
to
57
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848 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head north on Aandammergouw | 823 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Aandammergouw | 25 M | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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From
57
to
54
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1373 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head east on Burgemeester Peereboomweg | 1.4 KM | ||
| Continue straight | 7 M | ||
| You are now at section 54 | 0 M | ||
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From
54
to
55
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2982 M | 3 KM | |
| Head north | 912 M | ||
| Turn left | 5 M | ||
| Continue onto Bereklauw | 8 M | ||
| Turn right | 8 M | ||
| Continue onto Waterlandse Zeedijk | 1 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Waterlandse Zeedijk | 364 M | ||
| Turn right | 13 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 21 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Zuideinde | 75 M | ||
| Turn right onto 't Prooyen | 28 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on 't Prooyen | 319 M | ||
| Turn left onto Gooische Kaai | 141 M | ||
| Turn right onto Damsluis | 62 M | ||
| You are now at section 55 | 0 M | ||
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From
55
to
2
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2784 M | 2.8 KM | |
| Head southwest on Kerkstraat | 447 M | ||
| Turn right onto Bernhardlaan | 66 M | ||
| Continue straight | 202 M | ||
| Turn right | 11 M | ||
| Turn right onto Overleek | 1.8 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Overleek | 276 M | ||
| You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
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From
2
to
1
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4211 M | 4.2 KM | |
| Head south | 476 M | ||
| Turn right | 290 M | ||
| Turn right | 673 M | ||
| Turn left onto Overlekergouw | 599 M | ||
| Turn right onto Keerngouw | 826 M | ||
| Turn right onto Doctorandus. J. van Disweg; Drs. J.van Disweg | 505 M | ||
| Turn left onto Noordmeerweg | 421 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkplein | 78 M | ||
| Turn right onto Havenrak | 343 M | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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From
1
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38
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3471 M | 3.5 KM | |
| Head southwest on Jaagweg | 127 M | ||
| Continue straight | 55 M | ||
| Continue onto Broekermeerdijk | 3.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
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From
38
to
39
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3043 M | 3 KM | |
| Head southeast | 195 M | ||
| Continue onto Termieterweg | 1.5 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Buikslotermeerdijk | 1.3 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Zunderdorpergouw | 29 M | ||
| You are now at section 39 | 0 M |