Stone good cycle route
Dwingeloo, Holtinge, Diever
In the Middle Stone Age, around 4400 BC, a people we today call the Funnel Beaker people lived in Drenthe. We named this people after the shape of the most common earthenware cup found in their tombs. They made these crypts under monuments of heavy boulders, the dolmens. The boulders, which sometimes weigh up to 40 tonnes, were brought to our country by huge glaciers during the Ice Age, about 150,000 years ago. Originally, they come from Finland and Sweden. The largest boulders were made into the frame, the flatter stones formed the roof and keystones were placed at the ends. In the Middle Ages, many hunebeds were destroyed and the stones used to build churches. In the Netherlands, 54 hunebeds can still be found in various states of being. None is complete any more. In Groningen you will find G1 and G2 and in Drenthe D1 to D54. D33 has been demolished and, after investigation, D48 turned out not to be a hunebed after all. In the early twentieth century, Professor Albert van Giffen (1884-1973), commissioned by the Dutch government, was able to extensively examine the remaining hunebeds and their tombs. Apart from the funnel cups, bone remains, bottles, bowls and buckets were also found in the burial vaults. These finds have given us many insights into how people lived and dealt with the dead at that time. A number of hunebeds were also restored as a result of this research. With varying degrees of success, however; in a number of cases, according to some, Professor van Geffen sometimes departed too little from the facts. This impressive cycle route takes you past a number of these hunebeds, which you absolutely must have seen if you have been to Drenthe. Besides megalithic tombs, you will also see the primeval nature of the Holtingerveld and the historic towns of Dwingeloo and Diever. These village greens are centuries old and this is reflected in the cosy streets. This route of about 50 kilometres introduces you to the real Drenthe, its nature and history. In short: Drenthe at its most beautiful!
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Hezenes , 7981 LE Westerveld | 53 KM | |
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From
69
to
67
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3045 M | 3 KM | |
| Head north | 3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 67 | 0 M | ||
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From
67
to
68
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2226 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head northwest | 550 M | ||
| Turn left onto Streng | 3 M | ||
| Continue straight | 13 M | ||
| Turn right | 1.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 68 | 0 M | ||
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From
68
to
59
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3515 M | 3.5 KM | |
| Head southwest | 592 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 58 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 2.5 KM | ||
| Keep left at the fork | 320 M | ||
| You are now at section 59 | 0 M | ||
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From
59
to
37
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3831 M | 3.8 KM | |
| Head south on Kerkenkampsweg | 1.5 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Veenhuizerweg | 208 M | ||
| Turn right onto Rollestraat | 16 M | ||
| Turn left onto Smitstede | 63 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Smitstede | 1.1 KM | ||
| Continue straight | 7 M | ||
| Turn right onto Ten Darperweg | 202 M | ||
| Turn left | 90 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bareldsweg | 594 M | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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From
37
to
33
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1999 M | 2 KM | |
| Head south on Wapserauwen | 2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 33 | 0 M | ||
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From
33
to
32
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2713 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head south on Heuringsweg | 815 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oosterbutenweg | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn right to stay on Oosterbutenweg | 548 M | ||
| You are now at section 32 | 0 M | ||
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From
32
to
31
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1074 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head west on Oosteinde | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 31 | 0 M | ||
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From
31
to
41
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1113 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head south on Oosteinde | 7 M | ||
| Continue straight | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 41 | 0 M | ||
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From
41
to
29
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1976 M | 2 KM | |
| Head west | 2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 29 | 0 M | ||
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From
29
to
10
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2797 M | 2.8 KM | |
| Head southwest | 473 M | ||
| Turn right | 84 M | ||
| Turn left | 662 M | ||
| Turn right onto G.H. Voermanpad | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left | 438 M | ||
| You are now at section 10 | 0 M | ||
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From
10
to
8
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2799 M | 2.8 KM | |
| Head southeast | 293 M | ||
| Turn left | 9 M | ||
| Continue onto Hunebeddenweg | 21 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Hunebeddenweg | 12 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Hunebeddenweg | 21 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Hunebeddenweg | 10 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Hunebeddenweg | 656 M | ||
| Turn right | 8 M | ||
| Turn left | 1.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 08 | 0 M | ||
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From
8
to
52
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1245 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head southeast | 148 M | ||
| Turn left | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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From
52
to
51
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1154 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head east | 1.2 KM | ||
| You are now at section 51 | 0 M | ||
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From
51
to
2
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2730 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head north on Postweg | 265 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 712 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 80 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 290 M | ||
| Turn right | 554 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 217 M | ||
| Continue onto De Broeken | 612 M | ||
| You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
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From
2
to
99
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3180 M | 3.2 KM | |
| Head northeast on De Broeken | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Wittelterweg | 201 M | ||
| Turn right onto Rijksweg | 21 M | ||
| Turn left | 7 M | ||
| Continue onto Wittelterbrug | 1.5 KM | ||
| You are now at section 99 | 0 M | ||
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From
99
to
84
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1178 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head southeast on Honingvlaken | 891 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Westeinde | 287 M | ||
| You are now at section 84 | 0 M | ||
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From
84
to
78
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1743 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head northeast on Westeinde | 635 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Westeinde | 22 M | ||
| Turn left | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 78 | 0 M | ||
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From
78
to
93
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2614 M | 2.6 KM | |
| Head northeast on Koeweiden | 429 M | ||
| Turn left onto Vlakendijk | 906 M | ||
| Turn left | 603 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Batingheweg | 35 M | ||
| Turn left onto Vlakendijk | 120 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Batingheweg | 146 M | ||
| Turn left onto Heuvelenweg | 329 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Brink | 46 M | ||
| You are now at section 93 | 0 M | ||
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From
93
to
76
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4479 M | 4.5 KM | |
| Head northeast on Brink | 470 M | ||
| Turn right onto Dwingelderdijk | 9 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Dwingelderdijk | 441 M | ||
| Turn right onto De Dikte | 459 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on De Dikte | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Eemster | 569 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Leggeloo | 351 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Leggeloo | 421 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Leggeloo | 384 M | ||
| You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
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From
76
to
70
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1929 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head northeast on Juliana Bernhardweg | 336 M | ||
| Turn left onto Leggeloo | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 70 | 0 M | ||
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From
70
to
52
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1785 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head north on Tolweg | 534 M | ||
| Continue straight | 7 M | ||
| Turn left onto Rijksweg | 47 M | ||
| Turn right onto Pastoorszandweg | 173 M | ||
| Turn left onto De Eikenhorst | 275 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Oude Groningerweg | 313 M | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Oude Groningerweg | 436 M | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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From
52
to
69
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3861 M | 3.9 KM | |
| Head south on Groningerweg | 2.5 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Steenakkerweg | 943 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hezenes | 398 M | ||
| You are now at section 69 | 0 M |