Cycle route through fishing villages in North Holland's Waterland region
Purmerend, Volendam, Monnickendam
Monnickendam is a town with a name that sparks the imagination. As early as the 13th century, monks from the Frisian monastery of Mariëngaarde are said to have built a dam in a peat stream here. Around that dam, a settlement grew into a bustling trading town with an open connection to the Zuiderzee. The old town centre still breathes maritime history – from warehouses and stepped gables to the clock tower of the Speeltoren. From Monnickendam, the route leads you into the low-lying peat meadow landscape of Waterland. You pass ribbon villages and winding ditches, cycling between windmills and cows in the open fields. Here, water has shaped daily life for centuries. Further along, you reach Purmerend – a town that originated in the 13th century and later gained city rights. For many years, it was a thriving trading hub, especially known for its markets for fish, dairy and fruit. The town grew steadily, fuelled by merchant spirit and a strategic location. If you continue the route, you’ll arrive in Volendam. Once a humble fishing hamlet on the Zuiderzee, now a tourist hotspot full of life. The old houses along the harbour look slightly tilted with age, the quay buzzes with tourists, smoked eel and music. But if you look beyond the crowds, you’ll still see traces of a village that never fully let go of its origins.
| Directions | Distance | Total distance | |
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Start: Noordeinde 2, 1141 AM Monnickendam | 44.5 KM | |
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From
55
to
54
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3018 M | 3 KM | |
| Head southeast on Middendam | 62 M | ||
| Turn left onto Gooische Kaai | 141 M | ||
| Turn right onto 't Prooyen | 319 M | ||
| Turn right onto 't Prooyen | 28 M | ||
| Turn left onto Zuideinde | 46 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Zuideinde | 23 M | ||
| Turn right | 23 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 52 M | ||
| Turn right onto Waterlandse Zeedijk | 365 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Waterlandse Zeedijk | 1 KM | ||
| Continue straight | 8 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bereklauw | 8 M | ||
| Continue straight | 5 M | ||
| Turn right | 826 M | ||
| Keep right at the fork | 86 M | ||
| You are now at section 54 | 0 M | ||
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From
54
to
57
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1329 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head west | 7 M | ||
| Continue onto Gouw | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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From
57
to
1
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2657 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head southwest on Burgemeester Peereboomweg | 8 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Burgemeester Peereboomweg | 208 M | ||
| Turn left | 706 M | ||
| Continue onto Burgemeester Peereboomweg | 1.1 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Molengouw | 396 M | ||
| Turn right onto Cornelis Roelestraat | 208 M | ||
| Turn left onto Eilandweg | 64 M | ||
| You are now at section 01 | 0 M | ||
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From
1
to
2
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4375 M | 4.4 KM | |
| Head northwest on Zuiderbrug | 59 M | ||
| Make a sharp left | 56 M | ||
| Make a sharp left | 22 M | ||
| Turn right | 8 M | ||
| Turn left onto Parallelweg | 19 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Dorpsstraat | 343 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkplein | 78 M | ||
| Turn right onto Roomeinde | 421 M | ||
| Turn right onto Doctorandus. J. van Disweg; Drs. J. van Disweg | 505 M | ||
| Turn left onto Keerngouw | 826 M | ||
| Turn left onto Overlekergouw | 599 M | ||
| Turn right | 673 M | ||
| Turn left | 290 M | ||
| Turn left | 476 M | ||
| You are now at section 02 | 0 M | ||
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From
2
to
22
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3679 M | 3.7 KM | |
| Head west on Overleek | 3 KM | ||
| Turn right to stay on Overleek | 589 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kets | 120 M | ||
| You are now at section 22 | 0 M | ||
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From
22
to
23
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1672 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head northeast | 13 M | ||
| Continue onto Slofbrug | 32 M | ||
| Continue straight | 7 M | ||
| Turn left onto Purmerdijk | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 23 | 0 M | ||
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From
23
to
31
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2498 M | 2.5 KM | |
| Head west on De Noord | 50 M | ||
| Turn right onto Molenpad | 856 M | ||
| Continue straight | 1.6 KM | ||
| You are now at section 31 | 0 M | ||
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From
31
to
35
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845 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head west on Linnaeuspad | 101 M | ||
| Turn left onto Mandelapad | 744 M | ||
| You are now at section 35 | 0 M | ||
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From
35
to
32
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1598 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head north on Kanaalweg | 1.2 KM | ||
| Turn right | 41 M | ||
| Turn left | 48 M | ||
| Turn right | 14 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 306 M | ||
| Turn right onto Melkweg | 5 M | ||
| You are now at section 32 | 0 M | ||
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From
32
to
48
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1748 M | 1.7 KM | |
| Head northeast on Melkweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| Make a slight left onto Kanaaldijk | 487 M | ||
| You are now at section 48 | 0 M | ||
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From
48
to
49
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517 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head east on Neckerstraat | 55 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Neckerstraat | 89 M | ||
| Turn left onto Westerstraat | 158 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Gedempte Singelgracht | 37 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Gedempte Where | 2 M | ||
| Turn left onto Venediën | 23 M | ||
| Turn left onto Gedempte Where | 153 M | ||
| You are now at section 49 | 0 M | ||
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From
49
to
4
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2676 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head east on Oostdijk | 2.7 KM | ||
| You are now at section 04 | 0 M | ||
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From
4
to
28
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2842 M | 2.8 KM | |
| Head southeast on Kwadijk | 2.8 KM | ||
| You are now at section 28 | 0 M | ||
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From
28
to
94
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2367 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head southeast on Kwadijk | 50 M | ||
| Turn left onto Purmerdijk | 2.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 94 | 0 M | ||
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From
94
to
95
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1766 M | 1.8 KM | |
| Head southeast on Purmerdijk | 1.7 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Edammerweg | 54 M | ||
| You are now at section 95 | 0 M | ||
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From
95
to
96
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1248 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head east on Groot Westerbuiten | 190 M | ||
| Turn left onto Oosthuizerweg | 12 M | ||
| Continue right | 4 M | ||
| Turn right | 68 M | ||
| Continue right onto Trambrug | 124 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Singelweg | 79 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Singelweg | 212 M | ||
| Continue onto Dijkgraaf Poschlaan | 534 M | ||
| Turn left | 25 M | ||
| You are now at section 96 | 0 M | ||
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From
96
to
99
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2208 M | 2.2 KM | |
| Head southwest | 25 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Dijkgraaf Poschlaan | 128 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Dijkgraaf Poschlaan | 18 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 3rd exit | 45 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout | 18 M | ||
| Turn left onto Dijkgraaf Poschlaan | 214 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 98 M | ||
| Turn left | 13 M | ||
| Turn left | 78 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Jupiterlaan | 238 M | ||
| Make a slight right to stay on Jupiterlaan | 30 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 24 M | ||
| Turn left | 17 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Jupiterlaan | 414 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 39 M | ||
| Turn left | 16 M | ||
| Turn left | 24 M | ||
| Continue onto Herculeslaan | 16 M | ||
| Turn right to stay on Herculeslaan | 131 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Populierenlaan | 145 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 54 M | ||
| Turn left | 14 M | ||
| Turn left | 33 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Zeestraat | 149 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Zeestraat | 31 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Zeestraat | 196 M | ||
| You are now at section 99 | 0 M | ||
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From
99
to
56
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6967 M | 7 KM | |
| Head southwest on Haven | 108 M | ||
| Continue onto Zuideinde | 668 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Zuideinde | 245 M | ||
| Make a slight left onto Kathammerzeedijk | 218 M | ||
| Turn left onto Hoogedijk | 5.2 KM | ||
| Make a slight left to stay on Hoogedijk | 356 M | ||
| Continue onto Nieuwendam | 148 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Noordeinde | 40 M | ||
| You are now at section 56 | 0 M | ||
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From
56
to
55
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486 M | 0.5 KM | |
| Head southeast on Noordeinde | 486 M | ||
| You are now at section 55 | 0 M |