Terrace route Texel’s water and beer
De Koog, Den Burg, Oudeschild
On Texel, water has been a quiet hero of beer history for centuries. The reason? The well water of Texel contained a relatively high amount of iron because it was slowly filtered through the boulder clay layers beneath the Hoge Berg. As a result, it stayed drinkable longer than water from elsewhere, a quality sailors appreciated. Between the dunes, just outside Oudeschild, lie the Wezenputten. In the time of the VOC, thousands of litres of water were drawn here to supply ships anchored at the Reede of Texel, for their months-long journey to the East. The barrels were transported via the Skilsloot and over the dike to the harbour. The profits benefited the orphanage in Den Burg, hence the name Wezenputten. That same quality of Texel water links the VOC ships to the breweries of today. What once kept the crew alive for months now forms the base for the beer brewed on Texel. It’s no coincidence that several breweries have set up their kettles here. It also makes Texel the perfect setting for a terrace route past breweries and historical sites. In Museum Kaap Skil, you can see a scale model of the Reede, as well as the small money chest of the Wezenputten. And along the way there’s always time for a stop: for a Texel beer, or just a glass of Texel water.
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Start: Doolhof 4A, 1792 CM Texel | 42.7 KM | |
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674 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head southwest on Doolhof | 674 M | ||
| You are now at section 41 | 0 M | ||
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2405 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head northwest on Schansweg | 149 M | ||
| Turn left onto Zuid Haffel | 2.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 26 | 0 M | ||
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1908 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head northeast | 246 M | ||
| Continue onto Hoornderweg | 755 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 19 M | ||
| Turn left | 22 M | ||
| Turn left | 164 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Emmalaan | 231 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Elemert | 34 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Elemert | 222 M | ||
| Turn right onto Keesomlaan | 215 M | ||
| You are now at section 76 | 0 M | ||
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283 M | 0.3 KM | |
| Head northeast on Keesomlaan | 15 M | ||
| Turn left onto Weverstraat | 65 M | ||
| Turn right onto Julianastraat | 128 M | ||
| Turn left onto Wilhelminalaan | 75 M | ||
| You are now at section 50 | 0 M | ||
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1925 M | 1.9 KM | |
| Head northwest on Wilhelminalaan | 317 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Wilhelminalaan | 44 M | ||
| Continue onto Burgerhoutstraat | 189 M | ||
| Turn right onto Kogerstraat | 320 M | ||
| Enter the roundabout and take the 2nd exit onto Kogerstraat | 40 M | ||
| Exit the roundabout onto Kogerstraat | 200 M | ||
| Turn right | 40 M | ||
| Continue onto Kogerstraat | 101 M | ||
| Continue straight | 18 M | ||
| Turn left | 656 M | ||
| You are now at section 48 | 0 M | ||
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3402 M | 3.4 KM | |
| Head northwest on Kogerweg | 70 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Kogerweg | 6 M | ||
| Continue onto Kogerweg | 2.6 KM | ||
| Turn right onto Ploeglanderweg | 712 M | ||
| You are now at section 16 | 0 M | ||
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622 M | 0.6 KM | |
| Head northeast on Randweg | 491 M | ||
| Turn left | 21 M | ||
| Continue onto Ruijslaan | 110 M | ||
| You are now at section 17 | 0 M | ||
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2939 M | 2.9 KM | |
| Head north on Ruijslaan | 286 M | ||
| Keep right onto Ruijslaan | 813 M | ||
| Turn left | 105 M | ||
| Turn right | 322 M | ||
| Turn left | 612 M | ||
| Turn right | 206 M | ||
| Turn left onto Ruijslaan | 589 M | ||
| Continue straight | 6 M | ||
| You are now at section 20 | 0 M | ||
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680 M | 0.7 KM | |
| Head north | 680 M | ||
| You are now at section 21 | 0 M | ||
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1581 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head south on Boodtlaan | 21 M | ||
| Turn left to stay on Boodtlaan | 5 M | ||
| Turn right | 729 M | ||
| Turn left | 227 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kamperfoelieweg | 140 M | ||
| Turn right onto Mienterglop | 459 M | ||
| You are now at section 71 | 0 M | ||
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1029 M | 1 KM | |
| Head east on Oude Dijkje | 1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 66 | 0 M | ||
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1252 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head south on Waalenburgerdijkje | 761 M | ||
| Turn left onto Pijpersdijk | 81 M | ||
| Turn right | 410 M | ||
| You are now at section 65 | 0 M | ||
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49
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1585 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head southeast | 387 M | ||
| Continue onto Waal en Burgerdijk | 301 M | ||
| Continue straight | 16 M | ||
| Turn right onto Nieuwlanderweg | 3 M | ||
| Turn left | 878 M | ||
| You are now at section 49 | 0 M | ||
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1989 M | 2 KM | |
| Head northeast on Burgerdijk | 562 M | ||
| Continue straight | 687 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Waal en Burgerdijk | 740 M | ||
| You are now at section 52 | 0 M | ||
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795 M | 0.8 KM | |
| Head northeast on Tienhoven | 357 M | ||
| Turn right onto Waalderweg | 110 M | ||
| Turn left onto Bomendiek | 328 M | ||
| You are now at section 56 | 0 M | ||
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2112 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head southeast on Hogereind | 378 M | ||
| Turn left | 13 M | ||
| Turn right | 23 M | ||
| Turn right | 366 M | ||
| Turn right | 7 M | ||
| Continue onto Spangerweg | 1.3 KM | ||
| You are now at section 57 | 0 M | ||
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2730 M | 2.7 KM | |
| Head east on Spangerweg | 380 M | ||
| Turn left onto Nesweg | 2.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 53 | 0 M | ||
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1570 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head east on Achtertune | 58 M | ||
| Turn left onto Kerkstraat | 134 M | ||
| Continue right onto Peperstraat | 631 M | ||
| Make a slight right | 223 M | ||
| Continue onto Oosterweg | 524 M | ||
| You are now at section 64 | 0 M | ||
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35
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1566 M | 1.6 KM | |
| Head northeast on Oosterweg | 184 M | ||
| Continue straight | 138 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oosterweg | 121 M | ||
| Turn right onto Oost | 507 M | ||
| Turn right onto Loswal | 461 M | ||
| Turn right onto Lancasterdijk | 48 M | ||
| Make a slight left | 107 M | ||
| You are now at section 35 | 0 M | ||
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2102 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head south | 2.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 36 | 0 M | ||
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2401 M | 2.4 KM | |
| Head southwest | 1.4 KM | ||
| Turn left | 1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 37 | 0 M | ||
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59
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1239 M | 1.2 KM | |
| Head northwest | 132 M | ||
| Turn right onto Dijkmanshuizen | 1.1 KM | ||
| You are now at section 59 | 0 M | ||
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54
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1385 M | 1.4 KM | |
| Head southwest on Spangerweg | 1.4 KM | ||
| You are now at section 54 | 0 M | ||
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38
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2139 M | 2.1 KM | |
| Head southeast on Boeren route | 1.8 KM | ||
| Turn left onto Vliegwiel | 10 M | ||
| Turn right onto Laagwaalderweg | 369 M | ||
| You are now at section 38 | 0 M | ||
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39
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1094 M | 1.1 KM | |
| Head south on Laagwaalderweg | 148 M | ||
| Turn right onto Heemskerckstraat | 91 M | ||
| Turn left onto Loodssingel | 211 M | ||
| Turn right onto Trompstraat | 644 M | ||
| You are now at section 39 | 0 M | ||
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42
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1306 M | 1.3 KM | |
| Head northwest on Het Buurtje | 70 M | ||
| Make a slight right onto Skillepaadje | 529 M | ||
| Continue straight | 7 M | ||
| Continue onto Skillepaadje | 456 M | ||
| Turn right onto Skillepaadje | 244 M | ||
| You are now at section 42 | 0 M |