Kop van Drenthe and De Onlanden
Cycling in a diversified landscape with forests, open water, heathlands, grasslands, streams, marshes and prehistoric urn fields.
The Landscape
The Kop van Drenthe is an area with great natural beauty and a rich history. It is an area where every kilometer is different due to the transitions between sand, clay and marsh. Here you will find various landscapes that originated in the last ice age. The various nature areas consist of forests, peat bogs, heaths, grasslands, marshes and stream valleys. Landgoed Mensinge is an estate with a 600 year old country house with canals, forests and heaths. The Noordsche Veld nature reserve holds traces of burial mounds, an urnfield and prehistoric fields. De Onlanden is a large area of over 2,300 hectares where water storage and nature development are combined. Swamps, grasslands, hedgerows and swamp pools alternate. During prolonged, heavy rainfall, this area ensures that the inhabitants of the city of Groningen keep their feet dry.
Forests and Heaths
Estates and Heritage
Lakes and Ponds
Rivers and Streams
Fiets met ons mee
Route map
You will bike in the vicinity of the towns of Roden, Leek, Peize, Groningen, and Paterswolde.
Start and finish near bike node 35 on the Brink in Roden. However, this bike route is a circular tour, so it offers the possibility to start from any of the following bike nodes.
35 - 75 - 74 - 71 - 59 - 51 - 79 - 77 - 14 - 81 - 82 - 58 - 17 - 12 - 11 - 2 - 9 - 3 - 25 - 35 - 29 - 37 - 24 - 73 - 34 - 35
