Zuidoosthoek and Opsterland
Cycling in a historical landscape with beautiful forests, hedgerows, heathlands, grasslands, and canals.
The Landscape
The Zuidoosthoek is located in a transitional area between the Frisian lake district and the higher sand soils in Drenthe and Overijssel. It is an intimate landscape characterized by a variety of forests, heathlands, grasslands, canals, and peat excavations. What makes the region special are the pingos from the Ice Age, the boulder clay in the subsurface, the peat areas, and the small-scale farmlands surrounded by alder rows and hedgerows. Noteworthy are the numerous characteristic farms and monumental buildings, as well as the beautiful centuries-old churches that complete the idyllic picture in the landscape. The combination of these cultural-historical, natural, and landscape elements makes the Zuidoosthoek a place where the past coexists with the present.
Forests and Heaths
Estates and Heritage
Polders and Farmlands
Swamps and Peatlands
Bike with us
Route map
You will bike in the vicinity of the towns of Bakkeveen, Beetsterzwaag, Wijnjewoude, Waskemeer, and Haulerwijk.
Start and finish near bike node 39 on the Mjûmster Wei in Bakkeveen. However, this bike route is a circular tour, so it offers the possibility to start from any of the following bike nodes.
39 - 41 - 33 - 71 - 27 - 29 - 92 - 90 - 25 - 5 - 43 - 47 - 88 - 44 - 9 - 35 - 21 - 97 - 99 - 98 - 95 - 11 - 50 - 82 - 64 - 39
