The Landscape

In the regions of De Ronde Venen and Rondehoep, a landscape of low-lying polders unfolds, shaped by the ancient hands of peat harvesting and land reclamation. A quintessential Dutch peat meadow area, where winding peat streams carve their way through a spiderweb of ditches. To the east lie the Vinkeveense Plassen, an expansive nature and water sports area, with long, narrow plots that emerged during the Golden Age through the draining of marshlands.

Peat harvesting has given the Vinkeveense Plassen its distinctive fan-shaped pattern, with countless ditches and turf plots slowly fading into the rippling waves of the lakes. Along the winding streams, the outlines of forts and batteries emerge, silent sentinels that once aimed to defend the area, a place where the Royal House, the government, and the army could retreat in the event of an attack on the Netherlands.

Polders and Farmlands

Swamps and Peatlands

Lakes and Ponds

Estates and Heritage

Join us on this virtual cycling route

Virtual cycling in De Ronde Venen and Rondehoep

Route map

Start and finish at bike node 71 on the Abcouderstraatweg in Amsterdam-Zuidoost. However, this bike route is a circular tour, so it offers the possibility to start from any of the following bike nodes.

71 - 69 - 62 - 68 - 1 - 2 - 49 - 48 - 44 - 38 - 17 - 30 - 31 - 78 - 33 - 52 - 74 - 83 - 26 - 65 - 22 - 27 - 28 - 71

53
Kilometers
215
Minutes
89
Elevation meters