Krimpenerwaard and Reeuwijkse Plassen
Cycling in a peat meadow landscape with beautiful views, polder forests, flowery wetlands, old cheese farms, mills, peat rivers and many ditches with pollard willows.
The Landscape
The landscape of Krimpenerwaard is predominantly composed of peat meadows. About a thousand years ago, Krimpenerwaard was still a wetland until it was reclaimed. Peat soils are too wet for cultivation, so the area was gradually made arable, strip by strip, in narrow meadows, some only a few dozen meters wide. The pastures were primarily used for livestock farming. Many old cheese dairies still exist, processing the milk into cheese and dairy products. However, water continues to play a significant role in Krimpenerwaard, evident in the numerous ditches, rivers, and canals that crisscross the green landscape.
Polders and Farmlands
Swamps and Peatlands
Lakes and Ponds
Rivers and Streams
Bike with us
Route map
You will bike in the vicinity of the towns of Gouda, Reeuwijk, Lekkerkerk, Stolwijk, and Haastrecht.
Start and finish near bike node 68 on the Loet in Lekkerkerk. However, this bicycle route is a round trip, so that offers the ability to start at any desired bike node.
68 - 25 - 24 - 23 - 72 - 73 - 31 - 30 - 95 - 27 - 12 - 34 - 14 - 23 - 37 - 36 - 49 - 48 - 47 - 50 - 35 - 51 - 41 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 13 - 15 - 12 - 18 - 20 - 68
