Alblasserwaard and UNESCO World Heritage Kinderdijk
Cycling in a centuries-old polder landscape with meadows, ditches, creaking windmills, and countless pollard willows.
The Landscape
Nestled within the expansive polders of Alblasserwaard, the UNESCO World Heritage site Kinderdijk represents an impressive feat of Dutch efforts in water management and technological prowess. Surrounded by serene landscapes dominated by iconic windmills, picturesque cloud formations, vibrant flower meadows, blooming pollard willows, and swaying reed fields, Kinderdijk serves as a living museum of Dutch hydraulic engineering. This unique heritage showcases a complex network of canals, dikes, and windmills. Not only has this system shaped the identity of the region, but it has also gained global recognition by being included in the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage list.
Forests and Heaths
Estates and Heritage
Polders and Farmlands
Rivers and Streams
Join us on this virtual cycling route
Route map
You will bike in the vicinity of the towns of Kinderdijk, Alblasserdam, Papendrecht, Groot-Ammers, and Bleskensgraaf.
Start and finish near bike node 10 on the Peilkade in Papendrecht. However, this bike route is a circular tour, so it offers the possibility to start from any of the following bike nodes.
10 - 40 - 9 - 43 - 18 - 19 - 2 - 3 - 21 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 67 - 82 - 68 - 81 - 14 - 33 - 7 - 30 - 32 - 34 - 31 - 12 - 11 - 10
