Kinderdijk Windmills – Kinderdijk Bike Path loop from Voorschoterlaan
Kinderdijk Windmills – Kinderdijk Bike Path loop from Voorschoterlaan
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Kinderdijk Windmills – Kinderdijk Bike Path loop from Voorschoterlaan
02:22
58.0km
60m
Road cycling
Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: July 16, 2026
Tips
Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted
After 45.5 km for 254 m
Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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4.11 km
View of Rotterdam from Brienenoord Bridge
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14.5 km
Oostmoolendijk
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22.4 km
Kooiwijkse Mill
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28.7 km
Ride along the river
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29.0 km
Cycle Path Along the Kinderdijk Windmills
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31.8 km
Kinderdijk Windmills
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Kinderdijk is known for its mills, which were added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997.
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34.2 km
Boezems Kinderdijk
Nature Reserve
34.4 km
Kinderdijk Windmills (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
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34.6 km
Kinderdijk Bike Path
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For info from Wikipedia:
- Construction
Kinderdijk is situated in the Alblasserwaard polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites. They have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.
- Name
The name Kinderdijk is Dutch for "Children dike". During the Saint Elizabeth flood of 1421, the Grote Hollandse Waard flooded, but the Alblasserwaard polder stayed unflooded. It is often said that when the horrendous storm had subsided, a villager went to the dike between these two areas to inspect what could be salvaged. In the distance he saw a wooden cradle floating on the water. As it came nearer, he saw some movement, and upon closer investigation, a cat was found, trying to keep it in balance by leaping back and forth in such a manner that water couldn't flood the cradle. As the cradle eventually came close enough to the dike for a bystander to pick up the cradle, he saw that a baby was quietly sleeping inside it, nice and dry. The cat had kept the cradle balanced and afloat. This folktale and legend has been published as "The Cat and the Cradle" in English.
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36.2 km
Viewpoint
Viewpoint
58.0 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
37.2 km
18.2 km
2.38 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
51.6 km
5.12 km
1.30 km
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