Riekermolen – Amstel River loop from Ouder-Amstel
Riekermolen – Amstel River loop from Ouder-Amstel
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Riekermolen – Amstel River loop from Ouder-Amstel
01:09
18.6km
30m
Cycling
Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 21, 2026
This route includes a ferry crossing
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After 1.39 km for 51 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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1.51 km
Amstelzijde
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2.77 km
Wester-Amstel Country Estate
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3.31 km
Banpaal Amsteldijk
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A ban is an ancient term for a city's jurisdiction. A banpaal is a pole marking the boundary of a city's ban. In the Middle Ages it was not uncommon to mark jurisdiction with ban poles. Another word for banpole is milestone or boundary pole. Within the jurisdiction, the city had the right to levy city taxes and arrest lawbreakers, known as ban and van rights.
The Amsterdam border posts were first mentioned in a document in 1342. At that time Amsterdam was granted new city rights by Count Wilhelm IV. Willem IV's decree describes the jurisdiction. At that time Amsterdam was still small, the border posts were at the level of the Martelaarsgracht, the Oude- and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and the Spui.
Order of Willem IV, Count of Holland to all his baljuwen to guarantee the gatekeepers of Amsterdam toll-free, 9 December 1342.
To ban one person, that sounds pretty intense. It was one of the most severe punishments that the court could impose in the Middle Ages. Aside from the death penalty, of course, pretty severe too. You can be banished for a specific time or forever. In this case, you were no longer allowed to appear in court. Anyone who returned before the end of the ban was punished with death. They can be banished for crimes such as theft, prostitution, robbery, street brawls and other public acts of violence. For a court, banishment was actually the only way, aside from the death sentence, to get rid of lawbreakers or undesirables permanently, or at least for a long time.
Nowadays people are no longer banished. When the Batavian Republic was founded in 1795, the ban on people from cities and regions was abolished. The only thing that comes close to exile in the Netherlands today is a ban on entering an area or making contact.
These six new prohibition signs have been placed on the main access roads to the city: on the Amsteldijk and the Kleinen Loopveld in Amstelveen, on the Diemerdammersluis, on the Landweg between Kadoelen and Landsmeer, on the Spaarndammerdijk in the Spieringhorner Buitenpolder and east of Sloten Church on the Sloterweg.
Source: archihis.blog/2021/12/17/banpaal-amsteldijk-noord
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3.32 km
Amsteldijk Noord Bike Path
Highlight • Cycleway
5.57 km
Riekermolen
Highlight • Monument
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14.5 km
Amstel River
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15.0 km
Path Along the Amstel
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17.0 km
De Zwaan Windmill (Ouderkerk aan de Amstel)
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This national monument is owned by the association "De Hollandsche Molen" (The Dutch Mill).
In the early 1900s the drained land was reclaimed and the newly created polder was given the name "New Bullewijk". It was regulated by state decree on December 21, 1909. As a result of an agreement of May 20th of the same year, which decided that the remaining part of the "Verenigde Westbijlmer- en Klein Duivendrechtse polder" could, under certain conditions, drain its excess water to the much lower-lying land, the abandonment of the two windmills became of this polder at the beginning of 1910, when the agreement came into force, was taken over by the steam pumping station of "Nieuwe Bullewijk". The mill in the Westbijlmer and Laander polders was then partially and then completely demolished. The mill of the Klein-Duivendrechtse en Binnenbullewijkerpolder remained standing, but fell into disrepair. In 1930 the association "De Hollandsche Molen" took over the management of the mill. It was rented out as a residence, but the mill itself was no longer in operation. A pole is removed and the reeds are also gradually disappearing, so demolition was considered.
Source: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Zwaan_(Ouderkerk_aan_de_Amstel)
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18.6 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
11.2 km
5.05 km
2.26 km
< 100 m
< 100 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
8.79 km
5.05 km
4.68 km
< 100 m
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