Giethoorn Woldberg
A route full of ups and downs. Just outside Steenwijk, a surprisingly hilly landscape awaits, with slopes and ridges from the Ice Age. A ride over hills, through woods and marshland and along endless waterfronts.
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Giethoorn Woldberg is a cycling route of 44.1 km. You finish at a different point from where you start. Allow about 2 h 55 min.
A bike ride of more than 44 kilometres with a surprisingly hilly character. Around Steenwijk you cycle through the De Woldberg nature reserve, a landscape of slopes and ridges from the Ice Age.
Along the way you pass through Steenwijk, with its old fortifications and the town museum, and through the villages of Tuk, Onna, Eesveen and Kallenkote. The route links the woods and hills around Steenwijk with the water landscape of Giethoorn, where you pass the Tjasker Giethoorn Noord and the Dorpsgracht, among other sights.
Allow almost three hours of cycling, without stops.
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