Giethoorn Routes· Cycling route
Dutch Venice
Cycle 59 kilometres from Willemsoord (Colony III) through Weerribben-Wieden National Park to Giethoorn, the 'Venice of the Netherlands', and back. Along the way you enjoy the watery Weerribben-Wieden nature reserve, the largest lowland peat bog in Western Europe.
- Distance
- 59.3 km
- Duration
- 3 h 55 min
- Loop
- Loop
Cycling junctions
- 47
- 46
- 21
- 20
- 13
- 6
- 49
- 53
- 52
- 61
- 62
- 39
- 31
- 30
- 55
- 02
- 13
- 91
- 98
Starting point coordinates: 52.82314, 6.05537
Starting point Point of interest
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About this route
A long bike ride of more than 59 kilometres that starts and ends in Willemsoord (Colony III). You cycle through the watery Weerribben-Wieden National Park to Giethoorn and back.
Along the way you pass through Steenwijk, with its old fortifications, and villages such as Tuk, Zuidveen, Scheerwolde, Basse and Dwarsgracht. You ride past the De Weerribben nature reserve, along the Beulakerwijde lake and the Giethoornsche Meer, and in Giethoorn along the Dorpsgracht and past the Tjasker Giethoorn Noord. The De Wicher windmill also lies on the route.
Allow almost four hours of cycling, without stops.