ITINERARY CYCLE ROUTES NORTH 8 KM 1 10 TURN RIGHT, PAST THE DIKE, PAST AFTER APPROX. 2 KM, TURN LEFT AT SMALL AND HOUSES “BAKKIE LEUT AAN DE ” INTO 92 2 MARKTSTRAAT,TO ● BAKKIE LEUT: HERE AT THE END OF THE DIKE FOLLOW 11 IN THE SUMMER YOU CAN W E THE ROAD TO YOUR LEFT, THEN AFTER APPROXIMATELY 100 M TURN ENJOY SOME LIGHT TAKE A SHARP RIGHT GO TO ●63 , LEFT INTO STEINSTRAAT REFRESHMENTS AND A CROSS THE BRIDGE 12 LOVELY VIEW OF THE ZAANBOCHT. 3 AFTER APPROXIMATELY 200 M TURN CROSS THE BRIDGE AND TURN LEFT INTO LANE BETWEEN THE HOUSES S RIGHT ●92 13 4 AT THE END OF THE LANE TURN RIGHT, OPTIONAL ALONG DE ZAAN FROM HERE YOU A. TAKE THE FOOTPATH ON YOUR 14 AT THE END OF THE LEFT BEFORE THE GREEN BRIDGE) B. MARKTSTRAAT IS A STRIKING CAN SEE THE AT THE CROSSING WITH TRAFFIC IMPRESSIVE INDUSTRIAL URN LEFT AT THE WOODEN BRIDGE WOODEN VILLA, OTHERWISE KNOWN ON THE RIGHT AT THE THREE AT THE FIRST CROSSROADS C. TURN LIGHTS TURN LEFT AND CROSS THE AS THE DOCTOR’S HOUSE, BECAUSE THE BUILDING AND THE BRIDGE TO ●93 AND ●94 ENORMOUS CONCRETE FORKED ROAD IS THE KALVERPOLDER, AN LEFT AT SECOND PATH AFTER THE DOCTOR OF WORMERVEER LIVED HERE OLD PEAT POLDER. THIS WAS BOGGY POLE IN THE ROAD D. TURN LEFT AT 15 FOR ALMOST 100 YEARS. BEHIND THE EAGLE ON THE TOWER. MOORLAND THAT WAS DRAINED AROUND 1,000 THE END OF THE PATH E. TURN FOLLOW THE ROAD TO YOUR RIGHT, VILLA YOU WILL FIND THE OLD YEARS AGO BY DIGGING DRAINAGE CANALS. ON RIGHT AT THE END OF THE PATH TOWARDS ●94 CEMETERY WHICH WAS RECENTLY YOUR LEFT IS “DE ENGE WORMER”, A PIECE OF F. TURN LEFT AT THE END OF THE 16 RENOVATED BY LOCAL RECLAIMED LAND FROM APPROXIMATELY 1600. PATH, CROSS OVER SMALL LOCK. RESIDENTS. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 KM TURN THIS USED TO BE A STRETCH OF WATER 5 RIGHT AT THE END OF THE ROAD TO 94 WHERE A DIKE WAS BUILT AROUND IT, ● SUBSEQUENTLY IT WAS DRAINED AFTER ROUGHLY 1 KM, TURN LEFT 17 BEFORE THE END OF THE ROAD INTO BY MILLS. SOENDASTRAAT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 250 M TURN LEFT ON TO THE CYCLEPATH 6 AT TEAROOM “WESTERVEER” TO ●94 GO STRAIGHT AHEAD AT THE END OF 18 THE ROAD, FOLLOW CYCLEPATH TO ●92 AT THE END OF THE CYCLEPATH TURN 7 RIGHT AND IMMEDIATELY TAKE A LEFT AFTER APPROX. 50 M TURN LEFT TO ●92 TO ●72 8 19 AFTER ROUGHLY 150 M TURN RIGHT TURN RIGHT AT THE CROSSING AFTER TO ●92 THE LOCK 9 20 FURTHER ON FOLLOW ROAD TO TAKE A RIGHT ON TO KALVERRINGDIJK DOMINEESTUIN: THESE YOUR LEFT AT THE THREE FORKED ROAD TO ●73 HOUSES WERE ALL BUILT AT THE FOLLOW THE ROAD TO BIKE RENTAL BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. SOME OF THE BUILDINGS WERE DIS MANTLED ELSEWHERE AND REBUILT HERE. OTHER BUILDINGS ARE CAREFULLY MADE REPLICAS, USING OLD DRAWINGS AND BUILDING TECHNIQUES.

THIS CYCLE ROUTE MAP OFFERS YOU TWO ROUTES: A SHORT ROUTE: “HOTSPOT WORMERVEER” AND A LONGER ROUTE: “AROUND ”. BECOME ACQUAINTED WITH THE DIVERSITY OF THE

ZAANSTREEK: THE WINDING PEAT RIVER THE ZAAN, BEAUTIFUL OLD LAGEDIJK: PACKED WITH BUILDINGS THAT ARE OFTEN SITUATED NEXT TO INDUSTRIAL SITES, 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY BUILDINGS. ALONG WITH THE OLD BUILDINGS SCENIC AREAS AND PLEASANT SMALL TOWN SHOPPING. YOU WILL ALSO FIND NEW BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT TO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS USING THE SAME CYCLE ROUTES MATERIALS AS THE TRADITIONAL HOTSPOT WORMERVEER ZAANSE WOODEN BUILDINGS. NORTH This 8 km route takes you past old residential and industrial buildings, lovely vistas of the Zaan and along the pleasant Zaanweg with its shops that overlook the historic industrial area in Wormer.

AROUND DE NOORD

This longer 30 km route offers almost all there is to see with the Hotspot Wormerveer route, but also includes a crossing with a ferry boat, a traverse right through an enormous industrial building, the various ribbon developments of Jisp and Wormer and plenty of views of the beautiful natural areas of the Wormerveld and Jisperveld.

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TUINKADE A LARGE PART OF THE ROUTE LINDENLAAN ZAANDIJK ZAAN VEERDIJK 39, 1531 MS WORMER WWW.DEBATAAF.NL 7 LARGEST COCOA PROCESSING SCHAALSMEERDIJK GOES AROUND THE “WORMERVELD EN OUDELANDSDIJK GUISWEG 5 ZUIDEINDE REGION IN THE WORLD. STATIONSSTR. DE BALK JISPERVELD”, PEATLANDS WITH 6 RIGASTRAAT LEPELBLADSTR. NUMEROUS DITCHES AND A FEW PONDS. THIS C SOENDASTR. 8 HEERLIJK 4 4 WAS ONCE BOGGY MOORLAND THAT LAY ABOVE WORMER KEMPHAANSTR. KALANDER THE INLAND SEA. INHABITANTS DUG TRENCHES FANCY A TREAT AFTER A LONG BICYCLE RIDE? WE HAVE FILLED MOLSTRAAT MORE THAN 1,000 YEARS AGO TO DRAIN AND VALKSTR. TALINGSTR. SANDWICHES ON OFFER, FRESH HEALTHY MEALS, PASTRIES, COFFEE AND LAGEDIJK STERNSTRAAT FARM THE LAND. AS A RESULT OF THE DRAINAGE HOOGSTRAAT 3 TEA. EVERY DAY WE HAVE PLENTY OF FRESH VEGETABLES, FRUIT, DAIRY a EENDRACHTSTR. WATERZOLDER ZAANDAMMERSTRAAT A GRUTTOSTR. HOWEVER THE PEAT ALSO SHRUNK AND THE RIGASTRAAT PRODUCTS, BREAD AND PASTRIES! ALL ORGANIC AND LOVINGLY PREPARED. ZAAN 21 ARISSTR. HAANSTR. b KAMEELSTR. KOKERSTRAAT AREA LIES UNDER SEA LEVEL AND IT IS DORPSSTRAAT COME AND SEE US AT HEERLIJK ON THE PICTURESQUE ZAANBOCHT! 2 c STILL DIFFICULT TO FIND A BALANCE ZAANWEG 69, 1521 DM WORMERVEER HEERLIJKECO.NL 22 BETWEEN DRAINAGE AND 1 h d SHRINKAGE. g e f D K’OOK!

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MILLS. DORPSSTRAAT SOMETIMES THE PUMP WORKS IN REVERSE DURING EXTREME DE KOFFIEZAAK OFFERS YOU THE MOST DELICIOUS ORGANIC COFFEE EXPE DRY PERIODS. RIENCE IN THE ZAANSTREEK. YOU CAN ENJOY FRESH TRADITIONAL CAKES, DELICIOUS BISCUITS AND QUALITY CHOCOLATE EVERY DAY AND ALSO PURCHASE SUPERIOR COFFEE AND COFFEE BEANS FROM MICRO COFFEE ROASTERS. DROP BY

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30 KM WALA IS UNIQUE IN THE . A SHOP THAT HAS A GIGANTIC 1 13 ASSORTMENT OF LINGERIE, SWIMWEAR AND CLOTHING. WE HAVE BEEN DOING TAKE A RIGHT, FOLLOW THE DIKE, CROSS THE BRIDGE AND IMME KANAALDIJK BUSINESS FOR 53 YEARS! DROP IN AND EXPERIENCE THE AMBIENCE, THE FANTASTIC PAST SMALL MILLS AND HOUSES DIATELY TURN RIGHT TOWARDS ●89 SERVICE AND OF COURSE THE BEAUTIFUL CLOTHING RANGES YOURSELF. LINGERIE

OOSTEINDE 2 14 RANGE; NO MATTER WHAT YOUR SIZE, YOU’LL FIND WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING FOR AT AT THE END OF THE DIKE FOLLOW AFTER APPROXIMATELY 300 M TURN WALA. ZAANWEG 9697, 1521 DP WORMERVEER WWW.WALAWORMERVEER.NL THE ROAD TO YOUR LEFT THEN TAKE RIGHT, TAKE THE FERRY CROSSING A SHARP RIGHT TO ●92 , AND CROSS 15 G SAENKANTER FASHION! THE BRIDGE AFTER LEAVING THE FERRY TURN 3 59 LEFT TOWARDS ● WEIVER ON THE BANKS OF THE ZAAN IN WORMERVEER YOU WILL FIND ONE OF THE AFTER CROSSING THE BRIDGE TAKE 16 BEST UNISEX FASHION SHOPS IN NORTH . WITH MORE THAN THE FIRST RIGHT ●92 700M2 THIS REGIONAL SHOP IS REFRESHING, INNOVATIVE AND ORIGINAL. AT POINT ●59 , LEAVE THE BRIDGE ON HERDERSTR. 4 YOUR LEFT HAND SIDE AND TAKE A JUST DROP IN DURING A BIKE RIDE FOR A SPORTY WELCOME IN OUR COSY AFTER ROUGHLY 1 KM, BEFORE END RIGHT TOWARDS ●44 SHOP THAT SELLS JEANS, CASUAL CLOTHING, BUSINESS ATTIRE & SHOES. ZAANWEG 119120, 1521 DS WORMERVEER WWW.SAENKANTER.NL OF THE ROAD TURN LEFT INTO 17 AT NO. 46 YOU CAN SEE THE SOENDASTRAAT AFTER APPROXIMATELY 3 KM TURN SMALL CHURCH AND THE JISP TOWN 5 HALL, BOTH SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS. THEY RIGHT AT THE FARM WITH THE LARGE JISP H DE KROON STRAIGHT ON AT THE END OF THE GATE, FOLLOW CYCLE PATH TO ●45 SHOW THAT JISP WAS NOT JUST A SMALL ROAD, FOLLOW CYCLEPATH TO ●92 FARMING VILLAGE IN THE 16TH AND 17TH 18 CENTURIES, BUT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT GRAND CAFÉ DE KROON IN WORMERVEER IS THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR 6 AT THE END OF THE CYCLE PATH YOU PLACES IN THE REGION. FISHING IN PARTICULAR A DRINK AND A BITE TO EAT. TAKE A PLACE AT THE BAR, SIT AT A TABLE AFTER ROUGHLY 50 M TURN LEFT WILL COME TO POINT●45 , WAS A SOURCE OF WEALTH: FIRSTLY HERRING OR JUST RELAX IN FRONT OF THE FIREPLACE. THE WARM, COMFORTABLE TO ●92 TURN RIGHT TOWARDS JISP FISHING IN THE NEARBY INLAND SEAS “DE DORPSSTRAAT INTERIOR CREATES A WONDERFULLY RELAXED ATMOSPHERE. COME AND HAVE A LOOK AND BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED! 7 19 BEEMSTER” AND “DE WORMER”, LATER IN MARKTSTRAAT 11, 1521 DW WORMERVEER WWW.DEKROONWORMERVEER.NL AFTER ROUGHLY 150 M TURN RIGHT FOLLOW ROAD ALONG THE BUILDINGS THE WHALING INDUSTRY ON SEAS TO ●92 TO WORMER UNTIL YOU REACH HOUSE CLOSE TO GREENLAND. 8 NUMBER 255, TURN LEFT THERE AND I FOLLOW CYCLE PATH BAKKIE LEUT AAN DE ZAAN FURTHER ON FOLLOW THE ROAD TO YOUR LEFT 20 VISIT OUR TERRACE IN THE ZAANBOCHT IN WORMERVEER FOR A 9 AT THE END OF THE CYCLE PATH REFRESHING DRINK, A TASTY TREAT OR ICE CREAM AND ENJOY THE TURN RIGHT IMMEDIATELY AFTER JISP & WORMER: TYPICAL LOVELY VIEW OF THE ZAAN. YOU CAN ALSO VISIT US TO BROWSE IN DE FOLLOW THIS ROAD FOR ROUGHLY THE WOODEN BRIDGE DUTCH RIBBON DEVELOPMENT: A SNUITER GIFT SHOP. BAKKIE LEUT AAN DE ZAAN IS INITIATED BY DE 4 KM ALONG DE ZAAN, AT SOME JISPERWEG 21 LONG STREET WITH HOUSES ALONG IT, KOFFIEFABRIQUE AND DE SNUITER GIFT SHOP. POINTS YOU WILL HAVE TO CYCLE ORIGINALLY ALSO A ROAD DITCH WITH CORNER OF ZAANWEG/MARKTSTRAAT WWW.BAKKIELEUTAANDEZAAN.NL

AROUND FACTORIES AT THE END OF THE ROAD STRAIGHT ZUIDERWEG FIELDS BEHIND. ALONG THE RIBBON YOU 10 ON TO ●73 AND FOLLOW THE ROAD TO YOUR LEFT WILL SOMETIMES SEE A WIDENING IN AFTER THE INDUSTRIAL AREA THE LAND. THIS LAND WAS A MONUMENT IN J T’ HEERENHUIS FOLLOW THE ROAD TO YOUR LEFT, 22 TRADITIONALLY INTENDED FOR MEMORIAM OF THREE TAKE A RIGHT ALONG THE AFTER APPROXIMATELY 300 M TAKE A CHURCH OR INN. ALLIED AIRCRAFT BOMBERS T’ HEERENHUIS WITH ITS SUNNY TERRACE ON THE NOORD HOLLANDSE JACHTHAVEN THE FIRST ROAD RIGHT ALONG THE THAT CRASHED DURING KANAAL IS THE PERFECT SPOT FOR A BITE TO EAT AND A REFRESHING 11 WHITE WAREHOUSES THE SECOND WORLD DRINK DURING YOUR DAY OUT AND IS CENTRALLY LOCATED ON YOUR TAKE A LEFT AT THE END OF THE ROAD 23 WAR BIKE TOUR. SITUATED IN THE STARNMEERPOLDER YOU CAN TAKE YOUR 18 TIME TO RELAX AND ENJOY THE COUNTRYSIDE. 12 FOLLOW THE ROAD ALONG THE KANAALDIJK HOUSES TO THE DIKE AND ALONG STARNMEERDIJK 21, SPIJKERBOOR WWW.HEERENHUIS.COM

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