Why this ride
115 km from The Hague to The Hague, about 1 h 55 of riding. On the way it passes Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan, Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo, Van Nellefabriek and back through Van Nellefabriek.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The Hague afternoon · Van Nellefabriek
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 115 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 55
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Scenic road chapters
Dutch Flower Route
21 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it — speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 22 km
- Named road
- Dutch Flower Route
Zeeland Delta Works Route
For 1 km this is Zeeland Delta Works Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it. Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 1 km
- Named road
- Zeeland Delta Works Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. The Hague
The Hague is where the Dutch government sits, but not where the capital is, which is a characteristic Dutch compromise. Amsterdam is the capital, but the parliament, the ministries, the royal working palace and the embassies are all here, and the city has an air of quiet formality. The Binnenhof, a cluster of medieval buildings around a courtyard, is the centre of Dutch politics, and the Mauritshuis next door holds Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring and some of the finest Dutch paintings in the world. Close by, the Peace Palace, a vast, fairy-tale neo-Gothic building finished in 1913, houses the International Court of Justice. The city has long been the seat of international law.
Read the complete The Hague write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The Hague is where the day begins. Next is Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan.
2. Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan
The Rhine ends in a whimper rather than a bang. After its long journey from the Alps, its old main branch, the Oude Rijn, winds quietly through the flat polders of South Holland past Leiden toward the North Sea, and for the Romans this sluggish waterway was the northern frontier of the empire. At Roomburg, on the edge of Leiden and Leiderdorp, stood the fort of Matilo, guarding the river and the canal that linked it with the Meuse, and today its site is part of the Roomburgerpark, a green space with information points and outlines marking where the fort stood. It belongs to the Lower Germanic Limes, listed by UNESCO in 2021.
Read the complete Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan comes up 14 km in. Next is Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo.
3. Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo
Leiden gave the world a university, a painter and a puzzle about a Roman fort. The fort was called Matilo, and it stood on the south bank of the Oude Rijn, the old arm of the Rhine, in what is now the Roomburg district west of the old town, between about AD 40 and 270. It guarded the frontier that ran along the river from Germany to the sea, with a garrison of auxiliary troops and a civilian settlement beside it, and its name survives on the Roman road maps. Today the site is a green park, Park Matilo, where the outlines of the fort are marked out, and information panels tell the story. The Lower German Limes was inscribed by UNESCO in 2021.
Read the complete Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
29 km in you reach Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo. Next is Van Nellefabriek.
4. Van Nellefabriek
The Van Nelle factory, on the edge of Rotterdam, is one of the most beautiful industrial buildings ever made. Built between 1925 and 1931 for a company that processed coffee, tea and tobacco, it is a long, light building of glass and steel, with curtain walls that let daylight flood into the workspaces. The designers, Johannes Brinkman and Leendert van der Vlugt, created what became an icon of modernist architecture, a factory of light and air for its workers. It was added to the UNESCO list in 2014.
Read the complete Van Nellefabriek write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Van Nellefabriek, about halfway.
5. Van Nellefabriek
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Van Nellefabriek write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Van Nellefabriek sits at 57 km, about halfway. Next is back through Van Nellefabriek.
6. back through Van Nellefabriek
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Van Nellefabriek write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Van Nellefabriek comes up 71 km in. Next is back through Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo.
7. back through Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
86 km in you reach back through Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo. Next is back through Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan.
8. back through Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan, late in the day. Next is The Hague.
9. The Hague
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete The Hague write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 115 km.
Leg by leg
The Hague to Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan
The Hague → Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo to Van Nellefabriek
Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo → Van Nellefabriek is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Van Nellefabriek to back through Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo
back through Van Nellefabriek → back through Leiden-Roomburg | Park Matilo is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan to The Hague
back through Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan → The Hague is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.