Why this ride
259 km from IJmuiden to IJmuiden, about 3 h 39 of riding. On the way it passes Fort Werk IV, Tiel Inundation Canal and back through Fort Werk IV.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden and Tiel Inundation Canal
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 259 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 39
- 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
Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden → Fort Werk IV
The ride follows Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden → Fort Werk IV for 62 km.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 62 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden
At the mouth of the North Sea Canal, where giant locks let ocean-going ships into the waterway that leads to Amsterdam, a round island fort sits in the middle of the harbour. This is Fort IJmuiden, also called Forteiland, built in the 1880s as the westernmost stronghold of the Defence Line of Amsterdam, a ring of forts, dikes and flood fields designed to protect the capital by inundating the land around it. The Defence Line, now part of the UNESCO-listed Dutch Water Defence Lines, is one of the more ingenious military systems ever devised: rather than walls, it relied on water a few decimetres deep, too shallow for boats and too deep for marching.
Read the complete Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden is where the day begins. Next is Fort Werk IV.
2. Fort Werk IV
The Gooi, the area east of Amsterdam around Bussum, Naarden and Hilversum, is one of the few places in the western Netherlands with hills, if you can call low sandy ridges hills. It is a region of heathland, woods and wealthy villages. On the edge of Bussum, close to the fortified town of Naarden, stands Fort Werk IV, a small fortification that was part of the New Dutch Waterline and the Defence Line of Amsterdam, and is now part of the UNESCO-listed Dutch Water Defence Lines.
Read the complete Fort Werk IV write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fort Werk IV comes up 63 km in. Next is Tiel Inundation Canal.
3. Tiel Inundation Canal
Tiel is a river town on the Waal, the main branch of the Rhine in the Netherlands, in the middle of the Betuwe, a region of orchards, dykes and meadows between the Waal and the Lower Rhine. Just outside the town, a wide, straight channel runs through the fields, crossed by bridges and lined by dykes. This is the Tiel inundation canal, built in the late nineteenth century as part of the New Dutch Waterline, the defensive system of controlled flooding that protected the heart of Holland, and it is now part of the UNESCO-listed Dutch Water Defence Lines.
Read the complete Tiel Inundation Canal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
125 km in you reach Tiel Inundation Canal. Next is back through Fort Werk IV.
4. back through Fort Werk IV
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort Werk IV write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Fort Werk IV, late in the day. Next is Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden.
5. Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden to Fort Werk IV
Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden → Fort Werk IV is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Fort Werk IV to Tiel Inundation Canal
Fort Werk IV → Tiel Inundation Canal is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tiel Inundation Canal to back through Fort Werk IV
Tiel Inundation Canal → back through Fort Werk IV is 63 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Fort Werk IV to Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden
back through Fort Werk IV → Coastal Fort near Ijmuiden is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.