Why this ride
A 204 km round trip from Voorburg - roughly 4 h 13 in the saddle. It goes by way of Van Nellefabriek, Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout, back through Van Nellefabriek and back through Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad and Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 204 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 13
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Zeeland Delta Works Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 25 km this is Zeeland Delta Works Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 25 km
- Named road
- Zeeland Delta Works Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad
Some two thousand years ago, in the year 47, the Roman general Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo had a canal dug between the Old Rhine and the Maas to give his ships a safe route behind the dunes and avoid the dangerous coastal sea. Tacitus mentions it, and later sources say that Corbulo, recalled by the emperor Claudius from further conquests in Germania, kept his soldiers busy with the digging rather than let them grow idle. The channel is known as the Fossa Corbulonis, and in today's landscape it is usually identified with the Vliet, the old waterway that runs between Leiden and Delft through Voorburg.
Read the complete Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad is where the day begins. Next is Van Nellefabriek.
2. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Van Nellefabriek comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout.
3. Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Nineteen windmills stand in two rows along the canals at Kinderdijk, their sails turning slowly against the wide Dutch sky, and it is one of the most iconic sights in the Netherlands. They were built in the eighteenth century to pump water out of the Alblasserwaard, a low-lying polder between the rivers Lek and Noord, which would otherwise be flooded. Each mill lifted water from a lower canal to a higher one, and from there it was let out into the river. Over time steam, diesel and electric pumping stations took over the job, and the most recent ones still keep the polder dry today. The mill network was listed by UNESCO in 1997.
Read the complete Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 51 km into the recorded legs you reach Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout.
4. 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, about halfway.
5. Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout sits at 88 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Van Nellefabriek comes up about 129 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout.
7. back through Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 155 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout. Next is back through Van Nellefabriek.
8. back through Van Nellefabriek
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Van Nellefabriek write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Van Nellefabriek, late in the day. Next is Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad.
9. Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad 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 204 km.
Leg by leg
Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad to Van Nellefabriek
Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad → Van Nellefabriek is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Van Nellefabriek to Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Van Nellefabriek → Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout to Van Nellefabriek
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout → Van Nellefabriek is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout to back through Van Nellefabriek
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout → back through Van Nellefabriek is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Van Nellefabriek to back through Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
back through Van Nellefabriek → back through Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout to back through Van Nellefabriek
back through Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout → back through Van Nellefabriek is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Van Nellefabriek to Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad
back through Van Nellefabriek → Corbulo's canal | Romeinsepad is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
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