Why this ride
119 km from Lunetten to Lunetten, about 1 h 52 of riding. On the way it passes Woerden-Centrum, Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan and back through Woerden-Centrum. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn and Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 119 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 52
- 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
Dutch Flower Route
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 35 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 34 km
- Named road
- Dutch Flower Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn
A river that has lost its job is a curious thing to ride beside. The Kromme Rijn, the crooked Rhine, was once the main channel of the Rhine through the middle Netherlands, and the Romans used it as their northern frontier. They built forts along it at intervals, among them one at Vechten, just east of Utrecht, and another at Bunnik, and the river served as a road for supply boats. In the Middle Ages the Rhine silted up and shifted, and what is left is a gentle, winding stream with willows and farm bridges, in a landscape of meadows and moated estates.
Read the complete Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn is where the day begins. Next is Woerden-Centrum.
2. Woerden-Centrum
Woerden is a small Dutch town on the Oude Rijn, the old Rhine, halfway between Utrecht and Leiden, in the middle of the Green Heart of Holland, a landscape of polders, meadows, ditches and cows. Its centre is a compact old town ringed by canals, with a castle, a big church and a windmill on the old ramparts. The Romans were here too: Woerden lies on the line of the Lower German Limes, and the remains of a Roman fort lie beneath the town centre.
Read the complete Woerden-Centrum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Woerden-Centrum comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. Next is Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan.
3. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 56 km into the recorded legs you reach Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan. Next is back through Woerden-Centrum.
4. back through Woerden-Centrum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Woerden-Centrum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Woerden-Centrum, late in the day. Next is Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn.
5. Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn to Woerden-Centrum
Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn → Woerden-Centrum is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Woerden-Centrum to Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan
Woerden-Centrum → Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan to back through Woerden-Centrum
Leiden-Roomburg | Besjeslaan → back through Woerden-Centrum is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Woerden-Centrum to Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn
back through Woerden-Centrum → Culvert/Bridge Kromme Rijn is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.