Why this ride
242 km from Hollum to Hollum, about 5 h 15 of riding. It goes by way of Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker, Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal and back through Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Key Planning Decision and Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal starting at Hollum
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 242 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 15
- 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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Key Planning Decision
It is hard to point at a spot, because there is no spot: the sea retreats twice a day, leaving miles of glistening mud, and then returns, often faster than you expect. The Wadden Sea is a UNESCO site shared by the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark, and it is the largest unbroken system of intertidal sand and mud flats in the world.
Read the complete Key Planning Decision write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Key Planning Decision is where the day begins. Next is Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker.
2. Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker
Eise Eisinga was a wool comber in the Frisian town of Franeker, not a professional astronomer, and in the 1770s he built the solar system on his living-room ceiling. The story goes that in 1774 a local pastor predicted that the planets would align and bring disaster, and the town panicked. Eisinga, who knew some mathematics, wanted to show the real movements, and over the next seven years he built a scale model of the planets, with a clockwork mechanism hidden in the attic that still moves them today. It is generally described as the oldest working planetarium in the world, and it was listed by UNESCO in 2023.
Read the complete Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker comes up 43 km in. Next is Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal, 42 km on.
3. Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal
The Netherlands has always had to fight water, and Friesland's battle was won in part by a single building on the shore of the IJsselmeer near Lemmer. The Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal, a steam pumping station opened in 1920, is the largest steam-driven pumping station ever built that is still in working order, and it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998. When the water in Friesland's canals and lakes rises too high, the old steam engines can still be fired up to pump it out.
Read the complete Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
85 km in you reach Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal. Next is back through Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker.
4. back through Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker, late in the day. Next is Key Planning Decision.
5. Key Planning Decision
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Key Planning Decision write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Key Planning Decision. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Key Planning Decision to Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker
Key Planning Decision → Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker to Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal
Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker → Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal to back through Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker
Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal → back through Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker to Key Planning Decision
back through Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker → Key Planning Decision is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.