Why this ride
A 405 km round trip from Rijnsburg - roughly 5 h 51 in the saddle. The stops in between: Van Nellefabriek, Woerden-Centrum, Fort Werk IV and Tiel Inundation Canal. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Valkenburg-De Woerd | North and Tiel Inundation Canal
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 405 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 51
- 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
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 37 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 37 km
- Named road
- Dutch Flower Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Valkenburg-De Woerd | North
On the coast between Leiden and Katwijk, Valkenburg is a village of fewer than four thousand people with a Roman past it rarely mentions. The Oude Rijn, the old Rhine, flows through here on its last stretch toward the North Sea, and for several centuries this river was the northern edge of the Roman Empire. A fort called Praetorium Agrippinae stood on the bank at Valkenburg, one of a string of forts that now form part of the Lower German Limes, which joined the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2021.
Read the complete Valkenburg-De Woerd | North write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Valkenburg-De Woerd | North 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
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Planning note
Van Nellefabriek comes up 47 km in. Next is Woerden-Centrum.
3. 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
94 km in you reach Woerden-Centrum. Next is Fort Werk IV.
4. 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
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Planning note
Fort Werk IV, about halfway. Next is Tiel Inundation Canal.
5. 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
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Planning note
Tiel Inundation Canal sits at 187 km, about halfway. Next is back through Fort Werk IV.
6. back through Fort Werk IV
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort Werk IV write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Fort Werk IV comes up 234 km in. Next is back through Woerden-Centrum.
7. back through Woerden-Centrum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Woerden-Centrum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
281 km in you reach back through Woerden-Centrum. 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
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Planning note
back through Van Nellefabriek, late in the day. Next is Valkenburg-De Woerd | North.
9. Valkenburg-De Woerd | North
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Valkenburg-De Woerd | North 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 405 km.
Leg by leg
Valkenburg-De Woerd | North to Van Nellefabriek
Valkenburg-De Woerd | North → Van Nellefabriek is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Van Nellefabriek to Woerden-Centrum
Van Nellefabriek → Woerden-Centrum is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Woerden-Centrum to Fort Werk IV
Woerden-Centrum → Fort Werk IV is 39 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 back through Woerden-Centrum
back through Fort Werk IV → back through Woerden-Centrum is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Woerden-Centrum to back through Van Nellefabriek
back through Woerden-Centrum → back through Van Nellefabriek is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Van Nellefabriek to Valkenburg-De Woerd | North
back through Van Nellefabriek → Valkenburg-De Woerd | North is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.