Why this ride
An 86 km round trip from Rijnsburg - roughly 1 h 23 in the saddle. It goes by way of Voorburg-Arentsburg, Van Nellefabriek and back through Voorburg-Arentsburg. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Valkenburg-De Woerd | North and Van Nellefabriek
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 86 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 23
- 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. 19 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 22 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 Voorburg-Arentsburg.
2. Voorburg-Arentsburg
Under the suburbs between The Hague and Delft lie the remains of Forum Hadriani, the northernmost Roman town on the continent, founded in the early second century AD and named after the emperor Hadrian. At Arentsburg, a country estate in Voorburg, excavations revealed streets, houses, a harbour and a canal, the Fossa Corbulonis, dug by Roman soldiers to link the Rhine and the Meuse. The site is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Lower German Limes World Heritage Site, listed in 2021, which follows the Rhine frontier through the Netherlands and Germany.
Read the complete Voorburg-Arentsburg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Voorburg-Arentsburg comes up about 22 km into the recorded legs. Next is Van Nellefabriek.
3. 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
about 42 km into the recorded legs you reach Van Nellefabriek. Next is back through Voorburg-Arentsburg.
4. back through Voorburg-Arentsburg
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Voorburg-Arentsburg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Voorburg-Arentsburg, late in the day. Next is Valkenburg-De Woerd | North.
5. 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
Back at Valkenburg-De Woerd | North. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Valkenburg-De Woerd | North to Voorburg-Arentsburg
Valkenburg-De Woerd | North → Voorburg-Arentsburg is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Voorburg-Arentsburg to Van Nellefabriek
Voorburg-Arentsburg → Van Nellefabriek is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Van Nellefabriek to back through Voorburg-Arentsburg
Van Nellefabriek → back through Voorburg-Arentsburg is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Voorburg-Arentsburg to Valkenburg-De Woerd | North
back through Voorburg-Arentsburg → Valkenburg-De Woerd | North is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.