Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Kinderdijk Bike Path

Kinderdijk Bike Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Kinderdijk Bike Path

Recommended by 309 road cyclists out of 316

This Highlight goes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Boezems Kinderdijk

Save

Location: Alblasserdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Save

See rides here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Road Cycling Rides to Kinderdijk Bike Path

4.3

(14)

374

riders

1. Kinderdijk Bike Path – Kinderdijk Windmills loop from Papendrecht

33.0km

01:18

40m

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

152

riders

2. Kinderdijk Windmills – Kinderdijk Bike Path loop from Dijkzigt

73.3km

02:53

120m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

4.8

(10)

184

riders

3. Kinderdijk Windmills – Kinderdijk Bike Path loop from Voorschoterlaan

57.2km

02:18

90m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Intermediate

Tips

NielsH

August 26, 2019

Watch out for the pedestrians! But don't forget enjoy the scenery

ze pedro baptista 🇺🇦 🇹🇼

October 30, 2021

This is a UNESCO World Heritage site and an excellent example of Dutch water management.

For info from Wikipedia:
- Construction
Kinderdijk is situated in the Alblasserwaard polder at the confluence of the Lek and Noord rivers. To drain the polder, a system of 19 windmills was built around 1740. This group of mills is the largest concentration of old windmills in the Netherlands. The windmills of Kinderdijk are one of the best-known Dutch tourist sites. They have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997.

- Name
The name Kinderdijk is Dutch for "Children dike". During the Saint Elizabeth flood of 1421, the Grote Hollandse Waard flooded, but the Alblasserwaard polder stayed unflooded. It is often said that when the horrendous storm had subsided, a villager went to the dike between these two areas to inspect what could be salvaged. In the distance he saw a wooden cradle floating on the water. As it came nearer, he saw some movement, and upon closer investigation, a cat was found, trying to keep it in balance by leaping back and forth in such a manner that water couldn't flood the cradle. As the cradle eventually came close enough to the dike for a bystander to pick up the cradle, he saw that a baby was quietly sleeping inside it, nice and dry. The cat had kept the cradle balanced and afloat. This folktale and legend has been published as "The Cat and the Cradle" in English.

Roos L

April 24, 2019

This place can be very busy. Watch out for pedestrians! Not suitable for racing, just for touring and enjoying the scenery. You don't have to buy a ticket when using the bike path. The ticket stall is for boat tours and museum windmills.

Details

Informations

Distance 1.38 km

Uphill 0 m

Downhill 10 m

Weather

Today

Sunday 26 October

11°C

8°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 29.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See rides here

Take Me There

Location: Alblasserdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Kinderdijk Windmills (UNESCO World Heritage)

Crezéepolder Nature Reserve

Dubbeltje op Zijn Kant Monument (Watersnoodramp 1953, Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel)

Grote Kerk and Canals of Dordrecht

De Gorzen Park, Ridderkerk

Lekdijk

Oostmoolendijk

Kinderdijk Windmills Loop

View of the Kinderdijk Windmills

Kinderdijk Windmills

Algerabrug and Hollandse IJssel Dike

Kinderdijk Windmills

Kinderdijk Bike Path

1. Kinderdijk Bike Path – Kinderdijk Windmills loop from Papendrecht

2. Kinderdijk Windmills – Kinderdijk Bike Path loop from Dijkzigt

3. Kinderdijk Windmills – Kinderdijk Bike Path loop from Voorschoterlaan

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️