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Kinderdijk Bike Path

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Kinderdijk Bike Path

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    1. Kinderdijk Bike Path – Kinderdijk Windmills loop from Papendrecht

    33.0km

    01:18

    40m

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

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

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

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    August 26, 2019

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

      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.

        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.

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          Distance 1.38 km

          Uphill 0 m

          Downhill 10 m

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          Location: Alblasserdam, South Holland, Netherlands

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