On the first day of cycling, you will cycle along the south bank of the IJsselmeer via Muiden to Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, where you can optionally spend an additional night (8-day option). Behind the central train station you can take a ferry to the cozy Waterland with bird-rich Veen pastures and old watercourses. You can get to Volendam by boat or via Monnickendam. Overnight stay at the harbor dike or at the Katwoude mill.

The bike-friendly Amsterdam with its unique canals (c) Adobe Stock

You drive over the old Zuiderzee dike through the cheese town of Edam and the picturesque Hoorn with its well-known, imposing buildings from the “Golden Century”. In Enkhuizen you should plan a city tour and visit the Zuiderzee Museum.

Edam cheese (c) Langshetl

You can take the ferry or cycle across the IJsselmeer to the Frisian town of Stavoren (not included in the price). From here you can make wonderful trips past picturesque Hindeloopen. You cycle through the wooded, slightly hilly landscape of Gaasterland to Oudemirdum. Your hotel is reserved either on the Brink or a little further away in the port town of Lemmer.

Gaasterland (c) Langshetl

Today we pass the Lemmer steam pumping station and cross the Weerribben National Park, a unique peat area with its own flora and fauna. Your destination today is Giethoorn, the “Venice of the North”, with countless arched bridges, boats and farms with thatched roofs.

Ships at the harbor of the IJsselmeer (c) Langshetl

From Giethoorn you steer your bike to the Hanseatic city of Kampen on the IJssel River. Via the fortress town of Elburg and past small lakes you reach Nunspeet, on the edge of the largest forest in the Netherlands: the Veluwe.

Beach promenade at the IJsselmeer (c) Langshetl

On the last day of cycling, you will pass through the old port town of Harderwijk and the fishing village of Spakenburg. You will return to Huizen through the wide Eempolder. Individual departure or optional booking of an extra night in Huizen.

Eempolder in Spakenburg, around the IJsselmeer (c) Langshetl

Individual journey home

IJsselmeer (c) Pixabay