Overview Routes

With the cycle route the Taste of the Lagewaard you cycle through the pleasant Woubrugge, along the Wijde Aa to Hoogmade and through the polder to the Lagewaard in Koudekerk aan den Rijn.

Via this route along (almost all) northern lakes of South-Holland, you’ll get a good impression of what the water and landscape of the Rhine and Peat region has to offer in terms of history, natural beauty and pleasure.

This cycling route (which you can walk too) is published as part of the Open Monuments Weekend 2021.

An artistic cultural route through Kaag en Braassem and more, with works of art and lots of other interesting works and stories.

Within an hour and a half, you can cycle around the Braassemermeer and will pass the villages around it.

Breathtaking ride from Route.nl through the Bollenstreek. Starts in Roelofarendsveen.

​The polders around Kagerplassen and Braassemermeer belong to the Utrecht-Hollands peat-meadows area. Though the lots look very different here than anywhere else in the area.

You can discover the rural area between the beautiful lakes Braassemermeer and the Kagerplassen within an hour. The route will take you along the picturesque villages of Roelofarendsveen, Rijpwetering, Nieuwe Wetering and Oude Wetering. you can start the bicycle route at any point of the cycle network.

Rondom Kaas & Braassem wants to stimulate young and old to hit the road and look for local produce, because cheese from the area taste absolute best, of course.

This route is accompanied by a series of 20 information signs at the remarkable historical buildings, places and objects in Hoogmade and Woubrugge.

​Cycling around Kaag en Braassem is a real voyage of discovery through an authentic Dutch polder landscape via characteristic Dutch villages.

This cycling route (which you can walk too) is published as part of the Open Monuments Weekend 2020.

Along flourishing polder sagas about tulips, farmers and gardeners.

The bicycle route ‘Mills and More’ will take you alongside no less than 20 mills and other places of interest in and around Kaag en Braassem.

​This varied cycling route does not only lead you through the villages around Kaag & Braassem and Braassemermeer, but also through the historic inner city of Leiden.

There are a lot of farm shops to visit in Kaag & Braassem. As we are curious about them and where to find them, our editor Alice got on her bike herself. Together with her husband, she is in for a nice surprise. They cycled to Woubrugge, Hoogmade and Roelofarendsveen and discovered lots of delicacies from the region.

De route will take you through a varied landscape of ancient peat polders, reclaimed land, lakes and horticultural enclaves.

This walking route (which you can cycle too) is published as part of the Open Monuments Weekend 2021, but can be walked at any other time. This way you are able to visit the monuments on your own occasion.

Bike along the natural banks of the Kagerplassen and Braassemermeer.

Through the ages, both Leimuiden and Rijnsaterwoude delivered battles against the water of the Hollandse Plassen (Dutch Lakes). This bicycle route will take you along several water works, the remains of this remarkable history.

A land drained by many mills.

Get on your bike and ride the Cycle & Food route through the ancient Boterhuispolder and the polder of Kaag & Braassem. While cycling, you can collect your own meal. This route will take you along various locations with a shop, where you can buy homemade or local products,