Overview Routes

Green Loops are eleven short walks through Kaag & Braassem. In each municipality a short walk is plotted through the green surroundings of the village.

She is the best kept secret of Kaag en Braassem: The Veen mermaid.

​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.

An enjoyable bike ride of about twenty-five kilometers normally wouldn't take an entire day. If you come across four ferries along the way, it may very well be. One huge advantage: time-consuming suddenly becomes tranquil, taking your bike across the water... In Kaag & Braassem, many people take it for granted, even for the locals it remains special!

Bike along the natural banks of the Kagerplassen and Braassemermeer.

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.

Along flourishing polder sagas about tulips, farmers and gardeners.

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

​No were else in the Netherlands you can find more water than in this area. The multiple days Polders and Lakes Pathway is a 135 kilometers long walk and will lead you through the beautiful polder landscape. The route will take you along extensive lakes with wavy reed border, well organized tree nurseries, stately mills and picturesque villages.

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.

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.

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.

For this walking tour, we’ve mapped out a route for you. You can start your route at any node number. No less than 14 mills can be discovered during this 17 kilometers long route.

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

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.

Green Loops are eleven short walks through Kaag & Braassem. In each municipality a short walk is plotted through the green surroundings of the village.

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

​Stroling along the shores of the ancient peat lake Wijde Aa.

​ANWB Walking route of 11.6 kilometers along the shores of the Braassem.

A gorgeous route from starting point De Veense Bukker, where you can treat yourself to coffee and cake. Via Rijpwetering you’ll walk right through the polder along the mills and back to Roelofarendsveen where you continue your walk along the banks of the Braassemermeer.