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Are you looking for a nice place to stay for yourself or a group, a boat mooring, berthing or storage area or tourist information point? Check out the many facilities, accommodations and group locations in Kaag en Braassem.

The municipality Kaag en Braassem covers an area of 72 km2, of which about 88% is land and 12% water and lakes. The area is centrally located between Schiphol Airport, Leiden and Alphen aan den Rijn and is very accessible by car, public transportation, bicycle or by boat.

Make the most of your time in Kaag en Braassem with the help of local entrepreneurs and Tourist Transfer Points (TOPs). Whether you are looking for a brochure of the area, want to ride a pleasant bike trail or would like more information on activities - you can find the locations here.

Whether you are looking for a campsite, meeting location, canal tour boat, café, an enjoyable package deal or a piece of farmer’s cheese: you can find it in and around Kaag en Braassem. 

Beautiful sights keep the history of Kaag en Braassem alive. Visit one of its villages or experience the story of its many other attractions.

Once you enter the municipality of Kaag en Braassem, you find yourself in an oasis of calm. Many meadows, greenery and water, but also the charming villages welcome you here. Experience the area and find out what Kaag en Braassem has to offer!

From 27-30 October 2024, the Wetering will turn into a Museum harbour. Historical ships, activities and commotion; there will be lots to see and to do.

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

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

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

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.

The Mills and More walking route will take you alongside 10 mills, the beautiful polder landscape and various sights, sidewalk café’s and selling point where you can buy local produce in and around Kaag & Braassem. In the distance you’ll see five more mills, which makes it a total of fifteen mills.

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.

The ‘Mills and More’ route, is a wonderful multiple day sailing route around the municipalities of Kaag en Braassem. Alphen aan den Rijn and Warmond, which will lead you along the most beautiful mills, remarkable sights and other interesting activities.

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

This Sloepennetwerk (Sloop Network) route will take you from the Kagerplassen to the Does and the Braassemermeer, via the Wetering and Ringvaart back to the Kagerplassen.

Short walk where you can discover the various sides of Hoogmade: The polder landscape, the A4, the water and various restaurants. Highly recommended on a sunny day!

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.

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,

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

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.

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

The Staande Mast Route (Fixed Mast Route) is a safe through-route for sailing and motor boats with an overall height of over six metres.

The Marskramer path is a walking route straight through the Netherlands.

Along flourishing polder sagas about tulips, farmers and gardeners.

The Family Pathway Kaag is a 5 km long pathway through Buitenkaag and the picturesque Kaag Island. It will take you along the 20 most beautiful spots in the surroundings. Just crossing with the ferry from Buitenkaag to Kaag Island is a unique experience. Along the route you will come across a water play equipment, a birdwatching wall and a watchtower.

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.

The walking route network is a walking network of 450 kilometers walking pleasure for young and old.

​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.

A cruise filled with stories about the flourishing polder. The typically Dutch Veenderpolder and Lijkerpolder outside the dikes, a unique peat polder where hundreds of millions of tulips are scalded. Sail into this polder and immerse yourself in the interesting story of the tulip and its special relationship with this polder. The tulip symbolises everything that grows and thrives here.

Sail across the ‘Kagerplassen’, the ‘Braassemermeer’ and the ‘Wijde Aa’, or cross the canals, original peat streams and pools.

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.

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

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.

A land drained by many mills.

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

​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.

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

The free Laarzenpad starts from Bezinningscentrum de Stal. The path is signposted and runs through the polder on Kaag Island. The name Laarzenpad means “Wellies Trail” – it is not just a quaint name, it is good advice.

A delightful walk of 9 km which leads you through three villages.

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

​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.

Bike along the natural banks of the Kagerplassen and Braassemermeer.

On the first Saturday of the month, you can see a windmill whose blades are rotating, then you know the miller is at work. On this day, he’s happy to make time for a chat and is pleased to tell you about his mill.

In the second weekend in May, the annual National Windmill Day will take place. On this day the millers of Kaag & Braassem open the doors of their mills. You’re more than welcome to visit the mills. The millers will tell you all about their mills and what’s involved with working at mills.

Reporter Paul Graafland visited the Rotteveel family in Rijpwetering. An informative hour of nature education and his dream came true. What is farmhouse cheese, and how it’s made?

Paul Graafland visited John and Mirjam van der Salm from Mariahoeve-lodging in Woubrugge (Ofwegen). A family business that not only runs a dairy farm, but rents out holiday cottages too. Where you sleep and wake up between cows.

Vrouwtje Paling (“Lady Eel”) had the gift of communicating with fish. When she sat by the waterside and called the fish, the bream, perch, eel, tench and carp heeded her call.

​During World War II an English pilot made an emergency landing in this polder. He crashed into a field of chrysanthemums and was rescued by two inhabitants of this polder. The Germans who chased the pilot got lost in the polder with its many pet fields.

The story of tulips from the Veen (abbreviation for Roelofarendsveen) is the story of passionate, hard-working, creative entrepreneurs. Veen tulips are popular around the world, and despite times of economic crisis, for a few euros consumers can create a comfortable ambience at home with a bouquet of colourful tulips.

At the end of the nineteenth century the first member of the Heemskerk family set foot on the farm. It was quickly decided to make Boeren-Leidsekaas (a farmer’s cheese) from the milk provided by the cows. Fast-forward 116 years and Boris and Ellen Heemskerk are the fourth generation of the Leiden Heemskerk family continuing the tradition of making cheese at De Morgenstond.

With all the water in Kaag en Braassem it can sometimes be difficult to get places. In order to help cyclists and pedestrians from having to go kilometres out of their way through the polders, ferries are used at various points. In most cases this very handy.

Roelofarendsveen has traditionally been one of the villages where most tulips in the Netherlands are scalded. The huge tulip on the water tower reflects this top position, but also symbolises the importance of horticulture in this municipality.

The peat polder consisted of wet land with coppiced woodland. In order to grow on this,narrow strips of land were laid out with ditches around them for drainage. The fields could only be reached by boat. Everything was transported by barges.

Back in the days, growers cultivated gherkins (groffies in Dutch) here. When a harvest failed, it was fault of the swimming Gherkin monster. Parents warned their children to stay away from the waterfront, the Gherkin monster loved delicious children’s legs too.

In 1912 the plant growers cooperative Eendracht Maakt Macht (Unity Creates Power) built an auction house. Plant growers brought their products before the bell and the tribune with merchants by boat. The building has been partially preserved and now houses the Wagenaar restaurant.

In 1632 a quayside was built around the polder due to the flooding of the Braassem. Four wooden locks were built for water regulation and accessibility. This is the only lock still there. It dates from 1897 and replaced the first, wooden sluice.

Tulip bulbs are grown here since 1880. In 1927, bulbs were planted for the production of flowers for the first time. During wintertime, growers wanted to gain some extra income as they couldn’t cultivate vegetables. It was the start of a flourishing industry.

It must have looked amusing. Inspectors of Hoogheemraadschap Rijnland tackling cracks in the dikes with a watering can and some soil. Very basic perhaps, but extremely effective. Boats sprayed the dikes from the water. The spring of 2011 threatened to become even dryer than the preceding year and peat dikes do not like dryness. If they dry out, they can break.

Kinderdijk has many windmills. But Kaag en Braassem has more: twenty to be precise. One of them is the Kalkmolen along Doespolderweg in Hoogmade. Arie Driesprong is the proud miller of this hollow post mill and is happy to receive people. ‘A cup of coffee or tea is available for anyone who wants to look at the windmill. The windmill is open on Wednesdays and Saturdays and when the blades are turning.’

Go outside and be active together!

The summer timetable of the bridges in Kaag en Braassem.

Paddegat ferry sails between Roelofarendsveen and Woubrugge.

Ferry sails between Oude Wetering Oude Wetering and Leimuiden. The accessibility change per season.

Kaag ferry sails between Kaag and Buitenkaag.

A cozy eatery for lunch, dinner, or just a nice drink.

A unique detached Lodge in a beautiful location around the corner from the Braassemermeer.

Camping Kaag is located on the picturesque Kaag island. A quiet, small-scale campsite on the Kagerplassen with fantastic views over the lakes and the Kagerpolder.

If you stay at Woubrugge Logies, you are surrounded by nature as it is situated in the middle of the Green Hart of Holland.

We, Hans Straathof and Diane Schrama, would like to welcome you to our B&B Als het golft.

Our modern agricultural company is situated in real Dutch surroundings. You will experience country life amidst fields and enjoy the many water gardens.

Mariahoeve Farm is a centuries-old farm in the green meadows of the west of Holland. It is located in the natural lake area including the Wijde Aa. This quiet lake borders on the hamlet of Ofwegen, which is located between the villages of Hoogmade and Woubrugge. Our holiday cottages are perfect country retreats.

The Hof van Eeden campsite has been located in the heart of the Bollenstreek on the Kagerplassen for over 55 years.

With the addition of a veranda and special conservatory in 2010, the building housing the café – and the neighbourhood – gained even more monumental allure and historic value. Life is good here.

The Grower tells; a beautiful route by boat with former grower Kees de Jong who will share all his stories about the horticultural area of Roelofarendsveen, where hundreds of millions of tulips are grown each year. Tulips which eventually find their way to consumers all over the world. How did it all began? The grower tells…

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.