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Oudorp Polder Mills, Alkmaar – Schermer Windmills loop from Purmerend

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Oudorp Polder Mills, Alkmaar – Schermer Windmills loop from Purmerend

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Oudorp Polder Mills, Alkmaar – Schermer Windmills loop from Purmerend

06:14

109km

120m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 29 m for 2 m

After 109 km for 2 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

11.1 km

Kalverpolder

Highlight • Natural

Extensively used polder with many birds. The American windmill 'Hercules' on the east side is still able to drain the polder, although an electric pumping station has been built next …

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2

11.3 km

American Windmill Kalverpolder

Highlight • Monument

This American windmill is located on the Kalverpolder, a well-known peat-meadow area. The polder borders the Wijde Wormer and the Zaanse Schans is located on the other side of the …

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3

13.4 km

Windmills at Zaanse Schans

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Open-air museum with small green wooden houses in the typical Zaanstreek style, craftsmen (clog makers and cheese factories are worth seeing) and a whole series of industrial mills - most …

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4

13.5 km

View of the Zaanse Schans windmills

Highlight • Viewpoint

Windmills and distinctive green houses

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5

13.6 km

Windmill

Highlight • Monument

The Zaanse Schans windmills are a must. Beautiful windmills.

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33.8 km

De Koekoek

Nature Reserve

7

52.5 km

Oudorp Polder Mills, Alkmaar

Highlight • Monument

5 polder mills, in operation until 1941, then residential buildings, from 2000 onwards restored by the Alkmaar Mill Foundation, normally not open to the public

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8

59.2 km

De Otter Mill and Warm Bakery

Highlight • Cafe

windmill

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9

61.7 km

Schermer Windmills

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

These three mills near Schermer were used to drain the polder.

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69.2 km

Capelsloot

Lake

108 km

De Where

Lake

B

109 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

56.8 km

44.3 km

7.90 km

214 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

68.0 km

37.8 km

2.87 km

421 m

< 100 m

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Friday 15 May

13°C

4°C

32 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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