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De Haar Castle – Along the Vecht loop from Bodegraven

De Haar Castle – Along the Vecht loop from Bodegraven

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4.7

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235

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De Haar Castle – Along the Vecht loop from Bodegraven

02:33

62.2km

60m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 12, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes a ferry crossing

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After 10.1 km for 20 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.36 km

Boer met genoegen

Lake

15.6 km

Breeveld – Cycle Path Along the Old Rhine

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Nice quiet single lane road through the polder

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18.7 km

Beautiful spot in Harmelen

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Beautiful piece along the water. Nice to include in your route, for example to Linschoten, Oudewater, Hekendorp and Gouda.

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22.3 km

De Haar Castle

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Nice place to cycle by. You can also take a nice break at the coach house, if you sit on the terrace you can keep a view of the bicycles.

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25.4 km

Haarrijnse Plas

Lake

32.9 km

Along the Vecht

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You can tour here along the Vecht. Along the river lie historic castles, country houses and courtyards dating from the 17th and 18th centuries.

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33.1 km

After the castle was destroyed in 1481 and 1511, the ruins were inherited in 1536 to Johan van den Bongard, hereditary chamberlain of Gulik and official of Grave. After him to his son Bernard I van den Bongard, whose son Bernard II van den Bongard rebuilt the castle between 1632 and 1642 in Dutch Renaissance style. After being used as a headquarters by the French for several months, it was burned down in 1673 by French troops commanded by Frans de Montmorency, Duke of Luxembourg.

The ruin was sold in 1675 to the Amsterdam merchant Joan Ortt. The castle was rebuilt and remained in the hands of the Ortt family until 1849. After a public auction it came into the hands of Jhr. W.J.A. from Romondt. Willem Hendricus de Heus bought land around Nijenrode at the same auction. The sale followed the death of the Lady Ortt van Nijenrode, born Schroijensteijn, on 29-11-1848. In April 1853 Nijenrode was bought through a public auction by Willem Hendricus de Heus, a Utrecht entrepreneur and Member of Parliament. On May 1, 1854, the castle was offered for rent in an advertisement in the Opregte Haarlemsche Courant. For De Heus it was a business investment. He lived in Utrecht on the Rijnkade and later in the summer months on 'de Pietersberg' in Oosterbeek and in the winter months first in Maria-Lust and later in villa Sophia's Hoeve, built at his factory in Apeldoorn. Although he did not live in the castle, he had it renovated in 1860 for a considerable amount in the neo-Tudor style. He died in 1872 and the castle passed on to his son Henri. The new owner was not interested in Nijenrode, because he both lived and worked in Apeldoorn. For several years he leased it to C.J. van der Meulen, who housed a boarding school there. After Henri de Heus died, the castle was sold by his heirs.

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34.4 km

Breukelen Drawbridge

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Picturesque village on the Vecht, Brooklyn in New York is named after it!

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46.7 km

Woerdense Verlaat With View of Noorden

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The best part to cycle is from the roundabout along the Oude Rijn between Bodegraven and Zwammerdam, continue cycling along the Meije to the workshop of Natuurmonumenten on your left. Take the cycle path to the left, behind the Nieuwkoopse plas and the De Haeck estate. In the spring and autumn sometimes inundation of the cycle path, but that should not spoil the fun.

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49.3 km

Meandering Road Along the Meije

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Beautiful quiet road, winding along the little stream.

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62.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.7 km

29.0 km

1.04 km

550 m

496 m

408 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

44.6 km

15.3 km

2.16 km

110 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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De Haar Castle – Along the Vecht loop from Bodegraven

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Beautiful spot in Harmelen

De Haar Castle

Along the Vecht

Kasteel Nijenrode

Breukelen Drawbridge

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