The Afsluitdijk and the Friesland coast
36 km (22 miles), 40 min, beginner
Photo: Bert Kaufmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, resizedMotorcycle ride in North Holland
Waterland: Marken, Volendam and Edam
33 km (20 miles), 1 hr, beginner
North of Amsterdam, dyke roads cross the polders of Waterland. From Durgerdam, the route passes Uitdam, goes out and back to the former island of Marken and its wooden houses, then reaches Monnickendam, the harbour of Volendam and Edam, the cheese town. Narrow dykes shared with many cyclists.
Stops along the way
- SStart: Durgerdam
- 1Uitdam, after 8 km (5 miles)
- 2Marken, after 14 km (9 miles)
- 3Monnickendam, after 23 km (14 miles)
- 4Volendam, after 30 km (19 miles)
- FFinish: Edam, after 33 km (20 miles)
Download the GPXTrack and stops as a GPX file, for a sat nav or another app.
Photos along the route
This ride in the MotoLert app
In MotoLert, this ride is one of the roadbooks: its route, stops and photos are in the app. Premium guides you along it; camera zones and reported hazards stay free. The app is coming soon to iPhone.
Other rides nearby
Roads change: passes close in winter, roadworks, rockfalls, local restrictions. Check the road before you set off. MotoLert does not replace road signs or the Highway Code.
Route planned by MotoLert with Valhalla on © OpenStreetMap contributors data (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons, with the author and licence under each image.