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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel – Amstel River loop from Ouder-Amstel
RoutesBike touring routes & trailsNetherlandsNorth HollandOuder-Amstel
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel – Amstel River loop from Ouder-Amstel
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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel – Amstel River loop from Ouder-Amstel
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18.6km
30m
Cycling
Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: March 23, 2026
This route includes a ferry crossing
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After 1.39 km for 51 m
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1.51 km
Amstelzijde
Highlight • Restaurant
Here you will find many cozy restaurants and cafes with a beautiful view. The Amstel side was an important staging point in the 17th century, now it is mainly a pleasant neighbourhood. The catering industry in particular determines the image of the Amstel side, which is why it is so nice to take a break here with a snack and a drink. For example at Loetje aan de Amstel or Ron Gastrobar Indonesia: your taste buds will thank you.
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1.58 km
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel
Highlight • Settlement
The Jagershuis (originally 1614) used to be a meeting place for the hunters who used their horses to pull the barges on the towpath along the Amstel. It is a magnificent, monumental building, situated right on the water and part of the protected village area Ouderkerk aan de Amstel (Amstelveen).
The earliest records of 't Jagershuis date back to the 17th century. The pub was originally called De Rustende Jager (The Hunter) and later Buitenlust. The name 't Jagershuis dates back to the 20th century. It was only after a thorough renovation in 1964 that it acquired its current appearance and purpose as a restaurant-hotel. It is on the list of national monuments. It consists of two gables with a wing attached at right angles and, according to the register of monuments, dates from the 18th century. In February 2017, the building was threatened with being removed from the list of national monuments because architectural research had revealed that it had been completely remodeled between 1963 and 1966 and had "no intrinsic monumental value".
In the meantime, the monument status is no longer legally disputed. The owner of 't Jagershuis is working on the renovation of the building while preserving its monument protection.
The earliest records of 't Jagershuis date back to the 17th century. The pub was originally called De Rustende Jager (The Hunter) and later Buitenlust. The name 't Jagershuis dates back to the 20th century. It was only after a thorough renovation in 1964 that it acquired its current appearance and purpose as a restaurant-hotel. It is on the list of national monuments. It consists of two gables with a wing attached at right angles and, according to the register of monuments, dates from the 18th century. In February 2017, the building was threatened with being removed from the list of national monuments because architectural research had revealed that it had been completely remodeled between 1963 and 1966 and had "no intrinsic monumental value".
In the meantime, the monument status is no longer legally disputed. The owner of 't Jagershuis is working on the renovation of the building while preserving its monument protection.
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2.77 km
Wester-Amstel Country Estate
Highlight • Historical Site
In addition to the beautiful house, you will find beautiful gardens and often an exhibition or concert. There used to be more than sixty of these estates along the banks of the Amstel, today only three remain. Buitenplaats Wester Amstel is one of them. The park at the estate has beautiful gardens, and often exhibitions and even concerts are held here. Special lectures are held here on Sundays. Well worth a visit!
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3.31 km
Banpaal Amsteldijk
Highlight • Monument
An obelisk on a pedestal, conspicuous but also inconspicuous. Architecture as a time capsule, and this pole tells a story about the creation of Amsterdam. A story that would have been lost without this pole. This rod is a so-called banpaal made in the seventeenth century. Banpaal on the Amsteldijk, 1623.
A ban is an ancient term for a city's jurisdiction. A banpaal is a pole marking the boundary of a city's ban. In the Middle Ages it was not uncommon to mark jurisdiction with ban poles. Another word for banpole is milestone or boundary pole. Within the jurisdiction, the city had the right to levy city taxes and arrest lawbreakers, known as ban and van rights.
The Amsterdam border posts were first mentioned in a document in 1342. At that time Amsterdam was granted new city rights by Count Wilhelm IV. Willem IV's decree describes the jurisdiction. At that time Amsterdam was still small, the border posts were at the level of the Martelaarsgracht, the Oude- and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and the Spui.
Order of Willem IV, Count of Holland to all his baljuwen to guarantee the gatekeepers of Amsterdam toll-free, 9 December 1342.
To ban one person, that sounds pretty intense. It was one of the most severe punishments that the court could impose in the Middle Ages. Aside from the death penalty, of course, pretty severe too. You can be banished for a specific time or forever. In this case, you were no longer allowed to appear in court. Anyone who returned before the end of the ban was punished with death. They can be banished for crimes such as theft, prostitution, robbery, street brawls and other public acts of violence. For a court, banishment was actually the only way, aside from the death sentence, to get rid of lawbreakers or undesirables permanently, or at least for a long time.
Nowadays people are no longer banished. When the Batavian Republic was founded in 1795, the ban on people from cities and regions was abolished. The only thing that comes close to exile in the Netherlands today is a ban on entering an area or making contact.
These six new prohibition signs have been placed on the main access roads to the city: on the Amsteldijk and the Kleinen Loopveld in Amstelveen, on the Diemerdammersluis, on the Landweg between Kadoelen and Landsmeer, on the Spaarndammerdijk in the Spieringhorner Buitenpolder and east of Sloten Church on the Sloterweg.
Source: archihis.blog/2021/12/17/banpaal-amsteldijk-noord
A ban is an ancient term for a city's jurisdiction. A banpaal is a pole marking the boundary of a city's ban. In the Middle Ages it was not uncommon to mark jurisdiction with ban poles. Another word for banpole is milestone or boundary pole. Within the jurisdiction, the city had the right to levy city taxes and arrest lawbreakers, known as ban and van rights.
The Amsterdam border posts were first mentioned in a document in 1342. At that time Amsterdam was granted new city rights by Count Wilhelm IV. Willem IV's decree describes the jurisdiction. At that time Amsterdam was still small, the border posts were at the level of the Martelaarsgracht, the Oude- and Nieuwezijds Voorburgwal and the Spui.
Order of Willem IV, Count of Holland to all his baljuwen to guarantee the gatekeepers of Amsterdam toll-free, 9 December 1342.
To ban one person, that sounds pretty intense. It was one of the most severe punishments that the court could impose in the Middle Ages. Aside from the death penalty, of course, pretty severe too. You can be banished for a specific time or forever. In this case, you were no longer allowed to appear in court. Anyone who returned before the end of the ban was punished with death. They can be banished for crimes such as theft, prostitution, robbery, street brawls and other public acts of violence. For a court, banishment was actually the only way, aside from the death sentence, to get rid of lawbreakers or undesirables permanently, or at least for a long time.
Nowadays people are no longer banished. When the Batavian Republic was founded in 1795, the ban on people from cities and regions was abolished. The only thing that comes close to exile in the Netherlands today is a ban on entering an area or making contact.
These six new prohibition signs have been placed on the main access roads to the city: on the Amsteldijk and the Kleinen Loopveld in Amstelveen, on the Diemerdammersluis, on the Landweg between Kadoelen and Landsmeer, on the Spaarndammerdijk in the Spieringhorner Buitenpolder and east of Sloten Church on the Sloterweg.
Source: archihis.blog/2021/12/17/banpaal-amsteldijk-noord
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3.32 km
Amsteldijk Noord Bike Path
Highlight • Cycleway
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14.5 km
Amstel River
Highlight • River
Beautiful cycle path along the Amstel. The river is approximately 31 kilometers long and runs all the way to the center of Amsterdam.
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15.0 km
Path Along the Amstel
Highlight • Cycleway
Classic road bike route along the Amstel, here you can cycle all the way through Amsterdam
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17.0 km
De Zwaan Windmill (Ouderkerk aan de Amstel)
Highlight • Monument
De Zwaan was built around 1638 as an inland windmill. This drained the Klein-Duivendrechtse and the Binnenbullewijkerpolder on the Amstel (the reservoir of Amstelland), which together had an area of 356 ha. The mill has an escape of 25.6 meters. On July 22, the landlords of the Klein-Duivendrecht district and part of the Binnenbullewijk received a patent to embank their lands previously shared with the Amstellandsches Schoß. This created a polder that bordered to the east on the Westbijlmer and Laander polders, which had their own windmills. In 1879 the polders were merged through peat cutting, resulting in the "Verenigde Westbijlmer- en Klein Duivendrechtse polder".
This national monument is owned by the association "De Hollandsche Molen" (The Dutch Mill).
In the early 1900s the drained land was reclaimed and the newly created polder was given the name "New Bullewijk". It was regulated by state decree on December 21, 1909. As a result of an agreement of May 20th of the same year, which decided that the remaining part of the "Verenigde Westbijlmer- en Klein Duivendrechtse polder" could, under certain conditions, drain its excess water to the much lower-lying land, the abandonment of the two windmills became of this polder at the beginning of 1910, when the agreement came into force, was taken over by the steam pumping station of "Nieuwe Bullewijk". The mill in the Westbijlmer and Laander polders was then partially and then completely demolished. The mill of the Klein-Duivendrechtse en Binnenbullewijkerpolder remained standing, but fell into disrepair. In 1930 the association "De Hollandsche Molen" took over the management of the mill. It was rented out as a residence, but the mill itself was no longer in operation. A pole is removed and the reeds are also gradually disappearing, so demolition was considered.
Source: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Zwaan_(Ouderkerk_aan_de_Amstel)
This national monument is owned by the association "De Hollandsche Molen" (The Dutch Mill).
In the early 1900s the drained land was reclaimed and the newly created polder was given the name "New Bullewijk". It was regulated by state decree on December 21, 1909. As a result of an agreement of May 20th of the same year, which decided that the remaining part of the "Verenigde Westbijlmer- en Klein Duivendrechtse polder" could, under certain conditions, drain its excess water to the much lower-lying land, the abandonment of the two windmills became of this polder at the beginning of 1910, when the agreement came into force, was taken over by the steam pumping station of "Nieuwe Bullewijk". The mill in the Westbijlmer and Laander polders was then partially and then completely demolished. The mill of the Klein-Duivendrechtse en Binnenbullewijkerpolder remained standing, but fell into disrepair. In 1930 the association "De Hollandsche Molen" took over the management of the mill. It was rented out as a residence, but the mill itself was no longer in operation. A pole is removed and the reeds are also gradually disappearing, so demolition was considered.
Source: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Zwaan_(Ouderkerk_aan_de_Amstel)
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18.6 km
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8.85 km
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