Milk route around Tjeukemeer

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Netherlands

Friesland

Lemsterland

Milk route around Tjeukemeer

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Milk route around Tjeukemeer

02:14

38.8km

30m

Cycling

Get on your bike and discover the "milk-rich" heart of Friesland. This route takes you past green meadows with grazing cows, charming farms, and villages where the history of the dairy factories is still visible. In Scharsterbrug, for example, you'll pass a still-working dairy factory, while in Delfstrahuizen, a former…

by Slowlands NL - Rad & Wandern

Last updated: September 3, 2025

Tips

Includes movable bridges

Check opening times.

After 5.15 km for 44 m

After 13.8 km for 8 m

After 27.9 km for 9 m

After 38.5 km for 9 m

Waypoints

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5.33 km

Bell tower Follega

Highlight • Monument

The bell tower with its helmet-shaped roof stands in a small, circular churchyard. Inside hangs a bell by P. van den Ghein from 1596 with a diameter of 78 cm.

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7.24 km

Bell tower Doniaga

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In the raised churchyard, lined with trees, stands the Doniaga bell tower. Inside hangs a bell cast by Aernt Butendiic, dating from 1460.

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10.0 km

Sint Nicolaasga

Highlight • Settlement

Sint Nicolaasga lies in the forest, between the Tjeukemeer and the Langweerder Wielen.

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14.1 km

Vreugdenhil Dairy Factory

Highlight • Structure

In 1911, the eleventh factory of the South Holland dairy company N.V. Hollandia was built in Scharsterbrug.

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27.8 km

De Tjongervallei

Highlight • Restaurant

The dairy factory in Delfstrahuizen was established after considerable unrest in the area due to poverty and unemployment. Construction began in the spring of 1900, and the first milk was …

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30.0 km

Image of the 'suskes' at the shell path

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Here, along the shore of Lake Tjeukemeer, stands the statue of the Suskes sisters. Where the lake now lies, the sisters had a farm. One hot summer evening, it caught …

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38.8 km

Lemmer town center and canals

Highlight • Settlement

A nice place with lots of shopping opportunities and many canals. The drawbridge is constantly in motion.

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38.8 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.0 km

11.4 km

4.73 km

684 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.9 km

9.82 km

4.70 km

1.36 km

118 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 1 November

13°C

8°C

33 %

Additional weather tips

There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

May 1, 2024,Fahrradtour von Joure nach Lemmer und zurück

What else do you need in Friesland besides a bike? A boat!! It's crazy how much water there is here, you're constantly driving over small or large bridges or taking a small ferry that takes you to the other bank - just beautiful. And we're just lucky with the weather.

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May 28, 2026,Rund ums Tsukemar, die Milchroute 🚲☀️🐄

By the water, it's a challenge NOT to inhale mosquitoes 🦟 😁🤐

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June 15, 2024,Tag 2. Lemmer Rundfahrt

Today a good tour, with strong wind. Well, with a "tailwind bike" no problem

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September 13, 2024,🇳🇱 Lemmer: Joure und Tsjûkemar 🚴☀️🥰

Today is great cycling weather again. The route to Joure mostly took us along small roads past many large farms.

Joure itself is very inviting and here we found the only church that was open and of course took a look inside.

We could have avoided the small electric ferry. But it was funny with the little thing.

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August 13, 2025

Get on your bike and discover the "milk-rich" heart of Friesland. This route takes you past green meadows with grazing cows, charming farms, and villages where the history of the dairy factories is still visible. In Scharsterbrug, for example, you'll pass a still-working dairy factory, while in Delfstrahuizen

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