Drenthe Periphery Route 8 starts and ends at Café De Driesprong in Gieterveen. The route has a length of 64 km and passes through De Groeve, Zuidlaren, De Punt, Vries, Tynaarlo, Zeegse, Gasteren, Anderen, Eext and Gieten—and back again to Gieterveen.
Nationaal Beek- and Esdorpenlandschap (“National Stream and Esdorpen Landscape”) Drentsche Aa
This route runs through a large part of t…
Drenthe Periphery Route 8 starts and ends at Café De Driesprong in Gieterveen. The route has a length of 64 km and passes through De Groeve, Zuidlaren, De Punt, Vries, Tynaarlo, Zeegse, Gasteren, Anderen, Eext and Gieten—and back again to Gieterveen.
Nationaal Beek- and Esdorpenlandschap (“National Stream and Esdorpen Landscape”) Drentsche Aa
This route runs through a large part of the catchment area of the stream Drentsche Aa. This stream runs through the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe, and is considered to be the only stream in the Netherlands that has maintained its original curves and loops. Nationaal Beek- and Esdorpenlandschap (“National Stream and Esdorpen Landscape”) Drentsche Aa is a beautiful national park featuring bodies of water, hedgerows, heathlands, sandy soil and brinkdorpen (a type of village, built in medieval times—often atop a sandy ridge to remain dry). Cycling here, you cycle through exquisite landscape and age-old villages and over beautiful bridges!
Make sure to dismount at one of the brinkdorpen of Zuidlaren or Gieten. Here, you can sense the age-old history of the villages, browse their quaint shops or catch your breath on one of their terraces.
Starting points with parking options
There are multiple starting points for the route where you can park your car. This allows you to start the route from wherever you like.
Gieterveen: Café De Driesprong
Spijkerboor: Café Het Keerpunt
Zuidlaren: De Brink
De Punt: Norgerweg
Tynaarloo: Carpool location
Zeegse: In the centre
Gasteren: Oude Molenseweg
Eext: Sport park
Gieten: Stationsstraat
Part of Drenthe Periphery 255 km
This route is part of the route Drenthe Periphery 255 km, that runs along the border of the province of Drenthe. Within this long route, you can also pick and choose from among ten shorter routes—varying from 55 to 67 kilometres—or two routes of 135 and 170 kilometres.
While most mills in Drenthe are grain mills, De Groeve is home to a polder mill (a type of mill used to drain a polder, which is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by dykes). The mill De Boezemvriend is near to the water of the lake Zuidlaardermeer.
Along the road Zeegse-Tynaarlo, where you can hear the trains rushing by, there you can find the little dolmen. The dolmen D6 is considered to be one of the prettiest dolmens in Drenthe.
Legend route description:
CR = crossroad
TL = turn left
KL = keep left
to. = towards
TJ = T junction
TR = turn right
KR = keep right
le. = left
ROU = roundabout
SA = straight ahead
CSA = continue straight ahead
ri. = right
TrL = traffic light
