Cycle along and ferry across the 'IJsselmeer' | Cycle route
Take a tour along the IJsselmeer with this unique cycle route. You'll explore three provinces and cross the IJsselmeer with three ferry services.
Please note: this route includes crossings of the IJsselmeer by ferry. Check the crossing season and timetable before departure. The total length is 154 km, but this includes the ferries. You will cycle approximately 88 km.
Cycle from Stavoren (Friesland), via Gaasterland and the polder (Flevoland) to Urk. Here, board the ferry to Enkhuizen (Noord-Holland) and explore the latter province with a bike ride to Medemblik. In Medemblik, board the museum ferry that will take you back to Enkhuizen. From here, you can take the ferry back to Stavoren. It is allowe to take your bicycle onboard each ferry.
Multi-day route
This is a multi-day route. A great weekend getaway! Check out the accommodation options in Friesland here. O…
Take a tour along the IJsselmeer with this unique cycle route. You'll explore three provinces and cross the IJsselmeer with three ferry services.
Please note: this route includes crossings of the IJsselmeer by ferry. Check the crossing season and timetable before departure. The total length is 154 km, but this includes the ferries. You will cycle approximately 88 km.
Cycle from Stavoren (Friesland), via Gaasterland and the polder (Flevoland) to Urk. Here, board the ferry to Enkhuizen (Noord-Holland) and explore the latter province with a bike ride to Medemblik. In Medemblik, board the museum ferry that will take you back to Enkhuizen. From here, you can take the ferry back to Stavoren. It is allowe to take your bicycle onboard each ferry.
Multi-day route
This is a multi-day route. A great weekend getaway! Check out the accommodation options in Friesland here. Of course, you can also cycle the route the other way around, or start from Noord-Holland or Flevoland.
Ferry services
During this tour you make crossings with three ferry services: from Urk to Enkhuizen with passenger ship 'De Zuiderzee'. From Medemblik to Enkhuizen with ferry / Museum ship 'The Friesland'. And from Enkhuizen to Stavoren with the ferry 'Bep Glasius'. Check the timetable in advance. Tickets can be purchased online via their own website. Tickets for the Enkhuizen-Stavoren ferry service can also be purchased from the Visitor Centre / VVV Stavoren.
Deviation from junction network
At Enkhuizen, you deviate slightly from the junction network. At junction 30 you follow the road towards junction 14, but at the Groene Wierdijk you go straight ahead through the Wilhelminaplantsoen, instead of turning right to Kooizandweg. Follow the Groene Wierdijk all the way to the Prins Bernhardlaan. Turn right and then immediately right again onto Noorderweg. From here, follow the junction network to point 26.
Combi ticket
In Enkhuizen, you can visit the Zuiderzee Museum. A combi ticket for the ferry service Enkhuizen-Stavoren + Zuiderzee Museum is only available at the Visitor Centre / VVV Stavoren.
Locations on this route
Visitor Centre and Tourist Office Stavoren
Welcome to the interactive visitor centre of Stavoren. Come and see it — and above all, experience it.
Stavoren (Starum)
Stavoren (or Starum as we say in Friesland) is very much the main city of the IJsselmeer, being enclosed by the lake on three sides. It is also the oldest city of Friesland, founded around 300 BC at a waterway, and gaining city rights in the 11th century.
The harbour of Stavoren
Experience the atmosphere of trade, fishing and recreational sailing. Stavoren is uniquely situated, as it is surrounded by the IJsselmeer lake on three sides.
The Lady of Stavoren
From the 15th century on, the flourishing Hanseatic city of Stavoren began to fall upon bad times. It is this period in history that is related in the saga of the Lady of Stavoren. In the saga, all aspects of Stavoren as a trading city are covered.
Harbor of Laaksum
The harbor of Laaksum is an idyllic spot in Southwest Friesland. We often refer to it as the smallest fishing harbor in Europe.
Mirnserklif
If you set off from the Rijsterbos forest and walk in the direction of Lake IJsselmeer you will come to the cliff at Mirns. It is a place that attracts kite surfers, kite flyers and beach lovers. The cliff was formed during the last ice age but one.
Woudagemaal: largest steam pumping station in the world
Visit the largest steam pumping station in the world!
Tourist Information Lemmer
Tourist Information Lemmer welcomes you. With us, you will find tourist information about the region, such as places of interest, events, accommodations, cruises and more.
Visitor Centre and Tourist Office Stavoren
Welcome to the interactive visitor centre of Stavoren. Come and see it — and above all, experience it.
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