Fietsroute industrieel ENG.indd

INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE AND
THE DUTCH SPIRIT OF COMMERCE
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• 60 km
ca 6 hours
INTRODUCTION
Water is incontrovertibly linked to life in the Netherlands. On the one
hand because we have to continally protect ourselves from it due to
the fact that over half of the Netherlands lies below sea level. On the
other hand, in economic terms the water has been of considerable
benefit to us over the centuries. It made us tremendous
shipbuilders and we found ways of using the water to drive
machines, mills and pumping stations. Unsurprisingly, much
of our industrial heritage is to be found on river banks,
often fully restored, sometimes in the form of a museum,
sometimes as a place of residence or a workshop. Industrial
heritage is, in fact, everything produced for the purposes of
day-to-day work by the industrial revolution, i.e. bridges, sluices/locks and machines as well as factory buildings. And so
on this cycle route you will encounter all these things. It will
take you to the cultural city centre of Haarlem, as well as to
the open and bustling coastal area of IJmuiden. Get cycling!
CYCLE JUNCTIONS:
FOLLOW THE NUMBERS...
The route description features
several numbers in green circles.
These are the so-called ‘cycle
junctions’. Cycle from junction to
junction following the numbered
signs along the roadside in the
direction of the arrow. At each
junction you will find an
information sign with a map.
BIKE RENTAL
Rent a Bike Haarlem
Lange Herenstraat 36
2011 LJ Haarlem
T 0900 500 50 06
www.rentabikehaarlem.nl
Step & Ko
Vinkenbaan 10
2082 EP Santpoort-Zuid
T 06 25 29 21 25
TOURIST INFORMATION
VVV/City Marketing Haarlem
Verwulft 11, Haarlem
T 0900 616 16 00
www.haarlem.nl
VVV Agency IJmuiden
Central Library, Dudokplein 16,
IJmuiden
T +31 (0)20 201 88 00
www.ijmuidenaanzee.nl
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ROUTE & ATTRACTIONS
3 NZH Vervoer Museum
Originally this was the museum of the
Noord-Zuid Hollandse Vervoer Maatschappij
(North-South Dutch Transport Company), the
precursor to the Nederlandse Spoorwegen
(Dutch Railways). Here you can see old trams
and buses, such as the restored Blauwe Tram
(blue tram) from 1923 and the American GMC
Eaglebus from 1966, which NZH used to carry
tourists around Europe.
STARTING POINT OF THE ROUTE:
Haarlem CS
1
Centraal Station Haarlem
This station from 1908 is the only
Dutch station in the style of Art
Nouveau. The station, which
is over a century old, is
characterized by its many
tile pictures and its various
entrance and exit buildings.
It is a popular location for
film recordings, e.g. for
the box office hit Ocean’s
Twelve and Paul Verhoeven’s
Zwartboek (Black Book).
Go back over the Schouwtjesbrug to cycle junction 84 .
Follow the cycle junction
signs: 86
90
in the direction of 78 .
Just before the bridge over
the river, cross Oudeweg
onto Kick Smitweg. Turn
into the 5th street on the
left, Rie Mastenbroekstraat.
This street ends up at Max
Euweplein (square).
This is where the former
Droste factory is.
On the side of the station where the
bus stops are, on the right-hand side, follow
Kruisweg to cycle junction 22 on Nieuwe
Gracht. Then follow the cycle junction signs
90
90
85
74
53 .
2
Cruquius pumping station
Did you know that Schiphol is situated on
reclaimed land? It’s a polder built on the
bottom of a reclaimed lake. Cruquius pumping station from 1849 is one of the three
steam-powered pumping stations that were
used to dry out the area around Schiphol. A
world-class, industrial listed building in the
Gothic Revival style, the museum houses an original 19th-century steam
machine, the largest in the world.
The water model shows how
the Netherlands would look
like without dykes and what a
storm surge would cause.
4 Droste Haarlem
Say the name Droste and every Dutch
person will lick their lips as they tell you
about the wonderful chocolate they make.
The Droste factory on the River Spaarne
still bears the image of the world-famous
nurse who also features on the
Droste cocoa tins. The
chocolate fragrance has
since disappeared
from Haarlem, but
luckily the factory is
still there.
Follow the cycle junction signs:
52
80
81
84 in the
direction of 35 . As soon as you cross
Leidsevaart using the Schouwtjesbrug
(bridge), turn left onto ‘Leidsevaart’. At
number 396 is the NZH Vervoer Museum
(transport museum).
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Go back
into Rie Mastenbroekstraat.
Take the first left.
You are now at
Lichtfabriek Haarlem (Haarlem Light
Factory).
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5
Haarlem Light Factory
This was once truly a factory for light, or
a place where gas and electricity were
produced for the city of Haarlem. In the 1990s, creative
companies established
themselves on this site.
Nowadays it’s a trendy
location where you
can dine in the former
meter house and
dance in the central
hall.
Go back to Oudeweg and turn right over the
bridge across the River Spaarne.
Follow the cycle junction signs:
23
9
34
7
5
6
92
96
in direction of 2 . Whilst cycling to 2 you will
cross IJmuiden’s Sluizencomplex (sluice complex).
6 Sluizencomplex IJmuiden
IJmuiden is the only gateway to Amsterdam’s harbour for large sea-going vessels
and cruise boats. Four locks operate here
round the clock. The Zuidersluis from 1876
is the oldest of the complex and is in fact
only suitable for smaller boats. There is
an information centre at the Noordersluis,
where you can get an explanation of
how the sluice gates and locks work. Had
enough of cycling? The Fast Flying Ferry
will take you to Centraal Station in
Amsterdam in thirty minutes.
1 SPAARNE 66
Spaarne 66
2011 CK Haarlem
T +31 (0)23 551 38 00
I www.spaarne66.nl
2 THEEHUIS CRUQUIUS
Cruquiusdijk 32
2142 ER Cruquius (NH)
T +31 (0)23 528 69 46
I www.theehuiscruquius.nl
Follow the cycle junction
signs to:
2
3
4
5
7
34
9 and 23 .
Follow the River Spaarne over
Hooimarkt, Koudenhoorn
and Donkere Spaarne. On the
right-hand side at Spaarne 16 is
Teylers Museum.
7 Teylers Museum
The rich banker Pieter Teyler
left all his money to the promotion
of art and science. He thought that
there should be a place where people could
discover the world for themselves. And so it
came to be that the Teylers Museum opened
in 1748, the Netherlands’ first museum. In addition to the fossils, which are millions of years
old, scientific instruments and coins, prints
and paintings, the museum’s interior is also
worth the effort.
Cycle on up the River Spaarne to the
Melkbrug (bridge). Turn right here. Follow the
cycle junction signs to 22 . From here follow
Kruisweg straight on to the station.
This is the end of the cycle route.
FACT!
The Amsterdam - Haarlem line was opened
on 20 September 1839 and was the first Dutch
railway line.
3 BRASSERIE EN LOUNGEBAR DENK
Estate Duin & Kruidberg
Duin- en Kruidbergerweg 60
2071 LE Santpoort-Noord
T +31 (0)23 512 18 00
I www.duin-kruidberg.nl
4 RESTAURANT IJMOND
Seinpostweg 40
1976 BT IJmuiden
T +31 (0)255 51 35 36
I www.ijmond-restaurant.nl
This route is part of the project ‘Visit Amsterdam, See Holland’ and is financed by: City Region of Amsterdam, Dutch Ministry of
Economic Affairs, Noord-Holland, Flevoland, Aalsmeer, Almere, Amstelveen, Amsterdam, Haarlem, Haarlemmermeer, Lelystad,
Ouder-Amstel, Velsen, Zaanstad, Zandvoort, Councils of the ISW (Intermunicipal Cooperative Body).
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MSRP
€ 1,75
www.iamsterdam.com/metropolitanarea