25 Zeebodemroute
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Last edit: 06-05-2025
Route Summary This is the 25th in a series of 43 Endangered ANWB routes. These were published in the Promotors between April 2015 and September 2016.
Starting point: TotalEnergies Batavia, Lelystad
End point: McDonald's Lelystad (Larserplein)
I awarded this route with 3 ★★★ stars because the roads are good, the scenery very good and the attractions excellent. You drive on what was once the seabed, with lookout towers, museums, former islands and old fishing villages along the way. A ride full of contrast between modern polders and centuries-old history.
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Duration
4h 27m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
184.14 km
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RouteXpert Review You start at the modern TotalEnergies Batavia petrol station, near the outlet centre in Lelystad. A handy place to check your tyre pressure or get a coffee to go. From here you head east and see how spacious and tight the landscape of Flevoland is laid out – a rational layout that offers a surprising amount of peace on a motorbike. The first kilometres take you via Swifterbant towards the Noordoostpolder. At the Tour Info Point Ketelmeer you can see how this region is connected to the water: wide views, water sports enthusiasts and the impressive Ketelbrug. Then you drive via quiet dikes towards the impressive Museum Schokland, which is located on a former island – now surrounded by farmland. Here you will learn how people adapted to the water for thousands of years. It is not without reason that the place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A little further on you will reach the Tour Photo Point: Viewing Tower NOP, a special monument from the fifties that gives you a panoramic view of the entire polder. You are standing where waves once crashed – an impressive place to stand still for a moment. After this highlight you continue your way through the green heart of the polder, with long straight roads and wide views. In Emmeloord the Poldertoren looms up, a beacon in the landscape and symbol of the poldering. You drive past it and notice how the traffic gradually becomes livelier again.
Time for a break. In Tollebeek you have a choice of several eateries: from De Goede Aanloop to snack location AnyTyme De Jachthut. Both are great for a short or extensive stop, depending on your appetite. Then you continue your journey towards the most famous former island of them all: Urk. At the Tour Info Punt Urk you will discover how different it feels: winding streets, fishermen's houses and the smell of fresh fish. Feel free to stroll around, or enjoy a fish in the harbour. Urk feels like an island, even though it is now located inland.
You return via back roads towards Lelystad. On the way you pass the Tour Info Point Ketelbrug and later the bird-rich Drontermeer, where beaches and marinas determine the view. The route ends at the McDonald's at the Larserplein, where you can enjoy a coffee or a quick bite. Also handy as a meeting place or end point with facilities.
The Zeebodemroute is a ride of contrasts: straight polder roads versus winding village centres, modern dikes next to ancient islands. You ride along water, over new land and through villages with centuries of history. The route is clear, pleasant to ride and full of interesting stops. Ideal for a motorcycle day in which you discover the Netherlands below sea level - at its most beautiful.
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Flevoland (Dutch: [ˈfleːvoːlɑnt] (listen)) is the 12th and youngest province of the Netherlands, established in 1986, when the Southern and Eastern Flevopolders, together with the Noordoostpolder were merged into one provincial entity. It is in the centre of the country in the former Zuiderzee, which was turned into the freshwater IJsselmeer by the closure of the Afsluitdijk in 1932. Almost all of the land belonging to Flevoland was reclaimed in the 1950s and 1960s while splitting the Markermeer and Bordering lakes from the IJsselmeer. As to dry land, it is the smallest province of the Netherlands at 1,412 km2 (545 sq mi), but not gross land as that includes much of the waters of the fresh water lakes (meres) mentioned. The province has a population of 423,021 as of January 2020 and consists of six municipalities. Its capital is Lelystad and its most populous city is Almere.
Flevoland is bordered in the extreme north by Friesland, in the northeast by Overijssel, and in the northwest by the lakes Markermeer and IJsselmeer. In the southeast, the province borders on Gelderland, and in the southwest on Utrecht and North Holland.
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Flevoland is bordered in the extreme north by Friesland, in the northeast by Overijssel, and in the northwest by the lakes Markermeer and IJsselmeer. In the southeast, the province borders on Gelderland, and in the southwest on Utrecht and North Holland.
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