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R03 Medemblik Harmelen
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RouteXpert Hans van de Ven (Mr.MRA)
Last edit: 22-04-2021
Route Summary
This tour through the Netherlands consists of 5 beautiful routes that take you to many beautiful places. The start of this tour does not have to be this route for you, but can be one of the other 4 routes from where you start this tour, you also determine the end point yourself. Each route provides a guide where you can stay overnight, but there are also a number of campsites, B & Bs and other hotels included as POI in the routes.

This 3rd route starts in the North Holland Medemblik and ends in Utrecht Harmelen and gives you an impression of how beautiful the Netherlands is, therefore 5 stars.

Starting point; Medemblik, Hotel Medemblik
End point; Harmelen, The Weapon of Harmelen

The routes differ slightly from the routes that we drove with MTC-Zeilberg.

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Duration
8h 19m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
332.89 km
Countries
Dijk Enkhuizen-Lelystad
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From Medemblik you leave in a southerly direction and soon you will pass the Dutch Steam Engine Museum, if you want to discover what water and fire can bring about, you have to go inside. The route continues towards the Markemeer, the Markermeer is located between Noord-Holland and Flevoland. On the northeastern side it borders the IJsselmeer, of which it actually forms the southwestern compartment, separated from it by a dike. And it is precisely this dike that you are on your way, the dike Enkhuizen - Lelystad, where you should definitely stop at Road House Checkpoint Charlie in the middle of the lake, this is a nice place to take some pictures and enjoy the view over the water. You can also eat and drink here. Once in Lelystad, you drive over the dike to Almere along the Oostvaardersplassen, which form a nature reserve of about 5600 ha between Almere and Lelystad. The area was created after the reclamation of the Flevo polders and is therefore relatively young.

After the province of Flevoland, the province of Gelderland presents itself, namely in Elburg. On to the Veluwe.
The Veluwe is a predominantly wooded region and a former quarter of the Duchy of Gelre. The Veluwe measures approximately 1,000 km². Unlike the old quarter, the Veluwe has no clearly defined fixed boundaries. On the Veluwe, a lunch stop is planned in Nunspeet and a stop at Radio Kootwijk. Discover the largest active sand drift in Western Europe here and immerse yourself in the history of the monumental radio station Radio Kootwijk.

Then you go via Barneveld and Scherpenzeel towards the province of Utrecht. After Woudenberg you go up the Utrechtse Heuvelrug and you pass the Pyramid of Austerlitz, this is a 17 meter high pyramid-shaped structure of earth in the Utrecht municipality of Woudenberg. The pyramid was built in 1804 by Napoleonic soldiers on the Botterstop, one of the highest points of the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. You continue via Den Dolder, Hilversum and Breukelen to Harmelen, where the end point of this 3rd route is.

Book a room in Het Wapen van Harmelen or at one of the campsites or B & Bs in the immediate vicinity.
Pyramide van Austerlitz
De Veluwe
Links
Medemblik, Hotel Medemblik
Harmelen, Het Wapen van Harmelen
Road House Checkpoint Charlie
Radio Kootwijk
Pyramide van Austerlitz
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Utrecht ( YOO-trekt, Dutch: [ˈytrɛxt] (listen)) is the fourth-largest city and a municipality of the Netherlands, capital and most populous city of the province of Utrecht. It is located in the eastern corner of the Randstad conurbation, in the very centre of mainland Netherlands; it had a population of 359,355 as of 2021.Utrecht's ancient city centre features many buildings and structures, several dating as far back as the High Middle Ages. It has been the religious centre of the Netherlands since the 8th century. It was the most important city in the Netherlands until the Dutch Golden Age, when it was surpassed by Amsterdam as the country's cultural centre and most populous city.
Utrecht is host to Utrecht University, the largest university in the Netherlands, as well as several other institutions of higher education. Due to its central position within the country, it is an important transport hub for both rail and road transport; it contains the busiest train station in the Netherlands, Utrecht Centraal. It has the second-highest number of cultural events in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam. In 2012, Lonely Planet included Utrecht in the top 10 of the world's unsung places.
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