An hour after departure from Raalte, you can stop in Echten for coffee, after the Hoogeveensche canal you have 2 options directly on the route. After coffee you go through Boswachterij Ruinen, this forestry is approximately 1,200 ha in size and was created around 1940 as a production forest for wood for the Limburg mining industry. You meander further through the beautiful Drenthe landscape and at Spier you turn into the Dwingelderveld National Park, this is a national park in the Dutch province of Drenthe, roughly located in the triangle Dwingeloo, Ruinen and Beilen. It is approximately 37 km² in size.
When you say Drenthe, you also say the TT van Assen, the TT circuit is the next stop to take a picture.
Continue through the province of Groningen, where you can stop for lunch at the Reitdiep in Zoutkamp. There are various options on the water.

After lunch you will head towards the Lauwersmeer National Park, which was declared a National Park on November 12, 2003. It is approximately 60 km² in size. After the closure of the Lauwersmeer in 1969, the high-lying seabeds became dry. Via Lauwersoog, almost the top of the Netherlands, you turn around the Lauwersmeer and enter the province of Friesland. And who says Friesland, says The Frisian Elfstedentocht, the tour of tours. Also of this tour is a photo moment in the route, namely the "Tile Bridge" in Gytsjerk.
The Elfsteden monument It Sil Heve was designed and realized by the visual artists Maree Blok and Bas Lugthart on the Kanterlandse bridge over the Murk. This is the last bridge on the Eleven Cities route where the skaters drive underneath for the last kilometers to the finish on the Bonke in Leeuwarden. It Sil Heve were the words with which in 1985 the first Elfstedentocht after 22 years was announced.
The bridge will be completely covered with thousands of handmade tiles, on which the portraits of skaters who once completed the Elfstedentocht have been printed in blue glaze. Over the past century, 16 tours have been completed, with thousands of riders crossing the finish line. In this way, they can have themselves immortalized on the Eleven Cities Monument with a (skating) photo, name and year (s) of the tour (s) they have completed.
Then you go via Leeuwarden to Zurich, just before the Afsluitdijk you can stop for a cup of coffee and to refuel. On the Afsluitdijk, 2 stops to take some pictures and enjoy the view over the Wadden Sea and the IJsselmeer.

Once on the other side of the Afsluitdijk you keep driving along the IJsselmeer to Medemblik, where the end point of this 2nd route is.

Book a room at Hotel Medemblik or at one of the campsites or B & Bs in the immediate vicinity.