Highlights of Baarn
This cycle route through the countryside around Baarn runs past Soestdijk Palace, De Hooge Vuursche Castle and Groeneveld Castle. Come experience the same tranquillity and hospitality that drew wealthy merchants here in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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Sights on this route
Groeneveld 2
3744 ML Baarn
TOP Groeneveld Castle
Groeneveld Castle is an 18th-century country estate, one of the finest of that era. Regents and merchants had been coming to country estates since the 17th century to get away from the city for a taste...
Hoeve Ravenstein
Hoeve Ravenstein is located on the Groeneveld country estate, in the middle of the Baarn wooded areas.
The Waterloo Needle
If you stand with your back to Soestdijk Palace, the Waterloo Needle is in a beautiful, straight line of sight. This is a commemorative pillar from 1815 for a brave crown prince.
Soestdijk Palace
A visit to Soestdijk Palace is a unique experience. Visitors are mainly shown the most formal and oldest part of the palace, i.e., the period rooms where guests used to be formally received.
De Hooge Vuursche Castle
The castle was built on the orders of merchant navy officer Johannes Adrianus van den Bosch and his wife Baroness van Hardenbroek. The architect of the building was none other than master builder Eduard Cuypers.
The Vuursche
Every part of the Vuursche has its own distinct character. In one part, you walk through thick and dark forest. A few metres further, the trees thin so that the sun can reach the forest floor.
TOP Groeneveld Castle
Groeneveld Castle is an 18th-century country estate, one of the finest of that era. Regents and merchants had been coming to country estates since the 17th century to get away from the city for a taste...
Groeneveld 2
3744 ML Baarn
Directions
Groeneveld 2
3744 ML Baarn
This route follows the cycle network junctions, identified by the white-and-green signs with two-digit numbers. Follow the numbers: 16 - 21 - 20 - 19 - 17 - 15 - 64 - 65 - 62 - 97 - 98 - 90 - 63 - 22 - 16.
Groeneveld 2
3744 ML Baarn
- 16
- 21
- 20
- 19
- 17
- 64
- 65
- 62
- 97
- 98
- 90
- 63
- 22
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