Western Waert Route (orange)

The Western Waert Route (orange) follows the western edge of the reclaimed land. You walk beside the Alkmaar (Omval)–Kolhorn Canal and the new marina for visiting boats. The sustainable Stad van de Zon district, with its many solar panels, contrasts sharply with the seventeenth-century polder and Heerhugowaard’s oldest streets, Middenweg and Stationsweg. Several listed farms and houses on these streets still remain. An attractive circular walk offering impressions of both present and past.