Starting point Zwaanshoek

Bennebroekerbuurt Route (red) Unpaved path (partly) Off-leash dogs allowed on part of this route: 3.92km
Zwanen Route (green) Unpaved path (partly) Off-leash dogs allowed on part of this route: 4.54km
Pioneer Route (yellow) Unpaved path (partly) Off-leash dogs allowed on part of this route: 9.38km

kaart startpunt Zwaanshoek (1734 kb)

Three newer green areas, some of which are still under development, come together here: Boseilanden, Park Zwaanshoek and PARK21.

The Bennebroekerbuurt Route (red) from starting point Zwaanshoek travels through the old countryside along the Ringvaart of the Haarlemmermeer Polder. The land opposite the bridge to Bennebroek was called Bennebroekerbuurt until the middle of the last century. Rightly so, because the grounds in question were shorelands of Bennebroek until the digging of the ring canal.
The Zwanen Route (green) leads along the new housing development that arose from the 1970s between Bennebroekerbuurt and Hoofddorp and which deserved a new name. So it became Zwaanshoek, named after the swans that would have stayed here in large numbers. The reclamation put an end to that but new lakes have been created for them in Park Zwaanshoek and near the Forest Islands.
The Pioneer Route (yellow) between Zwaanshoek and Hoofddorp leads through the new parks and neighbourhoods of the Floriande district and the brushland in PARK21. This park will extend to Nieuw-Vennep, pioneer country. Floriande has a rich variety of architecture. Among other things, you will pass the Cycladenarchipel. On Goeree-Overflakkee, you will see a colourful collection of dream homes next to each other, from a thatched farmhouse and Italian palazzo to an uber-modern villa. The residents can meet 'on the gangway' between Statendam and Brouwersdam.