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The starting points are easily accessible by car and usually also by public transport. Parking is available and you will usually find good catering facilities nearby. At each starting point you will find an information board showing the nicest walking routes in the immediate vicinity. You can choose from an array of circular walks, with distances ranging from 2 to 12 km, all signposted in two directions with coloured arrows.

Prefer a longer walk?
Then a themed route is ideal.

Characteristics
Unpaved path (partly)
No dogs allowed
Closed during bird breeding season
Off-leash dogs allowed on part of this route
Oneway route
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Middelpolder Starting Point (tourist transfer point) foto
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Middelpolder Starting Point (tourist transfer point)

The Middelpolder is an area teeming with birds. There are many meadow birds such as lapwings, godwits, curlews, egrets and redshanks. In spring and summer you will nearly always see spoonbills and in

Nes aan de Amstel Starting Point (tourist transfer point) foto
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Nes aan de Amstel Starting Point (tourist transfer point)

Nes aan de Amstel is wedged between the Amstel river and the ring dike of the Bovenkerkerpolder. The polder is about five metres below sea level. The land drops down a few metres from the dike. In

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel Starting Point foto
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Ouderkerk aan de Amstel Starting Point

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel is located in the Amstelscheg, an open and green area between the built-up area of Amsterdam, and is perfect for walking and cycling. The land at the confluence of the Amstel

Overamstel Starting Point foto
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Overamstel Starting Point

The former Groot and Klein Duivendrechtsepolder is located in the Amstelscheg, an open area surrounded by buildings and roads, which has been deliberately kept open to provide residents with a green

Radarterrein (car park) Starting Point foto
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Radarterrein (car park) Starting Point

In the southern part of the Amsterdamse Bos park, nature is allowed more freedom to grow and there is a deliberate choice for less land management. This creates an even richer biodiversity.

Science Park Station Starting Point foto
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Science Park Station Starting Point

Since the beginning of this century, Amsterdam Science Park has been developed to provide the University of Amsterdam with the kind of space that is difficult to come by in the city centre. The site

Starting point 't Paradijs Hoofddorp foto
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Starting point 't Paradijs Hoofddorp

Shopping centre ’t Paradijs is located in the heart of the Overbos district, built in the 1980s, with its many courtyards. It is perhaps the most densely populated and built-up district of

Starting Point Aalsmeer Kolenhaven foto
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Starting Point Aalsmeer Kolenhaven

Between 1915 and 1950, Aalsmeer was a junction on the Haarlemmermeer railway lines. From the terminus on the Stommeerweg you could take the train to Amsterdam, Haarlem and Alphen. The steam trains

Starting point Abbenes foto
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Starting point Abbenes

Prior to the land reclamation of the Haarlemmermeer, Abbenes (wet headland of the abbot of Noordwijkerhout) was a sickle-shaped island. The contours are still recognizable. The Hoofdvaart canal cuts

Starting Point Amstelveen Brink foto
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Starting Point Amstelveen Brink

The Middenhoven and Waardhuizen districts are located in the heart of the Bovenkerkerpolder at about 5 metres below sea level (Amsterdam Ordnance Datum or NAP). This difference in height is