Bourtange Fortress Windmill – Ter Apel Monastery loop from Bourtange

Bourtange Fortress Windmill – Ter Apel Monastery loop from Bourtange

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Bourtange Fortress Windmill – Ter Apel Monastery loop from Bourtange

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43.7km

50m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Great for any fitness level. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Tips

Includes movable bridges

Check opening times.

After 4.47 km for 14 m

After 34.6 km for 10 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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487 m

Bourtange Fortress Windmill

Highlight • Monument

The fortress with all its sights is always worth a visit.

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543 m

Red Bridges of Bourtange Fortress

Highlight • Bridge

Bourtange Fortress is located near the German border in beautiful Westerwolde. It is an incomparable historical defensive structure.

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6.42 km

Workfare 1924-1939, a sculpture by Eddy Roos. This sculpture gives form to the despair of that time and the hope for a new tomorrow.

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful bronze figures very close to a rest area

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18.4 km

Ter Haar post mill

Highlight • Monument

Many information about the mill received.
Nice people
Please sign in the guestbook as evidence for the authorities.
So that it is preserved.

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21.3 km

Ter Apel Monastery

Highlight • Religious Site

On a wooded sand ridge, along the centuries-old trade route from the German Minster in Westphalia to the city of Groningen, Ter Apel Monastery dates from 1465 in the far …

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21.5 km

Hotel Boschhuis

Highlight • Restaurant

Hotel Boschhuis is hidden among greenery at the end of a centuries-old beech avenue in Ter Apel. It belonged to the Monastery opposite the hotel and served as a 'baking …

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34.7 km