Discover an ancient landscape
The western part of Eems Delta is a landscape with a rich past and present. Many stories tell its recent and old memories and legends. Go on a bike, see and taste the vast landscape, subdued villages and read the stories.
Lopster aalbeerns
In the last century, after a month of hard work in August, peace descended again on Loppersum and its surroundings. The berry harvest was over again and people could take stock of their earnings.
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Riepster Light
Rising above the surrounding countryside, the churches are impossible to miss. The Eemsdelta is home to a considerable number of late medieval ‘wierde’ churches. They are magical places, spots for reflection. Oases of tranquillity. The best thing is that you can usually just walk straight in. During this cycle route, you’ll come across numerous beautiful churches. Often the door is already open, or you can borrow the key from the neighbours.
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Born on the Fivel
The railway line runs through the Eemsdelta like a main artery. This means you can almost always cycle with the wind at your back as you explore the Eemsdelta. And if you’re facing a headwind, just stap on the train. If you’re travelling from Groningen to Delfzijl (or vice versa), you can even take your bike on the train.
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Huizinge
A church in Huizinge is mentioned as early as the ninth century. The current church was built around 1250, its predecessors will have been wooden structures, as nothing has been found of older building materials such as tuff.
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For almost 1,000 years
The name Ewsum is first mentioned with certainty in a charter from 1371. But an older charter from 1353 tells of a squire Ewe whose castle "in den Oert" had been "overthrown" by Groningers, on which Ewe built a new castle just west....
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The camp fighters
During a restoration of the church of Westerwijtwerd in 1897, a large piece of plasterwork fell down. Behind it emerged a drawing of two men with swords. It is a wondrous drawing, primitive but full of life.
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Peace Treaty of Münster
Adriaan Clant (1599-1665) co-signed the Peace Treaty of Münster in 1648, he is at the front of the famous painting on the Peace of Münster by Gerard ter Borg, and his portrait hangs in the Peace Hall of the Münster Town Hall.
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