Long Run Waterleiding Duinen

🌿🏃‍♂️ Scenic Long Run – Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen 🏃‍♀️🌿
Looking to turn your long run into a mini adventure? Join us for a stunning run through the Amsterdamse Waterleidingduinen—one of the most unique places to run in the Netherlands and the natural filtration system for Amsterdam’s drinking water 💧
Expect rolling dunes, winding canals, clear streams, and wide gravel paths. This protected Natura 2000 area is bursting with life 🌱. You’ll likely run alongside herds of fallow deer (around 2,000 call this place home 🦌), and may also spot foxes, rabbits, roe deer, kingfishers, and great egrets. Add in dune grasslands, wild scrub, and hidden WWII bunkers, and you’ve got a truly special backdrop for a long run.

**Pace: ~**7min/km

Route:
Two laps of ~25 km, finishing at the Pannenland restaurant ☕🥧https://www.strava.com/routes/3453374962411513500
- 08:30: (4.4km Optional warm up) Hilegom Station > Boshut 't Panneland
- 09:00: 1st Loop 25km, start at Boshut 't Panneland
- ~11:45: 2nd Loop 25km, start at Boshut 't Panneland
- 14:30: Pancakes at Boshut 't Panneland

Please note: this is off road and unmarked, trail shoes are recommended. You might find yourself going through small bushes.

Please get your purchase your Waterliedingdunin entrance ticket (1.50 euro) here https://awd.waternet.nl/shop

Come for the kilometers, stay for the scenery—and don’t forget to enjoy the deer watching along the way 🦌✨