Badhoevedorp: Routes, Polder Landscape and History

If you’re looking for a hotel in Badhoevedorp, the village’s landscape, routes and history can help you get your bearings. Key features include Het Lint, on the site of the former A9, the Park De Veldpost recreation area and traces of the village’s agricultural history. This gives you a concrete choice when planning your trip: would you like to connect Badhoevedorp mainly with a walking and cycling route, the polder landscape or historic buildings?

Experience Het Lint and the Landscape

Het Lint is a walking and cycling route on the site of the former A9 in Badhoevedorp. It runs for about four kilometres from west to east through the entire village. This east-west alignment makes Het Lint a distinct way to navigate the area, while also reflecting the site’s former use. The route is being developed in phases. Bear this in mind when making your plans, and check its current status.

Park De Veldpost offers a different perspective on the landscape. The recreation area covers approximately 20,000 square metres. Its curved hills reach around four to five metres in height, breaking up the straight, expansive polder landscape. The contrast between the low hills and the open, seemingly flat surroundings is a defining feature of the park. De Veldpost is also part of the Groene AS, a green corridor connecting nature areas in Amstelland and Spaarnwoude. The park can therefore be understood both through its own landscape and through this regional connection.

Polder History and Historic Buildings

The name Badhoevedorp also points to local history: it derives from the model farm De Badhoeve, built by Jacob Paulus Amersfoordt in 1854. The connection with agriculture is also reflected in two named buildings. Boerderij Badhoevedorp is a municipal monument dating from 1860. Its front has three windows, each with six panes—a specific architectural detail that sets it apart from the village’s broader history.

The Melkhuisje at Toevluchtstraat 17 is a municipal monument dating from 1991 and a replica of De Badhoeve’s former butter-making house. A butter-making house was used to churn milk into butter. The Melkhuisje thus links the history of the model farm to a specific building function, while the Boerderij offers an example of local heritage history. Together with the model farm’s founding year, the dates 1854, 1860 and 1991 provide different points of reference in time, without suggesting that all three buildings had the same function or history.

Finding Your Way Between Routes and Water

The intersecting lines of Sloterweg and Kromme Tocht still preserve Badhoevedorp’s original polder layout. The street plan makes the village’s historic arrangement visible, while Park De Veldpost breaks up the polder landscape with its curved hills. The two features therefore tell different stories about the landscape: one through its preserved structure, the other through its form.

The Sloterbrug crosses the Ringvaart and connects Badhoevedorp with Sloten. A clearly named landmark on the cycling route along Nieuwemeerdijk is the 10-HOEVE point: it is opposite the bridge across the Ringvaart to Langsom, at Nieuwemeerdijk 48 in Badhoevedorp. These location details complement the broader orientation provided by Het Lint and the polder landscape with specific names and an address.

Another Way to Get Active

While Het Lint is designed for walking and cycling, lane swimming offers a different form of exercise. At Sportfondsen De Sporthoeve in Badhoevedorp, it is an ideal, injury-free form of cardio training. Your interests can therefore take you in different directions: exercising on the route, exploring the landscape of Park De Veldpost, discovering local history or swimming.

Discover more destinations: Vijfhuizen, Schiphol-Rijk, Zwanenburg, Lijnden, Halfweg, Nieuw-Vennep, Schiphol, Hoofddorp.

For an overview of the wider area: Haarlemmermeer.