Holiday apartment in Pijnacker: Groenzoom, cycle paths and history

A holiday apartment in Pijnacker is ideal for a holiday in which you want to combine nature, activity and local history. The municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp offers designated walking and cycling routes through recreational areas, an art route in the centre and several historical trails. Depending on the pace you want for your holiday, you can combine active days in the countryside with walks to works of art, monuments and old buildings.

Nature and cycling in the Groenzoom

The Groenzoom is a 450-hectare nature and recreational area between the municipalities of Lansingerland and Pijnacker-Nootdorp, bordering Zoetermeer-Rokkeveen. For cyclists, the section of the “Historical green cycle route between Pijnacker-Nootdorp, Lansingerland and Rotterdam” is particularly interesting: east of the built-up area of Pijnacker, it runs through the Groenzoom. This allows you to make the landscape a focus of its own in your daily planning without having to forgo cultural discoveries in the town.

Walking with manageable planning

In the municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp, you can explore the municipality by bicycle or on foot and use designated walking and cycling routes through the recreational areas. The starting point of the Groenzoom walking route can be reached in five minutes on foot from Pijnacker Zuid metro station. This specific connection can make planning a day of walking easier if you want to choose a holiday apartment in Pijnacker as a base for different activities.

Art and historical trails in the centre

In the centre of Pijnacker, there is an art route where you can view works of art in public spaces during a walk. Several historical routes also run through the town. Historical Circular Walk 1 runs through the Oude dorp, Kerkweg, Julianastraat and Zuiderstraat. Historical Circular Walk 2 runs along Oostlaan and Westlaan in Pijnacker and is available as a route. In addition, the “Monumental Tree Walk centre” is available as a historical walking route in the centre of Pijnacker. The different routes help you choose between a longer circular walk and an exploration focused more on individual streets, trees or works of art.

Buildings, monuments and places of remembrance

As a Rijksmonument, the Dorpskerk in Pijnacker is associated with monument number 32257. You will find another historical detail at the entrance gate at Overgauwseweg 50: it belongs to the complex of the 17th-century Vredebest farmhouse and was made in the second half of the 19th century. The war memorial in Pijnacker commemorates four residents of the municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp who lost their lives as a result of acts of war. A walk through the town therefore offers not only architectural impressions but also opportunities for thoughtful engagement with local history.

Historical details on Noordweg

The masonry of the farmhouse at Noordweg 39 bears the year 1666. The farmhouse also contains a richly carved bedstead wall dating from the time of its construction; there are tiles beneath it. In 2024, five Stolpersteine were installed in the municipality of Pijnacker-Nootdorp in front of the former homes of Jewish residents who were murdered during the Second World War. Such specific testimonies add a reflective historical perspective to the routes through nature and the centre.

For further discoveries, you can also include Delfgauw and Nootdorp.

For the overarching travel overview: Pijnacker-Nootdorp.