ACME 2B takes in the self service ferry at Vlaardingervaart, craftily avoids The Hague to get us to Scheveningen, then leaves the coast to cycle through the estates of Wassenaar. We go north around De Kaag, use the ferry below Leimuiden to enter the polder and peat river landscape north of Nieuwkoop. We follow the Limes, the old Roman border along the old run of the Rhine to Bodegraven. Instead of following Vlist to Schoonhoven, we now cycle along the Hollandse IJssel, using the ferry at Gouderak, or the one at Oudekerk to approach Krimpen, where we use a ferry to get across to Kinderdijk. We cycle the full length of the mill run. Then along the Het Waaltje river towards Barendrecht, along the Esserdijk to Rhoon. From there we use the Beneluxtunnel (beautiful poem by Jules Deelder spans the length of the tunnel) to get to Vlaardingen and from there to Hoek. 209 km. (original ACME 2 206 km)
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19634945Both routes takes around The Hague and around Rotterdam. Dutch urban planning places Dutch cities in a park like landscape: in the "Green Heart", urban sprawl is contained and so "the countryside" starts within 20 minutes out of the centre of both The Hague and Rotterdam. The Vlaardingen route is used for commutes, but it is built for that: double width bike paths and cycle roads towards Hoek.