[Ep. 1065] Take a real-time ride along the Velostrada, a 9.6 km high-quality cycling route connecting The Hague and Leiden in South Holland, the Netherlands. This route is part of the regional network of fast cycling connections and is used by commuters and recreational cyclists alike.
Filmed in May 2025 from the handlebars, this video gives a direct and unedited view of the full ride, showing the cycling infrastructure, surroundings, tunnels, crossings, and shared-space sections.
The Velostrada is designed to offer a comfortable and direct alternative to car travel on the A4 and A44. Although not a perfect cycling motorway, it provides a good link between cities and has been improved over time — with more upgrades still planned.
🔸 Length: 9.6 km
🔸 Ride time: 27 minutes
🔸 Route: Voorburg (The Hague) to the edge of Leiden
24 Comments
Tbh I thought this was called the Fiets Supersnelweg! I know it well, the route I usually take from Voorburg to Leiden.
What a beautifully civilised way to do things.
This cycle route would have been considered almost perfect, almost the entire route is a 2 way bicycle lane or a cycle street. But for me just the fact that you need to get to share a tunnel with cars and a painted bicycle gutter is enough to say that this route is simply not up to standard.
I prefer the route next to the vliet, but it's indeed a nice ride.
My current route is less nice via Wassenaar.
14:45 Trains racing? Crazy! 🔥🚆
Beaver 🦫 was detected:)
25 minutes? That's not enough to get from the inner city to the suburb I grew up in. In Stockholm, Sweden. I love how different distances and places are perceived even in countries that in so many ways are very similar.
Zeer mooie beelden en zeer mooie route vind ik zeker als het zo mooi weer is .
Mooi doe ik ook een keer ,wel een beetje uit de buurt
vraagje welke camera gebruik jij
Paradisiaque !
Lovely route (and no more camera battery clatter 😊)
6:40 What are the structures on the left side?
15:55 Seeing older people with their scootmobiles always makes me proud. In many countries you don't have this freedom when you can't drive a car.
18:33 Even got a trailer so he can go fish. 😁🤩
This route just screams "Netherlands", one of the best places to live and I have seen a few…
Most people in most countries would say this is impossible
good lord how much do i miss den haag
This is my daily commute to work :).
It's a nice cycle path but in Leiden it dumps you on the Haagweg which is a pretty awful place to cycle. Leiden cycling infrastructure is crap in general really.
26:48 Duck!
I drove this route last year and then back alongside the vliet.
Excellent video. Thanks! I enjoyed this on my early morning treadmill.
So peaceful. Even with the occasional snorfiets 😄
Overall the Dutch looked the fittest nation, and by extension the best looking, on my cycle trips across Europe.
I don't recall a Velostrada on the way from Leiden to Hoek van Holland but it was very easy to ride. 🇳🇿