I’m decluttering my channel, so I’m reuploading some older trips as single videos instead of multiple parts. First up: a 750 km bike trip through the Netherlands, Belgium, and France in five days, starting from home in Hilversum with overnight stops in Tilburg, Charleroi, Lille, and Calais. Filmed on my old phone, 24–28 June 2024.
Day 1 – Hilversum to Tilburg, 120 km
00:24 Soestdijk
00:30 Bilthoven
00:35 De Bilt
00:44 Utrecht
01:04 Nieuwegein
01:12 Lek river
01:16 Lexmond
01:24 Meerkerk
01:45 Arkel
01:58 Gorinchem
02:16 Boven Merwede river
02:32 Bergsche Maas river
02:38 Raamsdonk
02:48 Kaatsheuvel
02:55 Tilburg
Day 2 – Tilburg to Charleroi, 186 km
03:48 Goirle
04:02 Belgian border
04:04 Poppel
04:11 Weelde
04:18 Dessel-Turnhout-Schoten Canal / Brug 6 Arendonk
04:31 Dessel-Kwaadmechelen Canal / Sas4 Toren
04:54 Kwaadmechelen
04:57 Hulst (Tessenderlo)
05:07 Tessenderlo station
05:15 Diest
05:25 Demer river
06:06 Tienen
06:12 Border with the Walloon Region (French-speaking Belgium)
06:24 Cocrou-Biez
06:28 Grez-Doiceau
06:33 Gastuche (Seng Thai Food)
06:38 Wavre
06:44 Ottignies
06:56 Ways (Genappe)
Day 3 – Charleroi (Gosselies) to Lille, 133 km
07:24 Brussels-Charleroi Canal
07:39 Charleroi
08:18 Sambre river
08:22 Marchienne-au-Pont
08:31 Anderlues
08:40 Binche
09:01 Mons
09:15 Nimy-Blaton-Péronnes Canal
09:39 Scheldt river in Antoign
09:50 Tournai
10:18 French border
10:22 Baisieux
10:29 Chéreng
10:38 Lille
Day 4 – Lille to Calais, 139 km
11:49 Fournes-en-Weppes
11:58 Illies
11:59 La Bassée
12:05 Mémorial 55th West Lancashire Division, Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée
12:09 Canal d’Aire
12:16 Béthune
12:48 Blaringhem
12:51 Arques
12:54 Saint-Omer
13:19 Ardres
13:27 Coulogne
13:33 Calais
Day 5 – Calais to Breskens, 170 km
14:42 Gravelines
14:57 Loon Plage
15:05 Grande-Synthe
15:12 Central Dunkirk (Canal de Bourbourge)
15:25 Belgian border at Adinkerke
15:31 Veurne
15:43 Nieuwpoort
16:00 Bruges-Ostend Canal (with Ostend in the distance)
16:13 Bruges
16:24 Damse Vaart
16:31 Damme
16:48 Dutch border/Sluis
17:09 Ferry from Breskens to Vlissingen