I spend a week cycling in The Netherlands, no great distances, just enjoyable ‘slow cycling’.
I followed the LF Maas route out towards Nijmegen then visited the Veluwe national park before returning west via the Rhine route and back on the LF Maas. Got lucky with the weather and barely saw a cloud in the sky.
Thanks for watching!!
Cheers,
Ben.
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Hallo Ben, next time try that teacake with butter and old Dutch cheese, you had luck the weather, btw we have a king so kingsday. Groetjes.
Great video mate. I always say that my country indeed is flat, except for cyclers.
The Veluwe has wild boar, red deer and 7 packs of wolves that came over the border from Germany and settled there ( the wolves)…
[Bees Boss] No sh sound at the End!
Tip: Bike from Zwartsluis and Hasselt City Along the river Vecht, stay on the south bank of the river , bike all the way east till you hit Nordhorn in Germany, Halve way have a look at the Bestemer and Lemelerberg. From Nordhorn go west again but more to the North, through Drenthe Province, head for Havelte and Steenwijk, and than Blokzijl . Vollenhove, and back to Hasselt.
Bake and Hi is close enough 🙂 On the Vay Lüü Wuh ( vaal = low quality soil Au like as in mountain meadown is medow). Guess what Betuwe just south of Veluwe…means…yep "better meadow".
This sh sh ending you only find in English/German words, never in Dutch words, we have very good dentists here 🙂 So no biesbosh..
a CH/g is pronounced like CH in loCHness , except in foreign words where iyt might be pronounced like K as in kerstfeest ( Christmas).
Brielle not bree elle [Breelluh].
Lovely video. Wonderful shots, you have a keen eye. Nice been travelling with you on this fun trip
18:55 Nice to see you passed through Wijk bij Duurstede. The windmill is the only one which is build on a port.
😎😎😎
1:16 Is this an official campsite? 😁
3:21 This is why I ride a recumbent 😉
10:00 I'm assuming Insta360?
👍💪Great cycle journey you've made. Always very welcome in our little country 🤗 Greetings from The Netherlands 🌷
Thank you for making such a very nice video of Holland; greetings from Utrecht ( the bicycle-capital of the Lowlands).
I had never heard of natuurkampeerterreinen and its card… Looks very interesting
Hi nice trip. I have a tip for everyone that wants to use their mastercard at almost any shop in the Netherlands. Get Google Pay and couple your card to it. Most supermarkets will accept it this way (Aldi, Lidl, Plus. AH etc.)
Thanks for taking us with you.
Instant like for calling people that cal the Netherlands flat, liers!
Isn’t the Dutch Royal Family called the House of Orange-Nassau ? Cracking trip and video
Wonderful video! Thanks for sharing. When camping do you need to lock up your bike?
The hills you were encountering around Arnhem and the Veluwe are one of the few places in the Netherlands where we have hills. The were formed in the penultimate ice age. They are the edge to where the ice reached so the hills are all the material that was pushed southward by the glaciers and then left when the ice melted.
Great trip. Fellow purple Kona Sutra SE cyclist here. I see you have a kickstand. Can you please share what brand it is?
"I can head south, with the wind on my back". That is not how Dutch wind works, my naieve British friend. Dutch wind is mischievous. Somehow, it will always be headwind, whichever way you turn (and despite the prevailing Westerly winds). It's a mystery even us Dutchies still haven't managed to solve 😄. Also, fun fact; the Veluwe is one of the places where they have been re-introducing wolves back into the country in recent years, after they were hunted to extinction for centuries. We have about 130 wolves here now, including several packs with breeding pairs. Also; "ij" is a single vowel in Dutch (in spelling comparible to English "y")
1.59, I think that's the 'Veerhaven X' aka 'Orka'. This can push 6 'duwbakken', floating containers (2 side by side), making the whole thing over 300 meters long. There aren't many of those. It's ridiculously powerful. Don't sail through the propeller wake :).
Nice story, pleasant to listen to, but the river that ends at Hoek van Holland is actually the Rhine, not the Meuse from France. You confuse the piece of river because in Rotterdam they started calling it the Meuse and at Hoek van Holland the Nieuwe Waterweg, but it is actually the Rhine that comes from Germany.
You were in Dordrecht, behind you the church. You can climb the tower. The view is unbelievable, all water as far as you can look. If i were in Dordrecht again i would go again, it is so great.
Liked your vid, only saw some of these places.
The weather was great that week! Makes everything 10 times more nice 😊Great video, loved it!
We did a couple of cycling holidays when I was a young teenager. Mostly stayed at Natuur Kampeerplaatsen, like you. Feels like those memories. Except for all the e-bikes.😂