Amersfoort is the second major city in the province of Utrecht. The city is growing rapidly and with its current 165,000 inhabitants Amersfoort is the 15th largest city in the Netherlands. To keep its new expansions accessible, the city is … Continue reading Main cycle route from Nijkerk to Amersfoort
When in 2014 the temporary situation on the south-west corner of the ʼs-Hertogenbosch city centre was finished, it was many times better than the previous sea of asphalt that had been there. The former 1960s design had only been optimised … Continue reading Where ʼs-Hertogenbosch got things wrong for cycling
La Vuelta a España, one of the three major international cycling races, has returned to Spain. But the three opening stages of this Spanish race took place in the Netherlands last week. The Dutch turned the ‘Gran Salida’ into one … Continue reading The Vuelta 2022 in Utrecht and ʼs-Hertogenbosch
Nine days from now, the 2022 edition of La Vuelta a España will start in The Netherlands. Three major cities, Utrecht, ʼs-Hertogenbosch and Breda, will be the host cities and the second stage will start in my hometown. When I … Continue reading La Vuelta a España in ʼs-Hertogenbosch
For this week’s post I cycled on an international cycle route; the 30-kilometre-long fast cycle route from Nijmegen in the Netherlands to Cleves (Kleve) in Germany. The final part, 11 kilometres to connect the German towns of Kranenburg and Cleves, … Continue reading An international cycle route from Nijmegen to Cleves (Kleve)
Two weeks ago, in my latest post, I wrote that the F50 cycle route from Oss to Uden was completed when the cycle tunnel in Nistelrode was finished. That was not entirely true, there was still some work to do … Continue reading The finished F50 cycle route from Oss to Uden
A new bicycle tunnel was opened in the village of Nistelrode, early March 2022. It was the final part of the F50 fast cycle route from Oss to Uden that still had to be finished. If you like football (soccer … Continue reading A new bicycle tunnel finishes the F50 fast cycle route from Oss to Uden
June is again a month with five Wednesdays. That would mean you’d have to wait three weeks for a new post, because I publish only on the first and third Wednesday of the month in 2022. To fill that longer … Continue reading Extra Post: Relaxed cycling on a Saturday afternoon
This week I have a special ride to show you. It is the first post-op ride I filmed. I am sure some people will be very happy to see images of the actual weather conditions instead of the eternal winter … Continue reading My first ride in ʼs-Hertogenbosch
On the ride in my previous post, I was completely taken by surprise! Where I expected to see a narrow dirt path in the forest that I knew so well, with its potholes, bumpy surface and all the overhanging branches, … Continue reading Cycle way upgrade in the forest
In this post I will show you a recreational ride I took early March 2022. This was my last ride before my open-heart surgery. I didn’t know that at the time I cycled, but five days later I would be … Continue reading My last recreational ride
The city of ʼs-Hertogenbosch has a new cycle street. A very special version of a cycle street, where is not the cars which are guest but buses! The street is closed to private motor traffic. The Van Berckelstraat in the … Continue reading A cycle street where buses are guest
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