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From air base runway to cycle path

29 September 202129 September 2021 Bicycle Dutch

Whenever I show a cycle route on a former railway line there are always people who bemoan that lost railway. In this case that may be different: Soesterberg has a cycle route on an old air base runway. The entire … Continue reading From air base runway to cycle path

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A wooden cycle bridge in Oirschot

24 June 20208 July 2020 Bicycle Dutch

Billet en français With the trains still restricted to essential travel only, I am forced to find topics for my blog within cycling distance. As luck would have it, an impressive new wooden cycle bridge was opened just last month … Continue reading A wooden cycle bridge in Oirschot

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Cycling to the ‘Dutch Sahara’

20 May 202018 June 2020 Bicycle Dutch

billet en français This is the fourth and final report of the longer rides I made on my free Wednesdays during the first month of the Corona crisis. After four such rides I stopped making them for no particular reason. … Continue reading Cycling to the ‘Dutch Sahara’

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Cycling in a forest of a nature reserve

22 April 20207 May 2020 Bicycle Dutch

Billet en français With the obligation to stay home as much as possible and the urgent advice to only use public transport for important jobs I am not able or allowed to use the train to go somewhere to film … Continue reading Cycling in a forest of a nature reserve

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Is cycling priority on roundabouts a good idea?

26 February 20207 May 2020 Bicycle Dutch

Billet en français Roundabouts are much safer than regular intersections. There is not much debate about that fact in the Netherlands. But when it comes to the priority rules on roundabouts the opinions differ sometimes. Why does cycling need to … Continue reading Is cycling priority on roundabouts a good idea?

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Cycling in the Finnish snow

12 February 20207 May 2020 Bicycle Dutch

Billet en français In the past two weeks I was in Finland, thinking: ‘When the snow doesn’t come to me, I will go to the snow instead!’ That wasn’t the main reason though. I needed to travel to Finland as … Continue reading Cycling in the Finnish snow

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Fast cycle route Valkenswaard – Waalre – Eindhoven

6 November 201919 November 2019 Bicycle Dutch

A possibility to cycle to work in 15 to 30 minutes; when you live in Valkenswaard and work in Eindhoven, the cycle route on the old railway line offers you just that. It was opened some years ago but only … Continue reading Fast cycle route Valkenswaard – Waalre – Eindhoven

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Cycling through a museum

23 October 20196 November 2019 Bicycle Dutch

You may think cycling through a museum was already possible in the Netherlands. Indeed there is an underpass under the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum*, but the Dutch are taking it a step further. How about actually cycling through the exhibition hall of … Continue reading Cycling through a museum

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The A2 motorway no longer divides Maastricht

16 October 201929 October 2019 Bicycle Dutch

Not too long ago the A2 motorway split the city of Maastricht in two. The internationally important road connection cut off the east of the city from the centre. The space where the road once was is now being redeveloped … Continue reading The A2 motorway no longer divides Maastricht

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Cycling through the heath (3)

18 September 20191 October 2019 Bicycle Dutch

Extensive heaths and vast woodlands are probably not what comes to your mind first when you think of the Netherlands, but just like the green meadows with cows they are a local and common type of nature. The Dutch themselves … Continue reading Cycling through the heath (3)

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Riding from Lake “Iron Man” to ʼs-Hertogenbosch

17 July 201921 July 2019 Bicycle Dutch

One thing the Dutch take for granted is that they can really cycle everywhere. You never need to do a reconnaissance tour before you want to cycle with your family for instance. Foreigners who want to visit The Netherlands, asking … Continue reading Riding from Lake “Iron Man” to ʼs-Hertogenbosch

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Summertime recreational cycling

26 June 20199 July 2019 Bicycle Dutch

It’s Summer and for most countries that means there is more cycling than in winter. Is that also the case for the Netherlands? One investigation shows that the total number of trips on a summer day with warm weather (over … Continue reading Summertime recreational cycling

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