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Tag: recreational cycling

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Recreational evening ride

5 August 202026 August 2020 Bicycle Dutch

billet en français While I am enjoying my summer holidays I prepared a ride for you to enjoy. This way you could virtually take a summer ride in the Dutch countryside. This was just a short ride (14.5 km) before … Continue reading Recreational evening ride

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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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Ride along to a nature reserve

6 May 202019 May 2020 Bicycle Dutch

Billet en français Some European countries are just starting to relax the rules on being out and about. In the Netherlands we were fortunate enough to be allowed to go out for fresh air during the entire crisis. As I … Continue reading Ride along to a nature reserve

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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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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 Numbered Junction Network for recreational cycling

25 September 20198 October 2019 Bicycle Dutch

Have you ever used a map while cycling in a foreign country? Trying to find villages with names you can barely pronounce not to mention remember? In the Netherlands and Belgium there is a much easier way. Thanks to the … Continue reading The Numbered Junction Network for recreational cycling

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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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Recreational Cycling in Limburg (Belgium)

28 August 201924 November 2020 Bicycle Dutch

People in Belgium cycle a lot, at least in the Dutch speaking part of the country. If we treat Flanders as a country cycling there would be comparable to that in Denmark. Only the motives for cycling differ. The Danes … Continue reading Recreational Cycling in Limburg (Belgium)

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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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Cycling to the tulips in North-Holland

24 April 20197 May 2019 Bicycle Dutch

It’s tulip season in the Netherlands and what better way to enjoy that than by cycling past the splendid colours of the bulb flower fields. Taking in this wonderful sight is a favourite pastime for Dutch people and tourists alike. … Continue reading Cycling to the tulips in North-Holland

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Cycling as the summer lingers on

4 October 201617 October 2016 Bicycle Dutch

Many people decided to go cycling on the last Sunday in September. The recreational routes were so crowded that I heard one woman exclaim: “it’s busier than on the National Cycling Day!” (an event from the past that became the … Continue reading Cycling as the summer lingers on

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