Off the beaten track near Weert (NL)
Summer holiday is about to start in The Netherlands and if we still want some peace and quiet around us, it is now time for our next microadventure. This time…
Bicycle touring in the Netherlands.
Summer holiday is about to start in The Netherlands and if we still want some peace and quiet around us, it is now time for our next microadventure. This time…
The weather forecast for next weekend looks great; warm and sunny. We don’t have to think twice and pack our stuff for a microadventure in the province of Zeeland.
Two days off, rainy forecast and a new tent to test. So, what do you do? Right, pack everything, drive to Alphen in Noord-Brabant and have a great microadventure!
Who says you can’t go for a weekend ride in the Dutch winter? It’s cold, it’s wet and the sun sets early, but camp sites are empty, there are very…
At 6pm we close the door behind us and leave our jobs at Bike4travel for the weekend. It’s time for another microadventure in the Eastern part of the Netherlands!
Very, very short video taken on a 2-day cycling adventure in Salland.
Day one Temperature today is about zero degrees Celsius as we leave for the train to Roosendaal and the short ride to Barendrecht station almost convinces me to turn around…
“So, what’s in the Achterhoek?”
“I don’t know, I’ve never been there. Maybe we should check it out.”
“Sure, why not?”
A two hour drive later we find ourselves in Aalten, a village in the East of the Netherlands. We park the van and ride to a local farmers campsite, where we put up the tent and have ourselves a snack.
It has been a little more than six months since we rode into our hometown, so what have we been up to? Well, in a nutshell: meeting friends and family, finding jobs, looking for a home and giving interviews to local newspapers and bicycle touring magazines.