Nice video! I'm originally from UK, but now live in NL, and am always happy to see people enjoying cycling here. A couple of tips: 1. If you don't want to camp or pay a lot for accommodation, Vrienden op de Fiets is a good place to find cheap accommodation, a bit like AirB&B, but with a set price, and specifically for cyclists and walkers. (The web site is also in English.) 2. Not sure where to go? Try one or two of the LF routes, long distance cycle paths that follow scenic and interesting routes. My own favourite is the LF3 Hanzeroute, that takes you through all of the old Hanseatic cities along the river Ijssel - including Kampen, which I agree is a lovely place.
Great route. Drenthe/ Dwingelerveld is a great choise. Also Gelderland/Veluwe is very nice. I like that you picked the routes away from car trafic. Also Kampen, where I live, is nice. Well done. I can recomend the weerribben out of season, otherwise it's to touristy. We also have a system called "Fietsknooppunt" It's a great way to find the better biking routes. Thanks.
Kampen is a very old city. Part of the Hansaetic league, that spanned across Northern Europe and the baltics. Nowadays it is small, but back in the later part of the Middle Ages it was a major trade center.
Great video! We go there often and have visited many of the places you went to. We take our own bikes on the ferry from Harwich which is very pleasant. The weather can be a bit dodgy in June (as you found :) July and August generally better. Friesland (where you went) is very nice and you can also pop over into Ostfriesland in Germany (very quiet and very friendly place). Especially nice to go there in July/August when it's often too hot in more "traditional" holiday destinations. Another good route is to go down into Zeeland particularly because you can ride over and marvel at all the infrastructure they have to stop their country getting flooded in storm surges.
Happy to have you pavlos! Just make sure to include provinces Gelderland and Overijssel (nice and green, lots of nature) Limburg (really hilly if that's your cup of tea).
I'm living in Lelystad and I'm having 2 bikes: an old 14 speed road bike and a 8 speed Alfine tour bike for every day use. On my road bike I usually go like 25km/h, so I wear a helmet, which is custom in The Netherlands for that type of bike. A helmet in that case is not mandatory, but it is if you join organized cycling events. On the other bike my speed is about 20.5km/h average and then I don't wear a helmet. Usually I greet people when outside the city (situational: eye contact) and when people are walking on the path then I ring my bell well in advance, reduce speed and thank the people for making way: just normal politeness.
@@guyconlon we call those 'racefiets' So yeah, Dutch people do wear helmets if they do sport biking.. either Tour de France style, or mountainbike, or BMX . they just don't wear helmets for daily commutes or other local errants
Nice video. I've watched quite a few videos from Brits cycling in my small country: couples, whole families with their children and yes also single young men like you. Needless to say I'm very proud about our cycle infrastructure. Anyway these videos motivate me to join warmshowers as a host if it wasn´t that commercial. I think I join "vriendenopdefiets" even though there are quite a few hosts nearby already
Hi Guy, what a fantastic video, I want to tour next summer, approximately how much would it cost to hire a bike with equipment for a week, I won't necessarily need a Koga, cheers, Rob
Funny how someone with a helmet on tries to advice others how to cycle in The Netherlands... Its like someone from India telling you how to make a hamburger...!
Nice video! I'm originally from UK, but now live in NL, and am always happy to see people enjoying cycling here. A couple of tips:
1. If you don't want to camp or pay a lot for accommodation, Vrienden op de Fiets is a good place to find cheap accommodation, a bit like AirB&B, but with a set price, and specifically for cyclists and walkers. (The web site is also in English.)
2. Not sure where to go? Try one or two of the LF routes, long distance cycle paths that follow scenic and interesting routes. My own favourite is the LF3 Hanzeroute, that takes you through all of the old Hanseatic cities along the river Ijssel - including Kampen, which I agree is a lovely place.
Thanks for these tips! Very useful.
The South of the country is also very beautiful 😉
Maybe a future trip for me then!
Or the Veluwe
Great route. Drenthe/ Dwingelerveld is a great choise. Also Gelderland/Veluwe is very nice. I like that you picked the routes away from car trafic. Also Kampen, where I live, is nice. Well done. I can recomend the weerribben out of season, otherwise it's to touristy. We also have a system called "Fietsknooppunt" It's a great way to find the better biking routes. Thanks.
Kampen is a very old city. Part of the Hansaetic league, that spanned across Northern Europe and the baltics. Nowadays it is small, but back in the later part of the Middle Ages it was a major trade center.
Really interesting, thanks for sharing! I did not know.
Great video! We go there often and have visited many of the places you went to. We take our own bikes on the ferry from Harwich which is very pleasant. The weather can be a bit dodgy in June (as you found :) July and August generally better. Friesland (where you went) is very nice and you can also pop over into Ostfriesland in Germany (very quiet and very friendly place). Especially nice to go there in July/August when it's often too hot in more "traditional" holiday destinations. Another good route is to go down into Zeeland particularly because you can ride over and marvel at all the infrastructure they have to stop their country getting flooded in storm surges.
Thanks for the tips!
Thank you so much Guy! You have answered to all my questions and motivate me to go to Netherlands for a tour the coming year. Thanks!😀 Pavlos
Awesome! That's the goal of these videos. Enjoy!
Happy to have you pavlos! Just make sure to include provinces Gelderland and Overijssel (nice and green, lots of nature) Limburg (really hilly if that's your cup of tea).
I'm living in Lelystad and I'm having 2 bikes: an old 14 speed road bike and a 8 speed Alfine tour bike for every day use. On my road bike I usually go like 25km/h, so I wear a helmet, which is custom in The Netherlands for that type of bike. A helmet in that case is not mandatory, but it is if you join organized cycling events. On the other bike my speed is about 20.5km/h average and then I don't wear a helmet.
Usually I greet people when outside the city (situational: eye contact) and when people are walking on the path then I ring my bell well in advance, reduce speed and thank the people for making way: just normal politeness.
Thanks for this, it's useful to understand that it's more frequent to wear a helmet when doing 'proper' road cycling. Which of course makes sense!
@@guyconlon we call those 'racefiets' So yeah, Dutch people do wear helmets if they do sport biking.. either Tour de France style, or mountainbike, or BMX . they just don't wear helmets for daily commutes or other local errants
Great video and very informative. Thanks Jeff
The cycle path along the Afsluitdijk opened up (for most of the way) just after you were there... 😐
Probably a good thing it was closed or else I would have had an even longer cycle that day haha
@@guyconlon It's a lot of fun to ride over it :) So long as it isn't raining.
You missed groningen..pitty 😊
I'am very pleased to hear that you enjoyed cycling in The Netherlands so much 😊👍Greetings from The Netherlands 🌷
Thanks for watching!
Nice video.
I've watched quite a few videos from Brits cycling in my small country: couples, whole families with their children and yes also single young men like you. Needless to say I'm very proud about our cycle infrastructure.
Anyway these videos motivate me to join warmshowers as a host if it wasn´t that commercial. I think I join "vriendenopdefiets" even though there are quite a few hosts nearby already
That sounds great, thanks for sharing!
Hi Guy, what a fantastic video, I want to tour next summer, approximately how much would it cost to hire a bike with equipment for a week, I won't necessarily need a Koga, cheers, Rob
Thanks! Very affordable, I hired the bike and panniers together for around £140 for 6 days. I used MacBike in Amsterdam
Kroon with an oo as in go not an oe as in shoe Crown domain = royal forrest.
Thanks for the tip!
Funny thing is you DO look German to us Dutch...
Haha fair enough 😂
There is no sh sound in Fries land the land of the frees.
We have this thing called recycling in Amsterdam, if someone steals your stolen bike, you steal an other one.
You love saying The Netherlands don't you? 😄
Funny how someone with a helmet on tries to advice others how to cycle in The Netherlands... Its like someone from India telling you how to make a hamburger...!
Observations and discussion points don't necessarily equate to advice
@@suburbia2050 Likewise...
@@suburbia2050 When the video is called "a guide to.." it surely is an attempt to give advice, isn't it?!
Hey nitwit, he addresses this in the video.