For the third instalment of October Rides Month, I’m featuring the route from Leiden to The Hague via Wassenaar – the so-called Via 44. This high-quality cycling route runs roughly parallel to the N44 main road. I filmed this ride …| BICYCLE DUTCH
On this second Wednesday in October, it’s time for the second instalment of October Rides Month. This time, I cycle parts of two main cycle routes: one from Utrecht to Nieuwegein, and one from Utre…| BICYCLE DUTCH
Autumn has begun. In many countries, this means the end of the cycling season, with bicycles put into storage until spring. Not so in the Netherlands. To underline that, I am declaring this October Rides Month. This year’s October has …| BICYCLE DUTCH
On the last day of August the reconstruction of Utrecht’s Amsterdamsestraatweg was completed. With the final layer of red asphalt applied to the cycle tracks, the municipality closed a project that…| BICYCLE DUTCH
About four months ago I filmed a ride straight through Utrecht during the evening rush hour. I knew I wouldn’t have much time later in the year, so I wanted to prepare some material in advance. I s…| BICYCLE DUTCH
Recently, I returned to a bridge I first visited in November 2012. At that time, the concrete cycle bridge over the Auke Vleerstraat in Enschede was just a year old. This time, it was approaching i…| BICYCLE DUTCH
Well over twelve years ago, in November 2012, I visited the F35 continuous-cycle route under construction between Hengelo and Enschede in the province of Overijssel. At the time, only about 3 kilometres of the route had been completed. Over the …| BICYCLE DUTCH
Last February I showed you what cycling through Vondelpark looks like in winter. Several people commented on that video and the winter aspect of the video. One person remarked how quiet it seemed, …| BICYCLE DUTCH
Utrecht is planning a new high-quality cycling route, known as the Fietsroute om de Noord—literally the “Cycle Route around the North”. This new corridor is intended to relieve pressure on the city…| BICYCLE DUTCH
Getting home from the Velo-city conference in Gdańsk (see my previous post) turned out to be more difficult than I had hoped. It became an unexpectedly multi-modal trip, involving my own two feet, …| BICYCLE DUTCH
