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from Den Haag to Rotterdam by bike?Country forums / Western Europe / Netherlands | ||
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Here is a site dedicated to bike travel and navigation in the Netherlands: The 'green' planner is for recreational routes using the 'hub' (knooppunten) system. The idea is you write down the hub numbers the planner suggests. These numbers are signposted throughout the country. The 'red' planner is a door to door planner to get the fastest route between points with a very detailed map and instructions. | 4 | |
They are planning a number of fast cycle-connections between towns in the Netherlands. Some 5 have been realized Apart from the reputated viamichelin, this site might be helpful: For locally orientated experts (I'm not): it makes sense to tell (exactly) the points to provide a point-to-point itinerary; complicated and much to win parts are in the towns! | 5 | |
Yorick, you were faster than I was... Delftweg-Schieweg-Delftweg, ending just west of airport Rotterdam. But again: it depends strongly on point-to-point. | 6 | |
Note that whilst that part of Holland is as flat as a pancake, it can get windy, brutally so, you can feel like you're slogging up one of the Alpine passes. | 7 | |
I was born and raised in the Netherlands and have lived there for 40 years now. I do not have a driver licence and I do not need one. I do all the travelling either by bicycle (short distances up to 15 km) or by train. Anyway, I make a lot of kilometers (sorry.. miles) on one of my bicycles. Doing Rotterdam - The Hague on a bike on a daily base is pretty tough. There is an excellent bicycle path just behind the dunes all the way from Hoek van Holland to The Hague but there is always a lot of wind. It will take you at least 2 hours to make it -- 1.5 if you are a well-trained racing cyclist. I would say half the distance (e.g., from Delft to The Hague) is pretty doable. Delft is a great place to live anyway -- just in-between Rotterdam and the Hague. Kinda Amsterdam scale 1:2 | 8 | |
Robert I think the scale is more 1:5 a bit like a babyshark to a shark. http://home.planet.nl/~pagklein/gemprov.html If you're interested... | 9 | |
Thank you all so much for your time and effort! I really appreciate your kind advice and tips. I was silent for a while due to my current relocation to the Netherlands and I just can't wait to start riding my fiets :) | 10 | |
Welcome in NL, babyshark... Sorry for my irony in #9. | 11 | |