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Welcome to our guest book! Do you have any questions, comments and suggestions about this site? Have you found a broken link? Do you want to tell us about your cycling experiences in Holland? We'd love to hear what you have to say. Please leave a message, or contact us at info@holland-cycling.com.

Kevin

Posted on 02 July 2023

Hello, last month (June 2023) myself and my partner visited the Netherlands for the first time. It was also our first cycling trip! We had a wonderful time cycling the Zuiderzee route. The cycling was easy and relaxing compared to here in Scotland, camping places were easy to find and the Dutch people we spoke to were friendly and helpful. We can't wait to return.
Finding this website was a stroke of luck, there is so much information it made planning our trip that much easier which allowed us to be less anxious.
Thank you and keep up the great work.

Hilary Staples

Holland-Cycling.com

Thank you for sharing your experiences!!! Great to hear you had such a fantastic time in Holland. There is plenty more to see, so hope you will return soon.

Sally

Posted on 12 May 2023

Just completed the LF Waterline route. Did it south to north thinking we’d outwit the wind, but that failed spectacularly ???? It is a fascinating route and I enjoyed seeing all the old forts and the ingenious uses to which they’ve been put to more recently. Wished we’d had more time to spend at the fort in Edam as there was so much to see (and the volunteer guides were so helpful) but we had to dash back for the ferry back to Hull!

Hilary Staples

Holland-Cycling.com

Cycling from south to north usually is your safest bet, but here you can never trust the wind:-) Pleased to hear you enjoyed your cycling trip and all the forts along the route. Time is always too short when you're having fun. Hope you manage to return to Holland for more cycling soon!

Andrew Bell

Posted on 14 April 2023
The Dutch Railway is a joke trying to get from Den Haag to Maastricht two days before Amstel Gold was an absolute nightmare of a journey, reservations are definitely what are needed!

Hilary Staples

Holland-Cycling.com
Hi Andrew,
Sorry to hear that you had a nightmare journey. Unfortunately, Dutch Rail has been having a lot of problems lately: staff shortages, work on the rail, cancelled trains, shorter trains (hence busier trains and less room for bikes).

Linda

Posted on 13 January 2023
Fantastic website. All of information is succinct and relevant. I greatly appreciate it all. Great help for planning and exploring options. Thank you!

Adrian

Posted on 28 August 2022
Just a quick thank you. With your maps and a 10 euro bike hire I had a fabulously memorable day in Utrecht and surrounds. This is a great service that you provide! And the Dutch biking facilities/infrastructure are amazing. Hope I can come back soon!

Dave Fuggle

Posted on 28 September 2021
Just want to say a preemptive "Thank you"/"Bedankt". Thinking about a 4 or 5 day circular tour from IJmuiden in June 2022, and your site looks like it will be a great help in route planning and understanding options.

Best regards
D

Hilary Staples

Holland-Cycling.com
Enjoy your trip next summer!

Don Starns

Posted on 08 May 2021
I’ve “visited” Holland in VR (virtual reality) and don’t see many cyclists in my age group (70+). Are there things I should know before planning to get around on a bike while actually physically present?

Hilary Staples

Holland-Cycling.com
In Holland many elderly people go out on their bikes every day. There are no special rules or tips for this age group. There is one general rule that applies to everyone: the more experienced you are on your bike and cycling in traffic, the easier you'll find it to enjoy Holland by bike. All traffic is used to cyclists on the road, from young to old!

Pauline Porteus

Posted on 23 February 2021
Hello

We are thinking of planning a three or four day cycling trip in September. Our first day would take us from IJmuiden to Texel. Please can you tell me whether the LF route that we would need to take is entirely segregated from cars.

Thank you.

Hilary Staples

Holland-Cycling.com
The LF routes are cycle-friendly, but never entirely segregated from cars. For example, the routes pass through towns and villages and here you will usually have to share the road with other traffic. 

The LF Coastal Route from IJmuiden to Den Helder mostly takes you through the dunes and along the coast with not a car in sight. In places where the dunes are narrow you follow a through road, but there is a separate cycle path. In IJmuiden, Den Helder and the villages along the route, the route won't be entirely segregated from cars, but it shouldn't be unsafe, even for inexperienced cyclists.

Should you be cycling with children and are you concerned about their safety, you might consider renting a family tandem or trailer bike. See: Cycling with Children.

Antmalt

Posted on 03 January 2021
With the increase of e bikes on already busy cycle paths, and considering the increased speed at which they travel and thus higher impact crashes shouldn’t the debate be reopened whether helmets should become compulsory to wear? I cycle every morning with my kids to take them to school. The number of near misses is increasing...

Hilary Staples

Holland-Cycling.com
You're absolutely right. The cycle paths are getting a lot busier and the speed is increasing. Luckily helmets are already compulsory for speed pedelecs and more and more children and cyclists on fast bikes (e-bike, mountain bike etc.) are wearing a helmet. That's a start.

But is making helmets compulsory really the solution? Wouldn't it be better to give cyclists more space and maybe even make separate lanes for fast and slow cyclists so there are no near misses? Shouldn't we try to make cycling so safe that helmets are not really necessary?

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