Netherlands
The Netherlands is a leader on the world cycling stage. Known for its cycling infrastructure with cycle paths and signposting, the Netherlands is a true cycling paradise for tourists from home and abroad. Other road traffic in the Netherlands is also used to and attuned to cyclists.
Suitability
Touring bikes, road bikes, mountain biking, gravel biking
Climate
Temperate maritime climate
Featured regions
Wadden region, Limburg, Overijssel (Sallandse Heuvelrug)
Surface area
41,453 square kilometres
The Netherlands is flat with hilly terrain only in a few places in the country.
Popular cycling regions include South Limburg, where at 322m lies the country's highest mountain, Vaalserberg. Here is also the border triangle with Belgium and Germany.
Other popular destinations are Drenthe, where touring is mainly flat, but where t Dwingelderveld, the VAM Berg and also the MTB routes around Norg attract many visitors.
Many kilometres are also covered in the Achterhoek over the gently rolling countryside.
In addition, many a road cyclist will want to conquer Amerongse Berg, on the Utrechtse Heuvelrug. There are a number of shorter hills in this area, which will briefly evoke that foreign feeling.
