Cycling in Utrecht means cycling in the smallest province of our country. The options are somewhat more limited in that regard (than in other provinces). But as has been Previously Let me show you, can you see it? Utrecht And the surroundings are really diverse. One of my favorite routes (by Sander, ed.), is the route towards Soestdijk and Lage Vuursche. From the city of Utrecht you’re quite quickly in the open field and once past Groenekan you can go around in circles without stopping for long. This route is also great for training blocks, and with multiple loops you can attach them to it, making it an ideal building block for a micro adventure near you! Are you joining us?
City out
The route starts from the city of Utrecht. If you live on the northeast side of the city, it is preferably convenient to start from Fort Blauwkapel. In any case, this is a beautiful part of Utrecht and if you are there you have two options:
- You drive around the fort. This is a quiet route, with good asphalt and you can take some beautiful photos.
- You drive along the path from the fort, where you can still take some nice gravel roads. Nice for the photos and the experience.
It is at least a nice start to the route. Then you drive to the village of Groenekan, and then you have several options:
- You turn left through the meadows and then head towards Hilversum to enter Lage Vuursche ‘on the right’. A nice route, but not so good with multiple people.
- You go straight ahead and stumble over the bad spelling path
- You turn right, over the railway track and then towards the Sports Fields. That is the most beautiful route and without any delays. We will take that today.
Through the fields
If you drive to the hockey club Voordaan, you should best drive along the right side. Then you have to take a path with a footbridge in front of it, but then you drive over a beautiful path through the forest towards Maartensdijk. It is generally quite quiet here, but on Sunday afternoons in summer you should avoid this. At the end of this path you turn left and immediately right through the tunnel towards Maartensdijk. Here you drive through the field again and have beautiful views to the left, all the way at sunrise. Cycling in Utrecht is truly spectacular.
Direction De Vuursche
Once in the village, you turn onto the road towards Lage Vuursche. It is nicely paved, well laid out, and you can drive in a straight line for quite a distance. There are a few uphill sections where you need to be careful, but in principle that is not a problem. You then have a stretch of a few kilometers where you drive through the woods and enjoy the surroundings. Just be careful at the intersection towards Bilthoven. You are driving on a priority road, but some people sometimes forget that. After this intersection, you drive for about two kilometers and then you see a white house on your left. At this intersection, we always turn left. Be careful here as well, because the ‘Sunday morning big-tits club’ sometimes wants to take priority here. You can actually do several variations on this route. We are turning left here, but you can also go straight ahead and then take the route in the opposite direction. If you turn left immediately, you can pick up the route later.
The village and beyond
Once in Lage Vuursche, you could stop here for a coffee. That might be a bit quick, but there are a lot of coffee shops and pancake houses here, so enough to stop for a while. Be careful though, because everyone claims the road here, from cars to pedestrians. After the village, you head up the climb of Lage Vuursche. It’s lovely to stop there and a good way to train. Just before that, you see the residence of Princess Beatrix on your left. She seems to still be there, so wave to her next time! At the end of the climb (be careful here too for oncoming MTB riders), we turn right towards Baarn. This bike path is nice and hilly and fairly wide. Great for a group ride, so we’re going at a good pace. As we head towards Baarn, the beautiful view of the Hooge Vuursche castle. If you want to organize another awesome event….
Soestdijk and beyond
At the intersection with Baarn we turn right and soon we have the gardens of Soestdijk on the right hand side. The palace is no longer inhabited, but you can still take a ‘picture with ‘Jula’ and Bernard’. It is a quite impressive sight. Just after the Palace you have to deal with stoplights but then we continue on towards Soest. Here route knowledge is also useful. You can either go straight through Soest (don’t do that), you can continue along the N-road that goes past the airbase, but in the end you have to take the Wieksloterweg. A path that at first glance doesn’t look very inviting, but which seems to have been laid out to be cycled on. You can drive through it in 1x to the Soestse Duinen and finally to the back of the airbase. Recommended!
Flying high
The route starts from the Soest Dunes near the Air Base. This route is a secret to the public. You ride up the hill quite nicely, passing Herman van Veen’s place of residence and work. It’s a shame that they eventually replaced the cobblestones on this climb with concrete slabs. That takes a bit away from the charm. After this climb you have a short downhill stretch, and then you can turn right onto the Vliegpark Soesterberg. In good weather there is quite a lot of activity here with hikers and other cyclists, but in principle you can steer well around it. In the summer between April and August the landing strip is closed, but in the autumn you can cross it nicely and take some great photos.
Back home
In the end, you drive off the airbase and follow the N-road back towards Utrecht. This makes for a nice round trip of just over 45 kilometers. You can expand it as much as you like, for example by adding a Amersfoort lace Or if you drive straight in Baarn instead of turning right towards Soestdijk, you’ll cover the area between Baarn, Amersfoort and Bunschoten. That’s not a bad idea either. For more inspiration, check out our other articles and our Komoot account!
Questions & tips
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