{"id":27875,"date":"2026-09-27T16:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nieuw.cyclingdestination.cc\/?post_type=bestemming&#038;p=27875"},"modified":"2026-09-27T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T16:28:09","slug":"harz","status":"publish","type":"bestemming","link":"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/en\/bestemmingen\/duitsland\/saksen-anhalt\/harz","title":{"rendered":"Harz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De Harz is het noordelijkste gebergte van Duitsland en op zo&#8217;n vijf uur rijden van Nederland. Het is een groene wereld van dichte bossen, stuwmeren en vakwerkstadjes, met de Brocken (1141 meter) als hoogste punt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Waarom fietsen in de Harz?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>De Brocken: de klim naar de top is autovrij, dus ideaal voor gravel en mountainbike.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Vakwerkstadjes als Wernigerode, Goslar en Quedlinburg.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Honderden kilometers bosweg in Nationaal Park Harz.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Rustige, bochtige wegen langs de stuwmeren.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hoogtepunten op de fiets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>De Brocken (1.141 meter), het dak van Noord-Duitsland. Een lange, grillige klim; start vroeg, want later op de dag trekt vaak mist binnen.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Wernigerode en Schierke: een vakwerkstad met een kasteel, en een dorp in het dal van de Bode aan de voet van de Brocken. Neem eens de smalspoorbaan omhoog en fiets naar beneden.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>De Rappbodetalsperre, een stuwmeer met een hangbrug over de dam.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Quedlinburg, met meer dan 2.100 vakwerkhuizen, en de rotsen van de Teufelsmauer.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Stolberg met het Josephskreuz, en de Hexentanzplatz met uitzicht over het Bodetal.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>De oude Duits-Duitse grens bij Sorge: gravel langs wachttorens, grenspalen en een grensmuseum.<\/li>\n\n\n<li>Voor mountainbikers de Volksbank Arena Harz: 74 lussen en zo&#8217;n 2.300 kilometer aan routes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Onze tien favoriete plekken lees je in <a href=\"\/en\/stories-2\/fietsen-in-de-harz-in-2026-de-ultieme-bucketlist-voor-racefiets-gravel-mtb\/\">Fietsen in de Harz in 2026: de ultieme bucketlist<\/a>, en meer tips in <a href=\"\/en\/stories-2\/germany\/cycling-in-nationalpark-harz\/\">Fietsen in Nationalpark Harz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Gravelen vanuit Benneckenstein<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Onze uitvalsbasis in de Harz is Explore the Harz, de bed &#038; breakfast van Carla en Pim in Benneckenstein. Binnen een kilometer zit je op het gravel, en Pim maakt routes met een eigen thema: DDR-geschiedenis, de Brocken, de Rappbodetalsperre en het Josephskreuz. Explore the Harz is <a href=\"\/en\/stories-2\/germany\/the-saga-continues\/explore-the-harz-benneckenstein-cycling-destination-approved\/\">Cycling Destination Approved<\/a>. Lees ook ons verhaal <a href=\"\/en\/stories-2\/germany\/the-saga-continues\/vier-dagen-gravel-in-de-harz-dit-wil-jij-ook\/\">Four days of gravel in the Harz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When are you leaving?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mei tot en met september. De Brocken staat vaak in de wolken: neem altijd een jasje mee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you get there?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Met de auto in ongeveer vijf uur, of met de trein naar Goslar of Wernigerode.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The northernmost mountain range in Germany, with the Brocken as its roof.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":26578,"parent":28022,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"thema":[],"gebergte":[],"uitgelicht":[],"class_list":["post-27875","bestemming","type-bestemming","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Harz - Cycling Destination<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/en\/destinations\/germany\/the-saga-continues\/harz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Harz - 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