Netherlands 24: Loop ride from Duinrell to Voorburg via Huis ten Bosch

With a little free time on the final full day of our Netherlands 24 trip, I headed out on a ride to Voorburg, taking a route through Haagse Bos, stopping briefly at the Royal Palace ‘Huis ten Bosch’.

Watch full-length video at normal speed Loop ride from Duinrell to Voorburg via Huis ten Bosch

Voorburg is a town to the east of Den Haag, now part of the Leidschendam-Voorburg municipality, though is often regarded as a suburb of Den Haag. Voorburg is considered to be one of the oldest towns in the Netherlands, originally founded by the Romans.

I’ve ridden to Voorburg previously, back in 2019 on a not too dissimilar route to this one. Though it was nice to get opportunity to go back to the town again, this time with my GoPro attached, so I could capture it on video.

Riding to Voorburg

Setting off from Duinrell, I turned right at the entrance, onto Storm van ‘s-Gravesandeweg. Riding down here, I carried on beyond the turning for Jagerslaan, over the recently installed continuous footway/cycleway.

Recently reconstructed section on Storm van 's-Gravesandeweg — Recently reconstructed section on Storm van ‘s-Gravesandeweg

The section immediately after the Jagerslaan junction has already changed in the past few years, as part of a downgrading of the route for local access. This has seen the cycle paths removed and speeds reduced to 30 kph.

Construction materials on Storm van 's-Gravesandeweg — Construction materials on Storm van ‘s-Gravesandeweg

The remodeling of the street, makes it look very different to before, making it feel more like a place people live, rather than one that people drive through. So in that regards, it’s already been successful.

Beyond this initial completed section, the reconstruction of the street was still in progress. With the road closed to through traffic and construction materials stacked up by the side of the road.

Construction on Storm van 's-Gravesandeweg — Construction on Storm van ‘s-Gravesandeweg

I did return here in 2025 to see the work completed, though I’ll cover that in a future post (little teaser for you there!). Though I will say I was disappointed to see the road reopen to through traffic, as I expected it to be filtered.

Leaving Storm van ‘s-Gravesandeweg, I made my way through Wassenaar, riding along Stoeplaan, with its hi-vis tree, then turning off onto another residential street Teylingerhorstlaan. From there, I headed into the woods around Kasteel de Wittenburg.

I don’t know if there’s another name for these woods, but they make a pleasant route to the N44, riding through the trees, then briefly past Kasteel de Wittenburg itself and the lake that surrounds it.

I left the woods onto Verlengde Kerkeboslaan, next to the N44. This is a local access road, that provides access to the many big properties along this stretch. It switches between a fietsstraat and cycle path, meaning through traffic isn’t allowed. This is something you see a lot in the Netherlands, that works well.

Cycle path on Verlengde Kerkeboslaan, next to the N44

I crossed the N44, continued along Zijdeweg which runs next to the N14, then crossed the N14. I was now riding along the tree-lined Bezuidenhoutseweg. I made my way along there until I turned into Haagse Bos.

Haagse Bos, which means Den Haag’s forest is a is a rectangular neighbourhood and forest in the Haagse Hout district of Den Haag and is about 100 hectares in size. It has a number of paths running through it, as well as a large pond.

Haagse Bos is part of a forest that once stretched from the Hoek van Holland past Amsterdam. Little remains of it now, except for Haagse Bos and Haarlemmer Hout, on the outskirts of Haarlem.

Bike check in front of Grote Vijver (Great Pond)

Within Haagse Bos is the Royal Palace ‘Huis ten Bosch’. Huis ten Bosch was built as a summer residence for Frederik Hendrik in 1644. Since 1815, the palace has been owned by the Dutch state and made available to the royal family. Princess Beatrix lived there from 1980 until 2014. Now King Willem-Alexander lives there with his family.

After stopping at the gates of Huis ten Bosch for a few photos, noticing the rather significant and unsurprising security measures, such as the moats, I made my way through the remainder of the forest and out onto Bezuidenhoutseweg.

After stopping briefly at Park Vlaskamp, I made my way along Bezuidenhoutseweg, then onto Hofzichtlaan and Monseigneur van Steelaan. These were all quite wide roads, with decent cycle paths and trams in some cases.

Continuing from there, I made my way down Sint Martinuslaan and onto Parkweg, which disappointingly only feature painted lanes. At the end of Parkweg, I reached Marianneviaduct, which carries the 8 lanes of the A12 motorway and the railway between Den Haag and Gouda.

Passing under the viaduct, I reached the stationsplein for Voorburg station, where I stopped for a little while in the afternoon sun. Despite it being situated next to a massive viaduct, it’s surprisingly peaceful, probably due to the decent sound barriers.

Sign for the construction work on Storm van 's-Gravesandeweg — Sign for the construction work on Storm van ‘s-Gravesandeweg

Riding back to Duinrell

With it time to go, I set off back to Duinrell, largely following the same route, but with a few deviations. Passing back under the viaduct, I turned off onto Laan van Nieuw Oosteinde, then onto Kon. Julianalaan, where there were trams running down the centre of the road.

I then continued onto Nieuw Oost-Indië, which largely featured good cycling infrastructure and was fairly busy. I turned right onto Bezuidenhoutseweg, which runs parallel to Haagse Bos, then turned left back into Haagse Bos.

Riding down to the underpass under the S101 Benoordenhoutseweg

After riding through Haagse Bos, I exited near the S101, where I took the underpass under the road, then crossed the junction with the N14. Now back on Verlengde Kerkeboslaan, Next to the N44 again, I made my way back through the woods at Kasteel de Wittenburg.

Start of a fietsstraat (cycle street) on Verlengde Kerkeboslaan, next to the N44

I then followed largely the same route I came, with the exception of riding along Jagerslaan, instead of the section of Storm van ‘s-Gravesandeweg under construction. It wasn’t long before I arrived back at Duinrell, for the end of my final ride of Netherlands 24.

And just like that, it was the end of our trip and time to return to the UK. We had a fantastic time as we always do (otherwise why would we keep going back?!). It was great spending a week in Amersfoort getting to know the city, then back in familiar territory at Duinrell.

I’ve enjoyed revisiting and documenting our Netherlands 24 trip. At some point soon, I’ll be back with our Netherlands 25 trip, where we spent two weeks just at Duinrell. Though I’ll maybe have a break for some other places than the Netherlands!