Man cycling past a boat on the Vliet Canal

Netherlands 25: Loop ride around Vlietland

With a bit of time to spare, while everyone was doing their own thing, I had chance for a quick afternoon ride. Being somewhere we’d briefly ridden to in 2022, I fancied exploring the area around Vlietland, a recreational area with lakes formed from the extraction of sand.

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Sun setting over the sea

Netherlands 25: Evening ride to the beach at Wassenaarse Slag

If I’m honest, I’ve already done this route to death already, so why am I back with another post covering a ride to the beach at Wassenaarse Slag? Well, largely as this was an evening ride, with a few nice shots of the sun setting over sea.

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Monorail selfie

Netherlands 25: Two weeks at Duinrell

Regular readers will no doubt be familiar with our yearly trips to the holiday and amusement park Duinrell in the town of Wassenaar. In 2025, instead of staying at an additional location in the Netherlands as we had done for a number of years, we’d arranged to spend the full two weeks at Duinrell.

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Inside the Subtropical Swimming Paradise

Center Parcs Sherwood Forest

With a big birthday to celebrate, in November 2024 we arranged to spend a long weekend at Center Parcs Sherwood Forest, arriving Friday evening. Center Parcs is somewhere we’ve wanted to go for some time, but with the high prices, we’d wondered whether it was worth it.

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Gates outside Royal Palace 'Huis ten Bosch'

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’.

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In the cycle lane on Boulevard

Netherlands 24: Loop ride from Duinrell to Katwijk

On the sixth day of our week at Duinrell, having a little time to kill in the morning, I headed out onto the dunes for a quick loop ride to Katwijk. This is somewhere we’d been previously, back in 2016 and 2022 and is a pleasant ride with multiple route options.

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