Cycling the North Sea Coast - Amsterdam to Dunkirk Family Bike Tour - Episode 20
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 พ.ค. 2024
- Between July 23rd and 28th, 2023, our family cycled from Amsterdam in the Netherlands to Dunkirk, France. This leg of our bike tour began in Amsterdam, went through Haarlem to the North Sea coast, through Bruges, Belgium, and on to Dunkirk, France to catch a ferry across the English Channel to Dover. We went through North Holland, South Holland, and Zeeland in the Netherlands, through Flanders, Belgium, and ending in the department of Nord, France.
This was part of a 5-month long family bicycle tour of Europe we did on sabbatical. See a playlist of all of the videos in order here • European Family Bike Tour
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0:00 Intro
0:27 Day 94: Amsterdam to Katwijk aan Zee
5:07 Day 95: Katwijk aan Zee to Rockanje
8:05 Day 96: Rockanje to Vrouwenpolder
12:39 Day 97: Vrouwenpolder to Bruges
17:43 Day 98: Bruges to De Panne
23:20 Day 99: De Panne to Dunkirk/Dover
Music by Lofi Girl:
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See all videos in our 5000+ km cycling trip in chronological order here: th-cam.com/video/dJtSGe0C4Mw/w-d-xo.html
By taking a car to Dunkirk you would have missed all those beautiful sceneries. Thanks for taking us along for the ride.
Glad you enjoyed it!
You captured some amazing Dutch skies ⛅️🌤️☀️⛈️🌩️💨
Agreed! Haringvlietdam was my favorite 8:46
I was cycling the other way round from Ostend to Breskens that week thinking how glad I was with the wind in my back
I'm glad we were relatively fit by then. We were able to power through it after 4 1/2 months of cycling.
Wind in the Netherlands is usually coming from the southwest so you were up for a challenge!
Yes, it actually wasn't quite as bad as we feared. I'm sure it can be worse than what we experienced.
Amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
That's the word I've been using since the beginning!
Good job! At the Haringvlietdam there's a yearly bike contest called 'tegen de wind in fietsen' - riding against the wind.
Love it! Cycling against the wind is fun in small doses.
On a ordinary bike with no gears!
Lovely video. We’re cycling it in August. All your videos are fantastic. Have really enjoyed watching your European holiday. Always look forward to the next one. Thank you
Thanks so much! Are you headed the same direction as us or will you have the benefit of a tailwind?
Un viaggio molto interessante...chiedevo quando avete fatto questo video.Grazie😊
Thanks! We biked this section in the end of July 2023.
Nice video. Thank you for sharing.
We’ll be heading the same way!!!!
Born nearby Vlissingen and living nearby Rockanje …I saw you enjoyed our cycle patch in The Netherlands. Next year the other side of our country? Greetings from the Netherlands
Still undecided about where to go next time out but it's possible. Cheers!
We have no mountants but you met our headwind lol nice trip.
Greetz from Breda (the Netherlands)
With mountains you always get a nice descent but not with a headwind!
@@pedalpowerfamily And you have it in any direction ;p
Our parents always say: your not made of sugar and hop i had to cycle 16km to school and back in the rain with headwind allways haha
We have a similar saying in America except it's walking uphill both ways :)
@@pedalpowerfamily LOL
I bet the Bike paths changed quite a bit after leaving the Netherlands...
Super video made me Homesick for Holland and Zeeland..
We rode on many great bike paths all over Europe but the Netherlands definitely has the most extensive network.
Flaanders is catching up but still decades behind like every country in the world ;) and its not even arrogant but the hard truth.
Not the easiest weather conditions but hope you liked it. Ask for some specific trails in advance and we can help you.
Nice trip! I recognize a lot of bike paths.
6:30 interesting to see you took this ferry, most local people take the ferry from Maassluis, that one is 7 times cheaper
Good to know. I overlooked that one when planning the route. That would also explain why there were so few people on our ferry. But it was pretty cool to see the container ships being loaded and unloaded.
Looks like a great trip
It was super interesting despite the lack of mountains.
Cycling in Holland is easy, flat ... but it's allways windy, putting Chicago to shame :)
Yes, our first thought was that we'd cover lots of distance each day compared to our time in the Alps, but the flat, smooth bike paths were definitely offset by the headwinds. Luckily we knew about the winds beforehand and planned accordingly.
@@pedalpowerfamily ok. I was already thinking you went the wrong direction, because usually in NL there is southwestern winds ..☺
Why helmets ??
We were often on bike paths away from cars on this leg of our journey but that wasn't always the case. My wife and I have both been saved by helmets in the past.
They weren't commuting from home to work, but on a long journey with a lot of bagage. Always keep safety in mind. Especially when cycling in Belgium with far lessers cycle infrastructure.