5x the best cycling routes with children

With the May holidays just around the corner, it’s time to enjoy the outdoors together. What could be more fun than a bike ride with the whole family? On these 5 cycling routes you can enjoy the surroundings while pedaling, and so can your children.

Cycling is not only healthy, but also a great way to explore nature and spend quality time with your family. And no, you don’t have to travel huge distances for that. These child-friendly cycle routes, selected by Fietsnetwerk.nl – one of the largest online cycle route providers in the Netherlands – are somewhat shorter and come with ‘dismount moments’ at which you can take a break. Extra nice: nice places are recommended for every route of Fietsnetwerk.nl. And if you find the route too long, you can easily adjust it with the cycling junctions.

Nature, playing and enjoying – Amersfoort (24 km)

This cycle route through Amersfoort is a real hit with children, because there is plenty to do along the way. From playing in nature playgrounds and building huts to a petting zoo and puppet theater de Toermalijn. Bad weather? Then you can go to the covered traffic garden De Wagenwerkplaats. You also cycle right through the Schammer nature reserve. Cycled out? Settle down at HEY! Pancake, the end point. With this coupon, Kek Mama readers receive a 12.50 euro discount on a lunch or dinner.

On a journey of discovery in Hellendoorn – Hellendoorn (20 km)

Go on an adventure in the Hellendoorn forests. If you pay attention while cycling, you might see a rabbit, fox or deer! You start at Erve De Pas where you can hear more about the area and the wolf, which has recently started living there. Search for wolf tracks with the scavenger hunt for Wout de Wolf on the Sprengenberg. Bring a set of old clothes, because in play blush OERRR you can build huts, climb trees and mess with mud. Also nice: the Buitencentrum Sallandse Heuvelrug in Nijverdal, where you can look at the starry sky through telescopes on Friday and Saturday.

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To the Effelder Waldsee – Herkenbosch (21 km)

The Limburg village of Herkenbosch is located near the German border, and with this cycling route you will set off in Germany. Don’t forget your swimming gear when the weather is nice, because you cycle along a beautiful recreational lake: the Effelder Waldsee. Including large aqua park with slides, trampolines and climbing towers (for a fee). The road to get there is beautiful: National Park De Meinweg is a nature reserve with fens, streams and marshes. Via the river Roer you wind through the landscape back to the Netherlands, where you can admire Daelenbroeck Castle.

From Doesburg to Dieren – Doesburg (24 km)

This cycle route takes you along the beautiful IJssel and through the forest edge of the Veluwe. You end up at De Speelij-Inventerij in Dieren. And that is not just any playground, because you have all kinds of crazy playground equipment here that you will not find anywhere else! From Dieren you can take the ferry across the IJssel to Olburgen, where you can enjoy the beautiful views and even take a refreshing dip on a hot day.

The Forester’s Secret – Chaam (23 km)

Do you know the books by Spekkie and Sproet? During a weekend at the campsite, these best friends help the police track down bank robbers. During this cycle route through the forest you will come across all kinds of places where the story of Spekkie and Sproet takes place. Also nice if you don’t know the story. You can always listen to part of the story in the Cycling Network App at the times you get off.