Bicycle Touring The Netherlands: THE DUTCH RIVER DELTA

Bicycle Touring The Netherlands | The Dutch River Delta
From the port city of Rotterdam we cycle through the dutch river delta to the small city of Borne. Along the way we discovery the lovely villages, quiet forests roads and the protected tidal wetlands. We show you our new home: a closed boarding school that needs eyes and ears to protect the property!
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a Special Thanks 🙏🏼

[@WheelstoWander]

On our way to our new temporary home in the East of the Netherlands, cycling through the beautiful river delta 🇳🇱 Let us know if you like it as much as we did?

I also love cycling every day, passing places I've been before and places I haven't. Cycling through unfamiliar roads seeing nature is wonderful. Looking forward to watching your video to know more about your beautiful country. Happy and accompany you ... Your country is so beautiful and peaceful.

[@WheelstoWander]

That is lovely to hear! We very much agree with that feeling 😊 Thank you & All the Best, E&M

[@eugenetaheny2168]

Terrific views of the country side, l loved the old footage of the boys home cut in...👏🏼 10 days of being security guards....👌🏽 All the best from Melbourne AUSTRALIA 🇦🇺❤️

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you Eugene! We learned something about a little piece of Dutch history we otherwise would never have know about! All the Best, E&M

[@susanvannorden6845]

Thank you for such a well produced video of bike touring the southern areas of Netherlands. Beautiful and informative ❤

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks Susan 😊 All the Best, E&M

[@karinacabrerizo2968]

I love the fact that you have so many bike trails especially in the big cities, but it seems also along the national roads. Love the green everywhere. I loved going through Holland on the bike, as it is so nice and flat. Althoiugh in those days (1975) there were no bike trails- So, as I said, if you´re down this part of Andalusia, you are most welcome to stay in my cave. The area is well worth visiting, it has just been declared a geoparque.

[@WheelstoWander]

Hi Karina, Nice to hear from you again! Wow, you have been here in 75, that must have so different. Would love to see those days from the bike 😉 We also would love to see your cave and the geo-park. We will visit Spain almost for sure coming years so we will have to make that happen!!

[@WheelstoWander]

Ps. Could you contact us @ [e-mail]? We would love to hear more about the place that you live! :-)

[@devylim2351]

I'm happy to see you guys back on track with bikepacking, thanks for sharing, looking forward for more vlogs to come, watching from Philippines

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks Devy 😊 All the Best, E&M

[@georgeramirez5225]

That’s a great offer you got to live in a lovely country really enjoy your videos best of luck to you both.stay safe. Hope to see more of your videos.

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks so much George! We hope to make many more 😊 All the very Best!!

[@desert.mantis]

What a beautiful world on which we live. Ride on!

[@WheelstoWander]

Love that statement 👍🏼

[@jcjc7783]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but that fact that there are two of you allows you to really film each other? The shots and cinematography you have is just incredible

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks!! That's right, we both have a camera so we can shoot each other and individual vlogs, b-roll, etc.

[@puneethdl4087]

Maudi looking 👌super, Eric informative words. One of the best greenery ever seen, very big kudos to video thanks loved it🥰. Take care Eric Maudi 👏👏🚴🚴🙏🙏👍👍

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you so much Puneeth 😊 All the best from us!! E&M

[@puneethdl4087]

Thanks Eric & Mow Dee 🥰🥰

[@manningza1780]

Nice country

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks :)

[@commentcraftsman]

That beat in the beginning though! 🔥

[@gerd5088]

Happy to see you again on the road. I enjoyed very much your trip in Asia. But Holland is beautiful, too. Take care of you, and stay healthy. Ciao from Italy

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you Gerd! All the very best, E&M

[@gerd5088]

@@WheelstoWander 👍🍀

[@HikingWithShawn]

This was a great video! I’d love to come over there and enjoy a bike ride! Back in the day, i used to be a security officer for an abandoned hospital and I worked alone at night. It was one of the creepiest assignments I’ve ever had!

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks Shawn! You are welcome here 👍🏼 Ahh, you too know how it is to walk the empty halls at night...brrr! Hopefully you have found something better 😅 All the Best

[@woongtv-naturehealing273]

It's a fantastic bicycle trip. Have a nice day. 👍👍👍🤙🤙👌

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you 👍😊 All the Best

[@isabel441]

I love the scenes where you cycle in nature 🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏻

[@WheelstoWander]

Yeah, such a lovely forest 😊

[@dewimulyati9441]

Awesome nature to experience while cycling. I do enjoy your video(s), appreciate that you share them with us, feeling like going there with you.

[@Biking360]

My feeling exactly. A lot often times I feel like I'm there with them experiencing the journey!

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you very much Dewi! That is wonderful to hear 😊 All the Best, E&M

[@jeff-lewisthomas7427]

Love that road at 3:30. Great filming as usual guys. Brilliant.

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks 👍 Beautiful with the tunnel of trees 😊

[@rimantassamukas3053]

And beautiful cinematography, as always.

[@WheelstoWander]

😊

[@BGP_95]

Heyyyy..... Mix of nature and urban areas... Perfect...

[@WheelstoWander]

Yes 😊 Thanks!!

[@markl2815]

I think I’ve now watched all the”World Series” plus a lot of the more recent ones too. Just wanted to thank you both for the entertainment and effort you put into all this and hope you stay well. At some point, I’d fancy a Dutch cycle tour having lived there in the past but never ridden far out of main centres. If ever you get to Sw France, you have safe ground at our place ... I’ve even got many Dutch friends here too. tot ziens

[@ronwhite8503]

Nice to recognise the buildings as you entered Maassluis and the Erasmus Brug in Rotterdam, a trip I did many times. I am also a little envious though; I loved my time in the Netherlands.

[@kc3718]

been through Maasluis several times, it's quite distinctive, and lovely reminder of days of riding free

[@WheelstoWander]

Ha, Nice! We didn't exactly know where that was. Thanks for pointing that out! Lovely route up from Hoek through Rotterdam. Sounds like you had a good time in the Lowlands!! All the Best, E&M

[@riaanbezuidenhout7796]

Thank you for the upload. Enjoy discovering new places. Greetings from South Africa.

[@WheelstoWander]

Our Pleasure Riaan! All the Best, E&M

[@phoebebiketravel]

I just discovered your videos and I love listening to both of you!

[@mounimmounim3515]

Thank you so much

[@WheelstoWander]

You're welcome 😊

[@rimantassamukas3053]

What a beautiful country!

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks Rimantas!!

[@weedhopp]

Such a shame a beautiful facility sitting empty Very much appreciate the history of your country ! 👍😊

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks Weedhopp! They are contemplating how to use it for the coming years but here is disagrement between the local political parties what to do with it... All the Best, E&M

[@weedhopp]

@@WheelstoWander hopefully settled before losing a beautiful facility to time and nature Almost cycling weather again here in Iowa U.S.A.

[@neiloliva1222]

Thank you for your another video.... Stay safe on d road 🙏🙏🙏

[@WheelstoWander]

Hi Neil! Thank you 😊 All the best, E&M

[@robdawson2]

Y'all just keep making stellar videos!

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks Rob 🙏🏼😊

[@bayangpunla6991]

Your wonderful content creator, and I really admiring your place. Keepsafe EM.

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you Manolito 😊 Glad you like it! All the best from us!!

[@CanyonWanderer]

Very nice once again!, I also really loved the Biesbosch aerial footage, never seen it like that! And indeed, as you mentioned, those sunny weeks in a row around that time were bizarre, never had that like that in NL

[@WheelstoWander]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks 😊 And yeah pretty strange but also really nice for cycling 😉

[@SeekingSnow]

Hope you guys watched a good thriller movie while there, like 28 Days Later or The Shining😉 love all your videos! Thanks for another one

[@WheelstoWander]

Ha, we already saw those ones! They would have been extra spooky for sure 😬 Thanks & All the Best, E&M

[@general8949]

I really love your videos

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks!!

[@lukespack]

The Netherlands is so green in early spring. Beautiful. Who was Maria Mediatrix? Was this a religious school at one time? All these canals are so lovely. Thank you for giving me a little education.

[@WheelstoWander]

Yes it is, really lovely! We have no idea who Maria was... Yes, it was a religious boarding school (protestant I guess...) All the Best

[@samgriffiths7658]

Very well put-together video!

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you Sam 😊 All the best!

[@dimrrider9133]

Nice vid. and im living just 5km from de Bies Bosch at the other side in the province Noord Brabant. Have a great time :)

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks! A very nice place, would love to explore some more one of these days....

[@marksadventures3889]

Does this mean you're free? No lockdown? Nice place to be. It's strange, I don't think of places elsewhere of suffering vandalism, we get it here in the UK and I've seen in other places like Paris and New York. That place did look kind of spooky and the comment below of the Kubrick film is valid there. I will continue to watch your journeys and adventures. I hope you are both well. Stay safe.

[@dennisdevos]

Look at the shopping stores, they are all closed here. except pharmacies, food and such, for necessary stuff, all other stores where closed, they will open up from 3 march but only with appointment at specific time. Also hair dressers, massage studio's and such will open again, not the hookers though :-) and we have to stay at home after 21:00 until 5:00 unless you have to go for work or emergency situation or when you have a dog.

[@WheelstoWander]

Hi Mark! Dennis put it quite accurately. It was a spooky place, especially at night! Not free yet, hopefully soon... All the Best, E&M

[@mc.l9868]

Excelent food! Beautiful pictures and bikes. Saludos desde México 🇲🇽

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you very much 😊 All the Best

[@paulfairclough9350]

Great video as usual 😊😊

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you Paul 😊

[@buskees4436]

Weer een fijne video waar je uit kan opmaken dat ons kikkerlandje nog niet zo gek is!! Ik hoop dat jullie straks ook weer kunnen fietsen. Voorlopig denk ik dat je het buitenland nog even uit je hoofd moet zetten!! Hoe dan ook: Keep the video's coming!!! Hug, ikke

[@WheelstoWander]

Dank je 😊 Echt wel mooi hier, zeker in de lente/zomer! We gaan het meemaken... de zin is er!! Zondag weer een verse 😉

[@adilali7378]

Good luck nice beautiful 👍 well done

[@rolandmd73]

Great video! And beautiful location for ‘anti kraak’ living

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you very much! Yes it was 😊 All the Best!

[@macanalista]

Nice landscapes over there! I would like to see some contact with people in there, like sharing something about peasants making cheese for example..

[@WheelstoWander]

That's a great idea! With corona it wasn't easy and also in our own country it is a bit more of a barrier to cross 😅

[@goerlitzundmeinrad]

Wir wünschen euch alles gute für den MÄRZ DaNkE 🙃🐷🚲🌹💐🌺🏵️

[@WheelstoWander]

Danke 😊 You too 🙏🏼🏕

[@BluecollarBackcountry]

"DO NOT" watch The Shining with Jack Nicholson while staying in that building. 😉

[@WheelstoWander]

A good tip there 😉 Thanks!

yolunuz açık olsun

[@WheelstoWander]

Hi Osman, çok teşekkür ederim!!

[@RajKumar-ux7vx]

Love from village charwa se..(India)❤️

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you Raaz! All the Best!!

[@RajKumar-ux7vx]

@@WheelstoWander kya mai aapko email kar sakta hu ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@raunaanuar2930]

Nice!! 🇲🇾

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks! 😃

[@jooproos6559]

Is there a translation fore the spice they did in the yoghurt?

[@the1andonly]

You actually have the same kind of geese we know here as "Canada Geese". Amazing weather! Was this really in February? We still have winter here. Riding conditions vary from one day to the next, with the colder days actually being better (less polished ice).

[@WheelstoWander]

Hi Jorg! This was in June last year 😅 The weather is nice now but no where near the tropical temperatures in the video. We also call them 'Canadese Gans' 😉 All the Best, E&M

[@murat_oguz]

Vooooov 👍👋 nice 🥳🤩🥰

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you! Cheers Murat 😊

[@jeffawayan319]

I'm from Indonesia and i have one question !! The road at the forest was really clean , is there any someone who clened the road every day ??? I'm sorry if my english was bad

[@WheelstoWander]

Your right Jeffa, it was very clean! In the cities we have small cleaning trucks but I wouldn't know if the also clean in forested areas?

[@freudsigmund72]

Either the municipality in which the forest is located or the government body that maintains national forests is responsible for maintaining it. And yes that also includes clean-up crews every so often. Besides, those who visit the forests generally take care of their surroundings and adhere to calls to take out your own rubbish.

[@ronaldvanderhorst4936]

At the end of autumn, when the leaves have fallen, not only the road’s and bicycle paths through the forest are cleaned but also the walking trail’s. I was amazed to encounter a little car on my stroll through the woods, with a very powerful leafblower fitted on the back. Preventing the trails from becoming too muddy and indicating where they really are. They do that over all the trails on “de veluwezoom” . So if you do that, taking care of the paved ones, is the easy task!

[@bangWarkop]

Good

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks

[@P13586]

"The magic of cycle touring". And OBW being an attractive young woman doesn't hurt! I wonder how gracious strangers are to old single men cycle tourists?

[@WheelstoWander]

We heard grey hair can help to see older cyclists as elders in some places...

[@pauldarbishire7226]

good to see you guys! that was a strange place, why did it only need looking after for 10 days? keep making these great vlogs please. how did you get the black eye Eric?... :-)

[@WheelstoWander]

Hi Paul! They made a schedule for different couples to look after it. We supposed to be the last ones with only 10 days... I must have had a bad night, I look very tired 😅 All the Best

[@jolandahooijenga1464]

Wat is Nederland toch mooi. Ik hoop dat jullie Leeuwarden ook aandoen

[@WheelstoWander]

Absoluut 😊 Gaan we vast een keertje doorheen!

[@jolandahooijenga1464]

@@WheelstoWanderLeuk, dan reserveer ik een stukje van mijn achtertuin voor jullie :)

[@ProfPete]

love your videos, well done & always interesting! also you Dutch are so nice :-) btw, have you ever considered getting a tandem? they are actually more efficient than 2 individual bikes

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks Peter! A tandem looks great, would love to try it one day. Also we really like the freedom and challenge of our individual efforts :) All the Best, E&M

[@general8949]

Hi i missed you so much How are you both?

[@WheelstoWander]

Hi General! We are doing OK! Thanks

[@stan9636]

Hi guys I’ve see load of you videos and they great!! I cycled from malaga to Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 in 2018 and loved it, do you recommend any countries to tour post pandemic 😷

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks Andy! We have some tips from our own tour: Turkey, one of our favourites, The Balkan is great, Tajikistan, Georgia, Japan, Laos... to name a few 😉 Hope you'll get out soon!

[@jojielynmahinay447]

Guys what are d size of your tires? fan from Philippines🙋

[@stephenvanwijk9669]

Maassluis, out of the direction Hoek van Holland. Zijn jullie Hoekenezen?

[@WheelstoWander]

Uit de polders van Noord Holland 😉

[@daano465]

Wow, ik dacht al, er is iets anders. Ben een week lang t centrum van Rotterdam nie uit geweest. Had geen idee dat het al zo groen was overal

[@WheelstoWander]

Hoi Daan, dit was in Juni ;)

[@daano465]

@@WheelstoWander ik begon al aan mijzelf te twijfelen

[@ouagadougou62]

Nice video, good to see parts of the Netherlands. I was surprised to see that you have Canada geese there, black and brown. What do you call them?

[@WheelstoWander]

Thanks! We call them 'Canadese gans', very original 😉

[@ouagadougou62]

@@WheelstoWander Interesting, in Japan, where I live they call geese gan too

[@jcjc7783]

When you started your ride around the world, if you don’t mind me asking, how much did you save up, and how long were you planning on cycling? I am doing an around the world ride in 2022 and am curious

[@WheelstoWander]

We guesstimated 25€ for two people per day for two years. That was really a quite good amount for our plans and the route we toke. Best of luck with preparing your own world tour!!

[@user-vi8hg3vs9s]

جميل جداً

[@WheelstoWander]

😊

[@sevilasdiyeva4679]

🖐️🖐️🖐️🖐️

[@moodyfan4ever]

You crossed my city Rotterdam, I saw that you crossed the Euromast and Parkkade, a pity you don t eat meat because you passed De Ballentent with their famous broodje bal, lol.

[@WheelstoWander]

Lovely big city atmosphere in R'dam on a sunny day!! No problem, a bit more for you ;.)

[@Hindukushsailing]

🌴🚲🚲🌴

[@WheelstoWander]

😃 Nice

[@dalerussell8993]

Why did you have to look after that building. Was it part of work?

[@WheelstoWander]

It was offered to us by the company looking after the building. We lived for them in the past.

[@ericman3234]

Where do you find places like the one you stayed at 'for free' ? Ia there an app?

[@mymemeplex]

Vraag me af waar je in de buurt van Neerijnen uiteindelijk hebt geslapen. Hoe is jullie ervaring met wildcamperen in NL, omdat het eigenlijk niet mag?

[@dennisdevos]

Hoe komen jullie zo bij de voormalige school terecht? Kun je daar goedkoop of gratis terecht in ruil voor inspectie rondes? Wel jammer dat jullie tien dagen in deze omgeving (ik kom uit delden) zijn geweest maar eigenlijk geen beelden ervan laten zien.

[@WheelstoWander]

Via een antikraak stichting. Wij kregen een vergoeding omdat het in dit geval voor een korte periode was. Inderdaad de omgeving is prachtig! Helaas hadden we een tijdschema om daar te geraken en ook weer op de terugweg. We gaan er zeker nog een keertje op ontdekkingsreis ;.)

[@arees8962]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍👍😍😍😍😍😍

[@WheelstoWander]

😊🙏🏼 Thanks Aris!

[@sanjibdura5829]

🇳🇵

[@Twdarby]

Is it really that green there in the Netherlands in February?

[@WheelstoWander]

This was in June last year 😉

[@MS-hz8yi]

@PeterBergen Summer begins June 21, so early June is spring obviously

[@mysurlytrucker7510]

Yo yo yo ,how you guys ,great video as always, the netherlands disneyland for cycling 🚲 ,hope some time to get back, found memories for sure, did you have to do a lot to get bikes back into shape, o and I got my nice rack v2, and my ryde Andra css rear rim dt Swiss champion spokes 48 ,of them 14 gauge and halo 😇 spin doctor hub ,now if I could just get back over there, you could adopt me ha ha l😂l.

[@WheelstoWander]

Thank you David!! Nice additions to your touring bike, sounds bombproof ;) 😆 We won't be here too long... hopefully! All the Best, E&M

[@mysurlytrucker7510]

@@WheelstoWander cool guys ,it's a shame we in Scotland still can't really move but we'll it is Scotland so still not to warm anyway but with a bit of luck cov will go replaced with heat 😀 be safe.

[@Frankenpedaleur]

Which cutting program do you use?

[@WheelstoWander]

Premiere!

[@Frankenpedaleur]

@@WheelstoWander Bedankt!

[@paulhadfield8006]

No lockdown in Netherlands

[@WheelstoWander]

This was in June, no lockdown at that time!

[@dennisdevos]

There are lots of rules now, stores closed, nightclock, and lots of other rules, cant hold up with many people outside of your own household, still lots of rules, there is a ''lockdown'' at the moment

[@DDanii_1]

Dus kan je nu ook Nederlands praten?

[@WheelstoWander]

Zo ie zo 😉

[@sergedecock3179]

Mooie video maar spijtig van reclame en dat je niet onze taal spreekt is echt geen promotie voor de Nederlandse taal spijtig

[@WheelstoWander]

We delen onze avonturen graag zo breed mogelijk!

[@sergedecock3179]

Misschien beter gewerkt met ondertiteling

[@WheelstoWander]

Dat is een arbeidsintensieve of dure benadering.

[@spiderblackz]

very frustated i cannot find the bar end similar with your bike...so sad

[@WheelstoWander]

The are the: Ergotec Evo Touring Large bar ends!! Good Luck

[@spiderblackz]

@@WheelstoWander tq bro

[@ghost9119]

Guys that’s a great trail , could you share it and how long it takes riding.