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The dune belt of North Holland, a frontline against the sea and enemies alike
We rode from Texel’s blooming heather to the world’s largest sea lock, past five centuries of bunkers and battles.
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Castles, moats, and a chained library: crossing Gelderland north to south
A three-day cycling expedition through Dutch medieval strongholds, ending at the Roman ruins on the German frontier.
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Dark corners of Drenthe: from old prison cruelty to Stone Age tombs
Drenthe has more prehistoric sites than any other Dutch province, a murder victim from 54 BC preserved in peat, and the world’s oldest boat. It also rains constantly.
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Following the medieval trade route between Overijssel’s oldest cities
Three Hanseatic cities on the IJssel, connected by a medieval trade route that still follows the river.
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Where the sea once ruled: a journey across the Dutch Delta
The sea has shaped and reshaped Zeeland for centuries. Cycling through it, you can still feel where the water used to be.
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Flevoland: a drama of lost islands and conquered sea
Dutch engineering defeated the sea but left the island soul of Urk and Schokland almost intact.
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Dutch rural gothic: rainy gloom and lone windmills
South Holland’s countryside looks best when nobody else is out in it — just you and the squeaking of mill blades in the wind.
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Fishing villages, smoked mackerel, and unicorns of North Holland
Behind the tulip fields and cheese markets, North Holland has a coastline that smells of salt and fish and hasn’t changed much since the sea was drained.
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Spirit of the North: wild paths, cute seals, and mustard soup
Groningen feels like the edge of the country. We came for the Wadden Sea, but the countryside won: villages selling jam on the honour system, paths barely wide enough for the bike.
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In the middle of the Netherlands: tranquil secrets of Utrecht Province
Utrecht City has a ring highway. Everything worth seeing is on the other side of it.
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Winter Zeeland is not for beginners: cycling through fog, drizzle, and darkness
How we endured the coastal chill until the last train carried us home from the province’s sleeping capital.
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Cycling Limburg: from Roman baths to medieval treasures
South of Maastricht, the Netherlands gets confused about whether it’s still the Netherlands. Hills appear. The beer goes crazy.
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Rolling over the South Holland dunes in summer
The landscape between Scheveningen and Lisse hides more than you’d expect: a tulip-domed temple and a medieval ruin nobody has heard of.
Photo stories from the bicycle saddle
How it all started
We are Slava and Oksanka, a Ukrainian couple who found our own local adventure style — on the longtail e-bike nicknamed “Shark.”
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