RobCyclist
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I decided to do a 9 day cycle tour from North London to Frankfurt in Germany earlier this month. If you're interested in watching said video, it's linked below [sadly seems to be blocked on mobile devices
]. I spent around a week making this one so hope you enjoy it 
The tour went through: London, Rochester, Ashford, Dover, Dunqirk, Ostende, Brugges, Ghent, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Colonge, Bonn, Koblenz, and Frankfurt. Among many other smaller places.
View: https://youtu.be/aQwYClxrEpo?t=147
(I timestamped a part I liked - but you choose what you want to watch).
For me this was the best tour, and the longest one that I've been on to date. Germany in my opinion was amazing and I would recommend it to anyone. I went along the River Rhine from Dusseldorf to almost Frankfurt (the Rhine had amazing views) and I also cycled through many local routes which were just as interesting to me, it was clear that a lot of effort had gone into building them.
For me England was the worst part but that was likely influenced by the weather, Belgium was way better than expected. I was only in Netherlands for about 50 miles so I can't really comment on that country. But as I said, Germany for me made the trip, Colonge & Bonn seemed very historic and Frankfurt for me seemed like an American city (if I can say that). Out of everywhere I've been in Europe I'd say Frankfurt is the most similar to an American city (due to the skyline).
I had a few interesting things happen. On the night before the last day I met two people around my age (20) that lived less than 10 miles away from my house, just in the middle of nowhere along the Rhine. They were tandem cycling to Basel which I thought was pretty cool.
Brussels felt very strange / sinister (video kinda shows it). Military trucks everywhere, likely from the recent terror attacks.
I'm happy to answer any questions as well.
Cheers,
Rob
I decided to do a 9 day cycle tour from North London to Frankfurt in Germany earlier this month. If you're interested in watching said video, it's linked below [sadly seems to be blocked on mobile devices
]. I spent around a week making this one so hope you enjoy it The tour went through: London, Rochester, Ashford, Dover, Dunqirk, Ostende, Brugges, Ghent, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Colonge, Bonn, Koblenz, and Frankfurt. Among many other smaller places.
View: https://youtu.be/aQwYClxrEpo?t=147
(I timestamped a part I liked - but you choose what you want to watch).
For me this was the best tour, and the longest one that I've been on to date. Germany in my opinion was amazing and I would recommend it to anyone. I went along the River Rhine from Dusseldorf to almost Frankfurt (the Rhine had amazing views) and I also cycled through many local routes which were just as interesting to me, it was clear that a lot of effort had gone into building them.
For me England was the worst part but that was likely influenced by the weather, Belgium was way better than expected. I was only in Netherlands for about 50 miles so I can't really comment on that country. But as I said, Germany for me made the trip, Colonge & Bonn seemed very historic and Frankfurt for me seemed like an American city (if I can say that). Out of everywhere I've been in Europe I'd say Frankfurt is the most similar to an American city (due to the skyline).
I had a few interesting things happen. On the night before the last day I met two people around my age (20) that lived less than 10 miles away from my house, just in the middle of nowhere along the Rhine. They were tandem cycling to Basel which I thought was pretty cool.
Brussels felt very strange / sinister (video kinda shows it). Military trucks everywhere, likely from the recent terror attacks.
I'm happy to answer any questions as well.
Cheers,
Rob
