Rotterdam
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toffee
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mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
The UNESCO windmill park at Kinderdijk is 12 miles east on LF2, slightly less if you don't mind playing junction number bingo and using one or two of the few crap cycle lanes I've seen in Holland. I think it's worth a look if you've never been. The riverside cycle route to its west is more crap cycle lanes, so probably ride both ways through the park rather than make the obvious loop that side.
Delft is 10 miles away, Dordrecht and Gouda each 15. I think there may be medium distance ferries from Rotterdam to Kinderdijk and Dordrecht if you want a faster scenic ride one way.
Delft is 10 miles away, Dordrecht and Gouda each 15. I think there may be medium distance ferries from Rotterdam to Kinderdijk and Dordrecht if you want a faster scenic ride one way.
Thanks but I'll stick in Rotterdam, I've been through many times but never had a good look around.
Decided to do the De Kuip tour and visit the Fenix food factory, I best do this last as beer is involved.....
Decided to do the De Kuip tour and visit the Fenix food factory, I best do this last as beer is involved.....
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Sorry but you did say you were happy to ride around - how can you be happy to miss http://bromptoning.com/traveling-adventures/netherlands/cycle-route-rotterdam-kinderdijk/ - and is only an hour's riding really outside Rotterdam anyway? The city boundary is the river to the west of Kinderdijk... Wouldn't another big Rotterdam housing development have been there if it wasn't for Kinderdijk... I did wonder about suggesting Schoonhoven which I feel is more proper Dutch country town but that really would be outside Rotterdam
My first time through Rotterdam on the train, another passenger said "it looks just like the Lakes Estate" and the thought has never completely gone from my mind on subsequent visits, although it's quite a bit better-kept than the Lakes.
Apparently there's an app with a city route on it but I can't figure out how to see the route without the farking app http://rotterdamroutes.nl/english/route/rotterdam-celebrates-the-city-cycle-route/ - and there's a 2017 Nieuwe Maas Tour with lots of viewing points https://www.rotterdam.nl/vrije-tijd/nieuwe-maasparcours/NMP-2017-routekaart.pdf which then led me to https://rotterdam.info/ontdek-rotterdam/fietsen-in-rotterdam-regio/ which also has a 10km Rotterdam Mini-tour (Rondje - not sure how to translate - neither Tour-ette nor Tour-lette sound great in English
) as well as others and mentioning that farking app again.
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snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
The Markthal is an interesting mix of residential and retail in one structure. The Cube houses are nearby, one of these is open for public viewing. Centraal Station is an impressive building, although I don't think you get to spot the trains unless you have a travel ticket
. The Erasmus Bridge is also an interesting structure with its separate lanes for pedestrians, cyclists, motorised vehicles and trams, and it opens for passing ships! Spido tours operates from a terminal beside the Bridge if you fancied a cruise on the river with a commentary of shoreside features. The Maritime Museum covers the port history up to the present day.
All of these places are within easy walking distance of central Rotterdam, it wouldn't be worth lugging a bike along.
. The Erasmus Bridge is also an interesting structure with its separate lanes for pedestrians, cyclists, motorised vehicles and trams, and it opens for passing ships! Spido tours operates from a terminal beside the Bridge if you fancied a cruise on the river with a commentary of shoreside features. The Maritime Museum covers the port history up to the present day.All of these places are within easy walking distance of central Rotterdam, it wouldn't be worth lugging a bike along.
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Easily the two best things to do in Rotterdam. If you’re at Fenix Food Factory, you should also go and have a drink at Hotel New York.
ETA: And a bike friendly cafe...https://www.coppikoffie.nl/
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the stupid one
Über Member
- Location
- NWUK
Definitely have a ride across the bridges and along the riverside.
And the boat tour around the container port is really good, even when the weather is a bit glum.
I'd love to go back and try all the other recommendations above.
And the boat tour around the container port is really good, even when the weather is a bit glum.
I'd love to go back and try all the other recommendations above.
Well that went wonky.....woke up to the ferry morning tannoy, looked at my watch & went back to sleep, loads of time...
Woke up again to a last call, yikes, forgot to put my watch forward an hour! No time at all... cut myself shaving, threw on some clothes, grabbed my folder, hurtled off the ferry & jumped on the last bus.
Which took me to Amsterdam....
Woke up again to a last call, yikes, forgot to put my watch forward an hour! No time at all... cut myself shaving, threw on some clothes, grabbed my folder, hurtled off the ferry & jumped on the last bus.
Which took me to Amsterdam....
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Were you wanting to go there or did you lose a morning getting back to Rotterdam?
Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Been there! The only upside.......there was no queue at passport control!
